Iowa Chapter 490 — Business Corporations
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- Iowa Code § 490.101— Short title
- Iowa Code § 490.102— Reservation of power to amend or repeal
- Iowa Code § 490.120— Requirements for documents — extrinsic facts
- Iowa Code § 490.120A— Secretary of state — extra services — surcharge
- Iowa Code § 490.121— Forms
- Iowa Code § 490.122— Filing, service, and copying fees
- Iowa Code § 490.123— Effective date of filed document
- Iowa Code § 490.124— Correcting filed document
- Iowa Code § 490.125— Filing duty of secretary of state
- Iowa Code § 490.126— Appeal from secretary of state’s refusal to file document
- Iowa Code § 490.127— Evidentiary effect of certified copy of filed document
- Iowa Code § 490.128— Certificate of existence or registration
- Iowa Code § 490.129— Penalty for signing false document
- Iowa Code § 490.130— Powers
- Iowa Code § 490.135— Secretary of state — powers. Transferred to §490.130;
- Iowa Code § 490.140— Chapter definitions
- Iowa Code § 490.141— Notices and other communications
- Iowa Code § 490.142— Number of shareholders
- Iowa Code § 490.143— Qualified director
- Iowa Code § 490.144— Householding
- Iowa Code § 490.145— Part definitions
- Iowa Code § 490.146— Defective corporate actions
- Iowa Code § 490.147— Ratification of defective corporate actions
- Iowa Code § 490.148— Action on ratification
- Iowa Code § 490.149— Notice requirements
- Iowa Code § 490.150— Effect of ratification
- Iowa Code § 490.151— Filings
- Iowa Code § 490.152— Judicial proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions
- Iowa Code § 490.201— Incorporators
- Iowa Code § 490.202— Articles of incorporation
- Iowa Code § 490.203— Incorporation
- Iowa Code § 490.204— Liability for preincorporation transactions
- Iowa Code § 490.205— Organization of corporation
- Iowa Code § 490.206— Bylaws
- Iowa Code § 490.207— Emergency bylaws
- Iowa Code § 490.208— Forum selection provisions
- Iowa Code § 490.209— Foreign-trade zone corporation
- Iowa Code § 490.301— Purposes
- Iowa Code § 490.302— General powers
- Iowa Code § 490.303— Emergency powers
- Iowa Code § 490.304— Ultra vires
- Iowa Code § 490.401— Corporate name
- Iowa Code § 490.402— Reserved name
- Iowa Code § 490.403— Registered name
- Iowa Code § 490.501— Registered office and agent of domestic and registered foreign corporations
- Iowa Code § 490.502— Change of registered office or registered agent
- Iowa Code § 490.503— Resignation of registered agent
- Iowa Code § 490.504— Service on corporation
- Iowa Code § 490.601— Authorized shares
- Iowa Code § 490.602— Terms of class or series determined by board of directors
- Iowa Code § 490.603— Issued and outstanding shares
- Iowa Code § 490.604— Fractional shares
- Iowa Code § 490.620— Subscription for shares before incorporation
- Iowa Code § 490.621— Issuance of shares
- Iowa Code § 490.622— Liability of shareholders
- Iowa Code § 490.623— Share dividends
- Iowa Code § 490.624— Share rights, options, warrants, and awards
- Iowa Code § 490.625— Form and content of certificates
- Iowa Code § 490.626— Shares without certificates
- Iowa Code § 490.627— Restriction on transfer of shares
- Iowa Code § 490.628— Reversion of disbursements to cooperative associations
- Iowa Code § 490.630— Shareholders’ preemptive rights
- Iowa Code § 490.631— Corporation’s acquisition of its own shares
- Iowa Code § 490.632— Reacquired shares as issued but not outstanding shares
- Iowa Code § 490.640— Distribution to shareholders
- Iowa Code § 490.701— Annual meeting
- Iowa Code § 490.702— Special meeting
- Iowa Code § 490.703— Court-ordered meeting
- Iowa Code § 490.704— Action without meeting
- Iowa Code § 490.705— Notice of meeting
- Iowa Code § 490.706— Waiver of notice
- Iowa Code § 490.707— Record date for meeting
- Iowa Code § 490.708— Conduct of meeting
- Iowa Code § 490.709— Remote participation in shareholders’ meetings
- Iowa Code § 490.720— List of shareholders for meeting
- Iowa Code § 490.721— Voting entitlement of shares
- Iowa Code § 490.722— Proxies
- Iowa Code § 490.723— Shares held by intermediaries and nominees
- Iowa Code § 490.724— Acceptance of votes and other instruments
- Iowa Code § 490.725— Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups
- Iowa Code § 490.726— Action by single or multiple voting groups
- Iowa Code § 490.727— Modifying quorum or voting requirements
- Iowa Code § 490.728— Voting for directors — cumulative voting
- Iowa Code § 490.729— Inspectors of election
- Iowa Code § 490.730— Voting trusts
- Iowa Code § 490.731— Voting agreement
- Iowa Code § 490.732— Shareholder agreement
- Iowa Code § 490.740— Part definitions
- Iowa Code § 490.741— Standing
- Iowa Code § 490.742— Demand
- Iowa Code § 490.743— Stay of proceedings
- Iowa Code § 490.744— Dismissal
- Iowa Code § 490.745— Discontinuance or settlement
- Iowa Code § 490.746— Payment of expenses
- Iowa Code § 490.747— Applicability to foreign corporations
- Iowa Code § 490.748— Shareholder action to appoint custodian or receiver
- Iowa Code § 490.749— Judicial determination of corporate offices and review of elections and shareholder votes
- Iowa Code § 490.801— Requirement for and functions of board of directors
- Iowa Code § 490.802— Qualifications of directors
- Iowa Code § 490.803— Number and election of directors
- Iowa Code § 490.804— Election of directors by certain classes of series of shares
- Iowa Code § 490.805— Terms of directors generally
- Iowa Code § 490.806— Staggered terms for directors
- Iowa Code § 490.806A— Public corporations — staggered terms. Repealed by its own terms;
- Iowa Code § 490.806B— Public corporations — nonstaggered terms. Repealed by its own terms;
- Iowa Code § 490.807— Resignation of directors
- Iowa Code § 490.808— Removal of directors by shareholders
- Iowa Code § 490.809— Removal of directors by judicial proceeding
- Iowa Code § 490.810— Vacancy on board of directors
- Iowa Code § 490.811— Compensation of directors
- Iowa Code § 490.820— Meetings
- Iowa Code § 490.821— Action without meeting
- Iowa Code § 490.822— Notice of meeting
- Iowa Code § 490.823— Waiver of notice
- Iowa Code § 490.824— Quorum and voting
- Iowa Code § 490.825— Committees of the board
- Iowa Code § 490.826— Submission of matters for shareholder vote
- Iowa Code § 490.830— Standards of conduct for directors
- Iowa Code § 490.831— Standards of liability for directors
- Iowa Code § 490.832— Directors’ liability for unlawful distributions
- Iowa Code § 490.833— Liability for unlawful distribution. Transferred to §490.832;
- Iowa Code § 490.840— Officers
- Iowa Code § 490.841— Functions of officers
- Iowa Code § 490.842— Standards of conduct for officers
- Iowa Code § 490.843— Resignation and removal of officers
- Iowa Code § 490.844— Contract rights of officers
- Iowa Code § 490.850— Part definitions
- Iowa Code § 490.851— Permissible indemnification
- Iowa Code § 490.852— Mandatory indemnification
- Iowa Code § 490.853— Advance for expenses
- Iowa Code § 490.854— Court-ordered indemnification and advance for expenses
- Iowa Code § 490.855— Determination and authorization of indemnification
- Iowa Code § 490.856— Indemnification of officers
- Iowa Code § 490.857— Insurance
- Iowa Code § 490.858— Variation by corporate action — application of part
- Iowa Code § 490.859— Exclusivity of part
- Iowa Code § 490.860— Part definitions
- Iowa Code § 490.861— Judicial action
- Iowa Code § 490.862— Directors’ action
- Iowa Code § 490.863— Shareholders’ action
- Iowa Code § 490.870— Business opportunities
- Iowa Code § 490.901— Subchapter definitions
- Iowa Code § 490.902— Excluded transactions
- Iowa Code § 490.903— Required approvals
- Iowa Code § 490.904— Relationship of subchapter to other laws
- Iowa Code § 490.905— Foreign insurance companies becoming domestic
- Iowa Code § 490.920— Domestication
- Iowa Code § 490.921— Action on a plan of domestication
- Iowa Code § 490.922— Articles of domestication — effectiveness
- Iowa Code § 490.923— Amendment of plan of domestication — abandonment
- Iowa Code § 490.924— Effect of domestication
- Iowa Code § 490.930— Conversion
- Iowa Code § 490.931— Plan of conversion
- Iowa Code § 490.932— Action on a plan of conversion
- Iowa Code § 490.933— Articles of conversion — effectiveness
- Iowa Code § 490.934— Amendment of plan of conversion — abandonment
- Iowa Code § 490.935— Effect of conversion
- Iowa Code § 490.1001— Amendment of articles of incorporation — authority to amend
- Iowa Code § 490.1002— Amendment before issuance of shares
- Iowa Code § 490.1003— Amendment by board of directors and shareholders
- Iowa Code § 490.1004— Voting on amendments by voting groups
- Iowa Code § 490.1005— Amendment by board of directors
- Iowa Code § 490.1005A— Public corporation — amendment by board of directors. Repealed by its own terms;
- Iowa Code § 490.1006— Articles of amendment
- Iowa Code § 490.1007— Restated articles of incorporation
- Iowa Code § 490.1008— Amendment pursuant to reorganization
- Iowa Code § 490.1009— Effect of amendment
- Iowa Code § 490.1020— Authority to amend
- Iowa Code § 490.1021— Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirement for directors
- Iowa Code § 490.1022— Bylaw provisions relating to the election of directors
- Iowa Code § 490.1101— Subchapter definitions
- Iowa Code § 490.1102— Merger
- Iowa Code § 490.1103— Share exchange
- Iowa Code § 490.1104— Action on a plan of merger or share exchange
- Iowa Code § 490.1105— Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries
- Iowa Code § 490.1106— Articles of merger or share exchange
- Iowa Code § 490.1107— Effect of merger or share exchange
- Iowa Code § 490.1108— Abandonment of a merger or share exchange
- Iowa Code § 490.1108A— Consideration of acquisition proposals — community interests
- Iowa Code § 490.1109— Qualified merger — corporation and cooperative association
- Iowa Code § 490.1110— Business combinations with interested shareholders
- Iowa Code § 490.1201— Disposition of assets not requiring shareholder approval
- Iowa Code § 490.1202— Shareholder approval of certain dispositions
- Iowa Code § 490.1301— Subchapter definitions
- Iowa Code § 490.1302— Right to appraisal
- Iowa Code § 490.1303— Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial shareholders
- Iowa Code § 490.1320— Notice of appraisal rights
- Iowa Code § 490.1321— Notice of intent to demand payment and consequences of voting or consenting
- Iowa Code § 490.1322— Appraisal notice and form
- Iowa Code § 490.1323— Perfection of rights — right to withdraw
- Iowa Code § 490.1324— Payment
- Iowa Code § 490.1325— After-acquired shares
- Iowa Code § 490.1326— Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer
- Iowa Code § 490.1330— Court action
- Iowa Code § 490.1331— Court costs and expenses
- Iowa Code § 490.1340— Other remedies limited
- Iowa Code § 490.1401— Dissolution by incorporators or initial directors
- Iowa Code § 490.1402— Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders
- Iowa Code § 490.1403— Articles of dissolution
- Iowa Code § 490.1404— Revocation of dissolution
- Iowa Code § 490.1405— Effect of dissolution
- Iowa Code § 490.1406— Known claims against dissolved corporation
- Iowa Code § 490.1407— Other claims against dissolved corporation
- Iowa Code § 490.1408— Court proceedings
- Iowa Code § 490.1409— Director duties
- Iowa Code § 490.1420— Grounds for administrative dissolution
- Iowa Code § 490.1421— Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution
- Iowa Code § 490.1422— Reinstatement following administrative dissolution
- Iowa Code § 490.1423— Appeal from denial of reinstatement
- Iowa Code § 490.1430— Grounds for judicial dissolution
- Iowa Code § 490.1431— Procedure for judicial dissolution
- Iowa Code § 490.1432— Receivership or custodianship
- Iowa Code § 490.1433— Decree of dissolution
- Iowa Code § 490.1434— Election to purchase in lieu of dissolution
- Iowa Code § 490.1440— Deposit with state treasurer
- Iowa Code § 490.1501— Governing law
- Iowa Code § 490.1502— Registration to do business in this state
- Iowa Code § 490.1503— Foreign registration statement
- Iowa Code § 490.1504— Amendment of foreign registration statement
- Iowa Code § 490.1505— Activities not constituting doing business
- Iowa Code § 490.1506— Noncomplying name of foreign corporation
- Iowa Code § 490.1507— Withdrawal of registration of registered foreign corporation
- Iowa Code § 490.1508— Deemed withdrawal upon domestication or conversion to certain domestic entities
- Iowa Code § 490.1509— Withdrawal upon dissolution or conversion to certain nonfiling entities
- Iowa Code § 490.1510— Transfer of registration
- Iowa Code § 490.1511— Administrative termination of registration
- Iowa Code § 490.1512— Action by attorney general
- Iowa Code § 490.1601— Corporate records
- Iowa Code § 490.1602— Inspection rights of shareholders
- Iowa Code § 490.1603— Scope of inspection right
- Iowa Code § 490.1604— Court-ordered inspection
- Iowa Code § 490.1605— Inspection of records by directors
- Iowa Code § 490.1620— Financial statements for shareholders
- Iowa Code § 490.1621— Biennial report for secretary of state
- Iowa Code § 490.1622— Biennial report for secretary of state. Transferred to §490.1621;
- Iowa Code § 490.1701— Application of subchapter — definitions
- Iowa Code § 490.1702— Name — share certificates
- Iowa Code § 490.1703— Certain amendments and transactions — votes required
- Iowa Code § 490.1704— Duties of directors
- Iowa Code § 490.1705— Annual benefit report
- Iowa Code § 490.1706— Rights of action
- Iowa Code § 490.1801— Application to existing domestic corporations
- Iowa Code § 490.1802— Application to existing foreign corporations
- Iowa Code § 490.1803— Savings provisions
- Iowa Code § 490.1804— Severability