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Iowa Code Title XII. Business Entities [Chs. 486-504C] § 489.203. Signing of records to be delivered for filing to secretary of state

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<[Text subject to final changes by the Iowa Code Editor for Code 2024.]><Text of section effective Jan. 1, 2024. See, also, text of section 489.203 effective until Jan. 1, 2024.>

1. A record delivered to the secretary of state for filing pursuant to this chapter must be signed as follows:

a. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs “b” and “c”, a record signed by a limited liability company must be signed by a person authorized by the company.

b. A limited liability company's initial certificate of organization must be signed by at least one person acting as an organizer.

c. A record delivered on behalf of a dissolved limited liability company that has no member must be signed by the person winding up the company's activities and affairs under section 489.702, subsection 3, or a person appointed under section 489.702, subsection 4, to wind up the activities and affairs.

d. A statement of denial by a person under section 489.303 must be signed by that person.

e. Any other record delivered on behalf of a person to the secretary of state for filing must be signed by that person.

2. A record delivered for filing under this chapter may be signed by an agent. Whenever this chapter requires a particular individual to sign a record and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the record may be signed by a legal representative of the individual.

3. A person that signs a record as an agent or legal representative affirms as a fact that the person is authorized to sign the record.

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