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Iowa Code Title XII. Business Entities [Chs. 486-504C] § 490.803. Number and election of directors

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1. A board of directors shall consist of one or more individuals, with the number specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation or bylaws.

2. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by amendment to, or in the manner provided in, the articles of incorporation or bylaws.

3. Directors are elected at the first annual shareholders' meeting and at each annual shareholders' meeting thereafter unless elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting as permitted by section 490.704 or unless their terms are staggered under section 490.806.

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