Iowa Code Title XII. Business Entities [Chs. 486-504C] § 501A.207. Appeal from secretary of state's refusal to file document

1. If the secretary refuses to file a document delivered to the secretary's office for filing, the domestic cooperative or foreign cooperative may appeal the refusal, within thirty days after the return of the document, to the district court for the county in which the cooperative's principal office or, if none in this state, where its registered office is or will be located. The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing the document and by attaching to the petition the document and the secretary's explanation of the refusal to file.

2. The court may summarily order the secretary to file the document or take other action the court considers appropriate.

3. The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.