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Iowa Code Title XII. Business Entities [Chs. 486-504C] § 501B.8. Liability

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

1. For a debt, obligation, or other liability of an unincorporated nonprofit association, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, all of the following apply:

a. It is solely the debt, obligation, or other liability of the association.

b. It does not become a debt, obligation, or other liability of a member, manager, employee, or volunteer solely because the member acts as a member, the manager acts as a manager, the employee acts as an employee, or a volunteer acts as a volunteer.

2. A person's status as a member, manager, employee, or volunteer does not prevent or restrict law other than this chapter from imposing liability on the person or the association because of the person's conduct.

3. A person who is a manager, member, employee, or volunteer is not personally liable in that capacity to the unincorporated nonprofit association or any of its members for any action taken or failure to take any action in the discharge of the person's duties except liability for any of the following:

a. The amount of any financial benefit to which the person is not entitled.

b. An intentional infliction of harm on the unincorporated nonprofit association or the members.

c. An intentional violation of criminal law.

d. Improper distributions.

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