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Terms Used In Iowa Code 490.903

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Eligible entity: means a domestic or foreign unincorporated entity or a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Entity: includes a domestic and foreign business corporation; domestic and foreign nonprofit corporation; estate; trust; domestic and foreign unincorporated entity; and a state, the United States, and a foreign government. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Merger: means a transaction pursuant to section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
 If a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity shall not be a party to a merger without the approval of the superintendent of banking, the commissioner of insurance, or the Iowa utilities board, and the applicable statutes or regulations do not specifically deal with transactions under this subchapter but do require such approval for mergers, a corporation or eligible entity shall not be a party to a transaction under this subchapter without the prior approval of that agency or official.