1. If the secretary of state denies a limited partnership‘s application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, the secretary of state shall prepare, sign, and file a notice that explains the reason or reasons for denial and serve the limited partnership with a copy of the notice.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 488.811

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Sign: means either of the following:
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Iowa Code 488.102
 2. Within thirty days after service of the notice of denial, the limited partnership may appeal from the denial of reinstatement by petitioning the district court to set aside the dissolution. The petition must be served on the secretary of state and contain a copy of the secretary of state’s declaration of dissolution, the limited partnership’s application for reinstatement, and the secretary of state’s notice of denial.
 3. The court may summarily order the secretary of state to reinstate the dissolved limited partnership or may take other action the court considers appropriate.