1. The registered agent in this state for a series limited liability company is the registered agent in this state for each protected series of the company.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.14203

  • Person: includes a protected series, however denominated, of an entity if the protected series is established under law that limits, or limits if conditions specified under law are satisfied, the ability of a creditor of the entity or of any other protected series of the entity to satisfy a claim from assets of the protected series. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Registered agent: means an agent of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company which is authorized to receive service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the company. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • 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 489.102
 2. Before delivering a protected series designation to the secretary of state for filing, a limited liability company shall agree with a registered agent that the agent will serve as the registered agent in this state for both the company and the protected series.
 3. A person that signs a protected series designation delivered to the secretary of state for filing affirms as a fact that the limited liability company on whose behalf the designation is delivered has complied with subsection 2.
 4. A person that ceases to be the registered agent for a series limited liability company ceases to be the registered agent for each protected series of the company.
 5. A person that ceases to be the registered agent for a protected series of a series limited liability company, other than as a result of the termination of the protected series, ceases to be the registered agent of the company and any other protected series of the company.
 6. Except as otherwise agreed by a series limited liability company and its registered agent, the agent is not obligated to distinguish between a process, notice, demand, or other record concerning the company and a process, notice, demand, or other record concerning a protected series of the company.