Iowa Code 489.401 – Becoming member
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1. If a limited liability company is to have only one member upon formation, the person becomes a member as agreed by that person and the organizer of the company. That person and the organizer may be, but need not be, different persons. If different, the organizer acts on behalf of the initial member.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.401
- 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
- Member: means a person for whom all of the following are true:a. See Iowa Code 489.102
- Operating agreement: means the agreement, whether or not referred to as an operating agreement and whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination thereof, of all the members of a limited liability company, including a sole member, concerning the matters described in section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
- Organizer: means a person that acts under section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
- 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
- Transferable interest: means the right, as initially owned by a person in the person's capacity as a member, to receive distributions from a limited liability company, whether or not the person remains a member or continues to own any part of the right. See Iowa Code 489.102
2. If a limited liability company is to have more than one member upon formation, those persons become members as agreed by the persons before the formation of the company. The organizer acts on behalf of the persons in forming the company and may be, but need not be, one of the persons.3. After formation of a limited liability company, a person becomes a member according to any of the following:a. As provided in the operating agreement.b. As the result of a transaction effective under subchapter X.c. With the affirmative vote or consent of all the members.d. As provided in section 489.701, subsection 1, paragraph “c”.4. A person may become a member without any of the following:a. Acquiring a transferable interest.b. Making or being obligated to make a contribution to the limited liability company.