1. A transfer of an interest in real estate situated in this state held by a limited liability company or a registered foreign limited liability company authorized to do business in this state is subject to the provisions of this section.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.407A

  • 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
  • Foreign limited liability company: means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state which would be a limited liability company if formed under the law of this state. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Manager-managed limited liability company: means a limited liability company that qualifies under section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Member-managed limited liability company: means a limited liability company that is not a manager-managed limited liability company. 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
  • 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
  • Transfer: includes any of the following:
 2. a. In a member-managed limited liability company, a transfer of an interest in real estate held by the company may be undertaken by any of the following:

 (1) As provided in the operating agreement, or if the operating agreement does not so provide, only with the consent of all members.
 (2) As provided in a statement of authority filed by the limited liability company with the secretary of state and the recorder of the county where the real estate is situated pursuant to section 489.302.
 b. A requirement of paragraph “a” is applicable to every transfer of an interest in real estate situated in this state held by a member-managed limited liability company, whether or not the transfer is in the ordinary course of the company’s business.
 3. a. In a manager-managed limited liability company, a transfer of an interest in real estate held by the company may be undertaken by any of the following:

 (1) As provided in the operating agreement, or if the operating agreement does not so provide, only with the consent of a majority of all managers.
 (2) As provided in a statement of authority filed by the limited liability company with the secretary of state and the recorder of the county where the real estate is situated pursuant to section 489.302.
 b. A requirement in paragraph “a” is applicable to every transfer of an interest in real estate situated in this state held by a manager-managed limited liability company, whether or not the transfer is in the ordinary course of the company’s business.