1. If the secretary of state denies a limited liability company’s application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, the secretary of state shall serve the company under section 489.119 with a written notice that explains the reason or reasons for denial.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.711

  • 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
  • Principal office: means the principal executive office of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, whether or not the office is located in this state. 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. The limited liability company may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the district court of the county where the company’s principal office or, if none in this state, where its registered office is located within thirty days after service of the notice of denial is effected. The company appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the dissolution and attaching to the petition copies of the secretary of state’s certificate of dissolution, the company’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 liability company or may take other action the court considers appropriate.
 4. The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.