Iowa Code 489.903 – Foreign registration statement
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1. To register to do business in this state, a foreign limited liability company shall deliver a foreign registration statement to the secretary of state for filing. The registration statement must be signed by the foreign company and state all of the following:
a. The name of the foreign limited liability company and, if the name does not comply with section 489.112, an alternate name as required by section 489.906.
b. The foreign limited liability company’s jurisdiction of formation.
c. The street and mailing addresses of the foreign limited liability company’s principal office and, if the law of the foreign company’s jurisdiction of formation requires the foreign company to maintain an office in that jurisdiction, the street and mailing addresses of that required office.
d. The street and mailing addresses of the place of business of the foreign limited liability company’s registered agent in this state and the name of its registered agent.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.903
- 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Jurisdiction of formation: means the jurisdiction whose law governs the internal affairs of an entity. See Iowa Code 489.102
- 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
- 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. The foreign limited liability company shall deliver the completed foreign registration statement to the secretary of state, and also deliver to the secretary of state a certificate of existence or a document of similar import duly authenticated by the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law it is incorporated which is dated no earlier than ninety days prior to the date the application is filed by the secretary of state.