Iowa Code 490.203 – Incorporation
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1. Unless a delayed effective date is specified, the corporate existence begins when the articles of incorporation are filed.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 490.203
- Articles of incorporation: means the articles of incorporation described in section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Proceeding: includes a civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Iowa Code 490.140
- Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. The secretary of state‘s filing of the articles of incorporation is conclusive proof that the incorporators satisfied all conditions precedent to incorporation except in a proceeding by the state to cancel or revoke the incorporation or involuntarily dissolve the corporation.