Iowa Code 490.501 – Registered office and agent of domestic and registered foreign corporations
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1. Each corporation shall continuously maintain in this state all of the following:
a. A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business.
b. A registered agent, which may be any of the following:
(1) An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office.
(2) A domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity whose business office is identical with the registered office and, in the case of a foreign corporation or foreign eligible entity, is registered to do business in this state.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 490.501
- 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.
- Eligible entity: means a domestic or foreign unincorporated entity or a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Iowa Code 490.140
- Entity: includes a domestic and foreign business corporation; domestic and foreign nonprofit corporation; estate; trust; domestic and foreign unincorporated entity; and a state, the United States, and a foreign government. See Iowa Code 490.140
- 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
- Individual: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 490.140
- Registered foreign corporation: means a foreign corporation registered to do business in the state pursuant to subchapter XV. 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. As used in this subchapter, “corporation” means both a domestic corporation and a registered foreign corporation.