Iowa Code 501A.402 – Change of registered office or registered agent
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1. A cooperative may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the secretary for filing a statement of change that sets forth the following:
a. The name of the domestic cooperative or foreign cooperative.
b. If the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of the new registered office.
c. If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent and the new agent’s written consent, either on the statement or attached to the statement, to the appointment.
d. That after the change or changes are made, the street address of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 501A.402
- Address: means mailing address, including a zip code. See Iowa Code 501A.102
- Cooperative: means a business association organized under this chapter. See Iowa Code 501A.102
- Domestic cooperative: means a cooperative association or other cooperative organized under this chapter or chapter 497, 498, 499, 499A, or 501. See Iowa Code 501A.102
- 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 cooperative: means a foreign business entity organized to conduct business consistent with this chapter or chapter 497, 498, or 499. See Iowa Code 501A.102
- Secretary: means the secretary of state. See Iowa Code 501A.102
2. A statement of change shall forthwith be filed in the office of the secretary by a cooperative whenever its registered agent dies, resigns, or ceases to satisfy the requirements of section 501A.401.
3. If a registered agent changes the registered agent’s business address to another place, the registered agent may change the business address and the address of the registered agent by filing a statement as required in subsection 1 for each cooperative, or a single statement for all cooperatives named in the notice, except that the statement need be signed only by the registered agent and need not be responsive to subsection 1, paragraph “c”, and must recite that a copy of the statement has been mailed to each cooperative named in the notice.
4. The change of address of a registered office or the change of registered agent becomes effective upon the filing of such statement by the secretary.