1. The secretary of state, upon denying a corporation‘s application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, shall serve the corporation under section 504.504 with a written notice that explains the reason or reasons for denial.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 504.1424

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Corporation: means a public benefit, mutual benefit, or religious corporation. See Iowa Code 504.141
  • 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
  • Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under section 504. See Iowa Code 504.141
  • 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 corporation may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the district court within ninety days after service of the notice of denial is perfected by petitioning to set aside the dissolution and attaching to the petition copies of the secretary of state’s certificate of dissolution, the corporation’s application for reinstatement, and the secretary of state’s notice of denial of reinstatement.
 3. The court may summarily order the secretary of state to reinstate the dissolved corporation or may take other action the court considers appropriate.
 4. The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.