Iowa Code 504.1432 – Procedure for judicial dissolution
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1. Venue for a proceeding brought by the attorney general to dissolve a corporation lies in Polk county. Venue for a proceeding brought by any other party named in section 504.1431 lies in the county where a corporation‘s principal office is located or, if none is located in this state, where its registered office is or was last located.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 504.1432
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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
- Directors: means individuals, designated in the articles or bylaws or elected by the incorporators, and their successors and individuals elected or appointed by any other name or title to act as members of the board. See Iowa Code 504.141
- Principal office: means the office in or out of this state so designated in the biennial report filed pursuant to section 504. See Iowa Code 504.141
- Proceeding: includes a civil suit and criminal, administrative, or investigatory actions. 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
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
2. It is not necessary to make directors or members parties to a proceeding to dissolve a corporation unless relief is sought against them individually.
3. A court in a proceeding brought to dissolve a corporation may issue injunctions, appoint a receiver or custodian pendente lite with all powers and duties the court directs, take other action required to preserve the corporate assets wherever located, or carry on the activities of the corporation until a full hearing can be held.