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Terms Used In Iowa Code 536A.17

  • 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.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • 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
536A.17 Injunctions.
The superintendent by counsel of the attorney general may commence an action in the district court, in the name of the state of Iowa as plaintiff on the relation of the superintendent to restrain and enjoin any licensee from violating this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, or to restrain and enjoin any person, partnership, firm, or corporation from engaging in the business of operating an industrial loan company without obtaining a license as required by this chapter.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §536A.17; 82 Acts, ch 1253, §38]
91 Acts, ch 63, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §106