486A.1201 Filing requirements.
1. A document shall satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any other section that adds to or varies these requirements, to be entitled to filing.
2. The document shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
3. The document shall contain the information required by this chapter. The document may contain other information as well.
4. The document shall be typewritten or printed. The typewritten or printed portion shall be black. Manually signed photocopies, or other reproduced copies, including facsimiles or other electronically or computer-generated copies of typewritten or printed documents may be filed.
5. The document shall be in the English language. A limited partnership name need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.
6. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the document shall be executed by one of the following methods:
a. By two or more partners.
b. By a person authorized under this chapter, the partnership agreement, or other law to execute the document.
c. If the partnership is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by such receiver, trustee, or fiduciary.
d. If the document is that of a registered agent, by the registered agent, if the person is an individual, or by a person authorized by the registered agent to execute the document, if the registered agent is an entity.
7. The person executing the document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite the person’s signature, the person’s name and the capacity in which the person signs. The secretary of state may accept for filing a document containing a copy of a signature, however made.
8. If, pursuant to any provision of this chapter, the secretary of state has prescribed a mandatory form for the document, the document shall be in or on the prescribed form.
9. The document shall be delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing and shall be accompanied by the correct filing fee.
10. The secretary of state may adopt rules for the electronic filing of documents and the certification of electronically filed documents.
98 Acts, ch 1201, §60, 79, 82
Referred to in §486A.1205
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 486A - UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT
Section 486A.101 - Definitions.
Section 486A.102 - Knowledge and notice.
Section 486A.103 - Effect of partnership agreement — nonwaivable provisions.
Section 486A.104 - Supplemental principles of law.
Section 486A.105 - Execution, filing, and recording of statements.
Section 486A.105A - Secretary of state — extra services — surcharge.
Section 486A.106 - Governing law.
Section 486A.107 - Partnership subject to amendment or repeal of chapter.
Section 486A.201 - Partnership as entity.
Section 486A.202 - Formation of partnership.
Section 486A.203 - Partnership property.
Section 486A.204 - When property is partnership property.
Section 486A.301 - Partner agent of partnership.
Section 486A.302 - Transfer of partnership property.
Section 486A.303 - Statement of partnership authority.
Section 486A.304 - Statement of denial.
Section 486A.305 - Partnership liable for partner’s actionable conduct.
Section 486A.306 - Partner’s liability.
Section 486A.307 - Actions by and against partnership and partners.
Section 486A.308 - Liability of purported partner.
Section 486A.401 - Partner’s rights and duties.
Section 486A.402 - Distributions in kind.
Section 486A.403 - Partner’s rights and duties with respect to information.
Section 486A.404 - General standards of partner’s conduct.
Section 486A.405 - Actions by partnership and partners.
Section 486A.406 - Continuation of partnership beyond definite term or particular undertaking.
Section 486A.501 - Partner not co-owner of partnership property.
Section 486A.502 - Partner’s transferable interest in partnership.
Section 486A.503 - Transfer of partner’s transferable interest.
Section 486A.504 - Partner’s transferable interest subject to charging order.
Section 486A.601 - Events causing partner’s dissociation.
Section 486A.602 - Partner’s power to dissociate — wrongful dissociation.
Section 486A.603 - Effect of partner’s dissociation.
Section 486A.701 - Purchase of dissociated partner’s interest.
Section 486A.702 - Dissociated partner’s power to bind and liability to partnership.
Section 486A.703 - Dissociated partner’s liability to other persons.
Section 486A.704 - Statement of dissociation.
Section 486A.705 - Continued use of partnership name.
Section 486A.801 - Events causing dissolution and winding up of partnership business.
Section 486A.802 - Partnership continues after dissolution.
Section 486A.803 - Right to wind up partnership business.
Section 486A.804 - Partner’s power to bind partnership after dissolution.
Section 486A.805 - Statement of dissolution.
Section 486A.806 - Partner’s liability to other partners after dissolution.
Section 486A.807 - Settlement of accounts and contributions among partners.
Section 486A.901 - Definitions.
Section 486A.902 - Conversion of partnership to limited partnership.
Section 486A.903 - Conversion of limited partnership to partnership.
Section 486A.904 - Effect of conversion — entity unchanged.
Section 486A.905 - Merger of partnerships.
Section 486A.906 - Effect of merger.
Section 486A.907 - Statement of merger.
Section 486A.908 - Nonexclusive.
Section 486A.1001 - Statement of qualification.
Section 486A.1101 - Law governing foreign limited liability partnership.
Section 486A.1102 - Statement of foreign qualification.
Section 486A.1103 - Effect of failure to qualify.
Section 486A.1104 - Activities not constituting transacting business.
Section 486A.1105 - Action by attorney general.
Section 486A.1201 - Filing requirements.
Section 486A.1203 - Effective time and date of documents.
Section 486A.1204 - Correcting filed documents.
Section 486A.1205 - Filing duty of secretary of state.
Section 486A.1206 - Appeal from secretary of state’s refusal to file document.
Section 486A.1207 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
Section 486A.1208 - Certificates issued by secretary of state.
Section 486A.1209 - Penalty for signing false document.
Section 486A.1210 - Secretary of state powers.
Section 486A.1211 - Registered office and registered agent.
Section 486A.1212 - Change of registered office or registered agent.
Section 486A.1213 - Resignation of registered agent.
Section 486A.1214 - Service on partnership.
Section 486A.1301 - Uniformity of application and construction.