Iowa Code
Chapter 488 - UNIFORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT
Section 488.903 - Activities not constituting transacting business.

488.903 Activities not constituting transacting business.
1. Activities of a foreign limited partnership which do not constitute transacting business in this state within the meaning of this article include all of the following:
a. Maintaining, defending, and settling an action or proceeding.
b. Holding meetings of its partners or carrying on any other activity concerning its internal affairs.
c. Maintaining accounts in financial institutions.
d. Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of the foreign limited partnership’s own securities or maintaining trustees or depositories with respect to those securities.
e. Selling through independent contractors.
f. Soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or electronic means or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts.
g. Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, or security interests in real or personal property.
h. Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages or other security interests in property securing the debts, and holding, protecting, and maintaining property so acquired.
i. Owning, without more, real or personal property.
j. Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within thirty days and is not one in the course of similar transactions of a like manner.
k. Transacting business in interstate commerce.
2. For purposes of this article, the ownership in this state of income-producing real or tangible personal property, other than property excluded under subsection 1, constitutes transacting business in this state.
3. This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities that may subject a foreign limited partnership to service of process, taxation, or regulation under any other law of this state.
2004 Acts, ch 1021, §78, 118

Structure Iowa Code

Iowa Code

Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES

Chapter 488 - UNIFORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT

Section 488.101 - Short title.

Section 488.102 - Definitions.

Section 488.103 - Knowledge and notice.

Section 488.104 - Nature, purpose, and duration of entity.

Section 488.105 - Powers.

Section 488.106 - Governing law.

Section 488.107 - Supplemental principles of law — rate of interest.

Section 488.108 - Name.

Section 488.109 - Reservation of name.

Section 488.110 - Effect of partnership agreement — nonwaivable provisions.

Section 488.111 - Required information.

Section 488.112 - Business transactions of partner with partnership.

Section 488.113 - Dual capacity.

Section 488.114 - Registered office and registered agent for service of process.

Section 488.115 - Change of registered office or registered agent for service of process.

Section 488.116 - Resignation of registered agent for service of process.

Section 488.117 - Service of process.

Section 488.117A - Fees.

Section 488.118 - Consent and proxies of partners.

Section 488.201 - Formation of limited partnership — certificate of limited partnership.

Section 488.202 - Amendment or restatement of certificate.

Section 488.203 - Statement of termination.

Section 488.204 - Signing of records.

Section 488.205 - Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order.

Section 488.206 - Delivery to and filing of records by secretary of state — effective time and date.

Section 488.206A - Secretary of state — extra services — surcharge.

Section 488.207 - Correcting filed record.

Section 488.208 - Liability for false information in filed record — penalty.

Section 488.209 - Certificate of existence or authorization.

Section 488.210 - Biennial report for secretary of state.

Section 488.301 - Becoming limited partner.

Section 488.302 - No right or power as limited partner to bind limited partnership.

Section 488.303 - No liability as limited partner for limited partnership obligations.

Section 488.304 - Right of limited partner and former limited partner to information.

Section 488.305 - Limited duties of limited partners.

Section 488.306 - Person erroneously believing self to be limited partner.

Section 488.401 - Becoming general partner.

Section 488.402 - General partner agent of limited partnership.

Section 488.403 - Limited partnership liable for general partner’s actionable conduct.

Section 488.404 - General partner’s liability.

Section 488.405 - Actions by and against partnership and partners.

Section 488.406 - Management rights of general partner.

Section 488.407 - Right of general partner and former general partner to information.

Section 488.408 - General standards of general partner’s conduct.

Section 488.501 - Form of contribution.

Section 488.502 - Liability for contribution.

Section 488.503 - Sharing of distributions.

Section 488.504 - Interim distributions.

Section 488.505 - No distribution on account of dissociation.

Section 488.506 - Distribution in kind.

Section 488.507 - Right to distribution.

Section 488.508 - Limitations on distribution.

Section 488.509 - Liability for improper distributions.

Section 488.601 - Dissociation as limited partner.

Section 488.602 - Effect of dissociation as limited partner.

Section 488.603 - Dissociation as general partner.

Section 488.604 - Person’s power to dissociate as general partner — wrongful dissociation.

Section 488.605 - Effect of dissociation as general partner.

Section 488.606 - Power to bind — liability to limited partnership before dissolution of partnership of person dissociated as general partner.

Section 488.607 - Liability to other persons of person dissociated as general partner.

Section 488.701 - Partner’s transferable interest.

Section 488.702 - Transfer of partner’s transferable interest.

Section 488.703 - Rights of creditor of partner or transferee.

Section 488.704 - Power of estate of deceased partner.

Section 488.801 - Nonjudicial dissolution.

Section 488.802 - Judicial dissolution.

Section 488.803 - Winding up.

Section 488.804 - Power of general partner and person dissociated as general partner to bind partnership after dissolution.

Section 488.805 - Liability after dissolution of general partner and person dissociated as general partner to limited partnership, other general partners, and persons dissociated as general partner.

Section 488.806 - Known claims against dissolved limited partnership.

Section 488.807 - Other claims against dissolved limited partnership.

Section 488.807A - Court proceedings.

Section 488.808 - Liability of general partner and person dissociated as general partner when claim against limited partnership barred.

Section 488.809 - Administrative dissolution.

Section 488.810 - Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.

Section 488.811 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement.

Section 488.812 - Disposition of assets — when contributions required.

Section 488.901 - Governing law.

Section 488.902 - Application for certificate of authority.

Section 488.903 - Activities not constituting transacting business.

Section 488.904 - Approval of application for certificate of authority — notification.

Section 488.905 - Noncomplying name of foreign limited partnership.

Section 488.906 - Revocation of certificate of authority.

Section 488.907 - Cancellation of certificate of authority — effect of failure to have certificate.

Section 488.908 - Action by attorney general.

Section 488.1001 - Direct action by partner.

Section 488.1002 - Derivative action.

Section 488.1003 - Proper plaintiff.

Section 488.1004 - Pleading.

Section 488.1005 - Proceeds and expenses.

Section 488.1101 - Definitions.

Section 488.1102 - Conversion.

Section 488.1103 - Action on plan of conversion by converting limited partnership.

Section 488.1104 - Filings required for conversion — effective date.

Section 488.1105 - Effect of conversion.

Section 488.1106 - Mergers.

Section 488.1107 - Action on plan of merger by constituent limited partnership.

Section 488.1108 - Filings required for merger — effective date.

Section 488.1109 - Effect of merger.

Section 488.1110 - Restrictions on approval of conversions and mergers and on relinquishing limited liability limited partnership status.

Section 488.1111 - Liability of general partner after conversion or merger.

Section 488.1112 - Power of general partners and persons dissociated as general partners to bind organization after conversion or merger.

Section 488.1113 - Article not exclusive.

Section 488.1201 - Uniformity of application and construction.

Section 488.1202 - Severability.

Section 488.1203 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

Section 488.1204 - Application to existing relationships.

Section 488.1205 - Savings clause.

Section 488.1206 - Fees.

Section 488.1207 - Effective date.