490.240 Reserved. Reserved.
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 490 - BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
Section 490.101 - Short title.
Section 490.102 - Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
Section 490.120 - Requirements for documents — extrinsic facts.
Section 490.120A - Secretary of state — extra services — surcharge.
Section 490.122 - Filing, service, and copying fees.
Section 490.123 - Effective date of filed document.
Section 490.124 - Correcting filed document.
Section 490.125 - Filing duty of secretary of state.
Section 490.126 - Appeal from secretary of state’s refusal to file document.
Section 490.127 - Evidentiary effect of certified copy of filed document.
Section 490.128 - Certificate of existence or registration.
Section 490.129 - Penalty for signing false document.
Section 490.135 - Secretary of state — powers.
Section 490.140 - Chapter definitions.
Section 490.141 - Notices and other communications.
Section 490.142 - Number of shareholders.
Section 490.143 - Qualified director.
Section 490.144 - Householding.
Section 490.145 - Part definitions.
Section 490.146 - Defective corporate actions.
Section 490.147 - Ratification of defective corporate actions.
Section 490.148 - Action on ratification.
Section 490.149 - Notice requirements.
Section 490.150 - Effect of ratification.
Section 490.152 - Judicial proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions.
Section 490.201 - Incorporators.
Section 490.202 - Articles of incorporation.
Section 490.203 - Incorporation.
Section 490.204 - Liability for preincorporation transactions.
Section 490.205 - Organization of corporation.
Section 490.207 - Emergency bylaws.
Section 490.208 - Forum selection provisions.
Section 490.209 - Foreign-trade zone corporation.
Section 490.302 - General powers.
Section 490.303 - Emergency powers.
Section 490.304 - Ultra vires.
Section 490.401 - Corporate name.
Section 490.402 - Reserved name.
Section 490.403 - Registered name.
Section 490.501 - Registered office and agent of domestic and registered foreign corporations.
Section 490.502 - Change of registered office or registered agent.
Section 490.503 - Resignation of registered agent.
Section 490.504 - Service on corporation.
Section 490.601 - Authorized shares.
Section 490.602 - Terms of class or series determined by board of directors.
Section 490.603 - Issued and outstanding shares.
Section 490.604 - Fractional shares.
Section 490.620 - Subscription for shares before incorporation.
Section 490.621 - Issuance of shares.
Section 490.622 - Liability of shareholders.
Section 490.623 - Share dividends.
Section 490.624 - Share rights, options, warrants, and awards.
Section 490.624A - Poison pill defense authorized.
Section 490.625 - Form and content of certificates.
Section 490.626 - Shares without certificates.
Section 490.627 - Restriction on transfer of shares.
Section 490.628 - Reversion of disbursements to cooperative associations.
Section 490.629 - Reversion of disbursements to cooperative associations.
Section 490.630 - Shareholders’ preemptive rights.
Section 490.631 - Corporation’s acquisition of its own shares.
Section 490.632 - Reacquired shares as issued but not outstanding shares.
Section 490.640 - Distribution to shareholders.
Section 490.701 - Annual meeting.
Section 490.702 - Special meeting.
Section 490.703 - Court-ordered meeting.
Section 490.704 - Action without meeting.
Section 490.705 - Notice of meeting.
Section 490.706 - Waiver of notice.
Section 490.707 - Record date for meeting.
Section 490.708 - Conduct of meeting.
Section 490.709 - Remote participation in shareholders’ meetings.
Section 490.720 - Shareholders’ list for meeting.
Section 490.721 - Voting entitlement of shares.
Section 490.723 - Shares held by intermediaries and nominees.
Section 490.724 - Acceptance of votes and other instruments.
Section 490.725 - Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups.
Section 490.726 - Action by single or multiple voting groups.
Section 490.727 - Modifying quorum or voting requirements.
Section 490.728 - Voting for directors — cumulative voting.
Section 490.729 - Inspectors of election.
Section 490.730 - Voting trusts.
Section 490.731 - Voting agreement.
Section 490.732 - Shareholder agreement.
Section 490.740 - Part definitions.
Section 490.743 - Stay of proceedings.
Section 490.745 - Discontinuance or settlement.
Section 490.746 - Payment of expenses.
Section 490.747 - Applicability to foreign corporations.
Section 490.748 - Shareholder action to appoint custodian or receiver.
Section 490.801 - Requirement for and functions of board of directors.
Section 490.802 - Qualifications of directors.
Section 490.803 - Number and election of directors.
Section 490.804 - Election of directors by certain classes of series of shares.
Section 490.805 - Terms of directors generally.
Section 490.806 - Staggered terms for directors.
Section 490.806A - Public corporations — staggered terms.
Section 490.806B - Public corporations — nonstaggered terms.
Section 490.807 - Resignation of directors.
Section 490.808 - Removal of directors by shareholders.
Section 490.809 - Removal of directors by judicial proceeding.
Section 490.810 - Vacancy on board of directors.
Section 490.811 - Compensation of directors.
Section 490.821 - Action without meeting.
Section 490.822 - Notice of meeting.
Section 490.823 - Waiver of notice.
Section 490.824 - Quorum and voting.
Section 490.825 - Committees of the board.
Section 490.826 - Submission of matters for shareholder vote.
Section 490.830 - Standards of conduct for directors.
Section 490.831 - Standards of liability for directors.
Section 490.832 - Directors’ liability for unlawful distributions.
Section 490.833 - Liability for unlawful distribution.
Section 490.841 - Functions of officers.
Section 490.842 - Standards of conduct for officers.
Section 490.843 - Resignation and removal of officers.
Section 490.844 - Contract rights of officers.
Section 490.850 - Part definitions.
Section 490.851 - Permissible indemnification.
Section 490.852 - Mandatory indemnification.
Section 490.853 - Advance for expenses.
Section 490.854 - Court-ordered indemnification and advance for expenses.
Section 490.855 - Determination and authorization of indemnification.
Section 490.856 - Indemnification of officers.
Section 490.858 - Variation by corporate action — application of part.
Section 490.859 - Exclusivity of part.
Section 490.860 - Part definitions.
Section 490.861 - Judicial action.
Section 490.862 - Directors’ action.
Section 490.863 - Shareholders’ action.
Section 490.870 - Business opportunities.
Section 490.901 - Subchapter definitions.
Section 490.902 - Excluded transactions.
Section 490.903 - Required approvals.
Section 490.904 - Relationship of subchapter to other laws.
Section 490.905 - Foreign insurance companies becoming domestic.
Section 490.920 - Domestication.
Section 490.921 - Action on a plan of domestication.
Section 490.922 - Articles of domestication — effectiveness.
Section 490.923 - Amendment of plan of domestication — abandonment.
Section 490.924 - Effect of domestication.
Section 490.931 - Plan of conversion.
Section 490.932 - Action on a plan of conversion.
Section 490.933 - Articles of conversion — effectiveness.
Section 490.934 - Amendment of plan of conversion — abandonment.
Section 490.935 - Effect of conversion.
Section 490.1001 - Amendment of articles of incorporation — authority to amend.
Section 490.1002 - Amendment before issuance of shares.
Section 490.1003 - Amendment by board of directors and shareholders.
Section 490.1004 - Voting on amendments by voting groups.
Section 490.1005 - Amendment by board of directors.
Section 490.1005A - Public corporation — amendment by board of directors.
Section 490.1006 - Articles of amendment.
Section 490.1007 - Restated articles of incorporation.
Section 490.1008 - Amendment pursuant to reorganization.
Section 490.1009 - Effect of amendment.
Section 490.1020 - Authority to amend.
Section 490.1021 - Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirement for directors.
Section 490.1022 - Bylaw provisions relating to the election of directors.
Section 490.1101 - Subchapter definitions.
Section 490.1103 - Share exchange.
Section 490.1104 - Action on a plan of merger or share exchange.
Section 490.1105 - Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries.
Section 490.1106 - Articles of merger or share exchange.
Section 490.1107 - Effect of merger or share exchange.
Section 490.1108 - Abandonment of a merger or share exchange.
Section 490.1108A - Consideration of acquisition proposals — community interests.
Section 490.1109 - Qualified merger — corporation and cooperative association.
Section 490.1110 - Business combinations with interested shareholders.
Section 490.1111 - Conversion.
Section 490.1112 - Action on plan of conversion by converting domestic corporation.
Section 490.1113 - Filings required for conversion — effective date.
Section 490.1114 - Effect of conversion.
Section 490.1201 - Disposition of assets not requiring shareholder approval.
Section 490.1202 - Shareholder approval of certain dispositions.
Section 490.1301 - Subchapter definitions.
Section 490.1302 - Right to appraisal.
Section 490.1303 - Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial shareholders.
Section 490.1320 - Notice of appraisal rights.
Section 490.1321 - Notice of intent to demand payment and consequences of voting or consenting.
Section 490.1322 - Appraisal notice and form.
Section 490.1323 - Perfection of rights — right to withdraw.
Section 490.1325 - After-acquired shares.
Section 490.1326 - Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer.
Section 490.1330 - Court action.
Section 490.1331 - Court costs and expenses.
Section 490.1340 - Other remedies limited.
Section 490.1401 - Dissolution by incorporators or initial directors.
Section 490.1402 - Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders.
Section 490.1403 - Articles of dissolution.
Section 490.1404 - Revocation of dissolution.
Section 490.1405 - Effect of dissolution.
Section 490.1406 - Known claims against dissolved corporation.
Section 490.1407 - Other claims against dissolved corporation.
Section 490.1408 - Court proceedings.
Section 490.1409 - Director duties.
Section 490.1420 - Grounds for administrative dissolution.
Section 490.1421 - Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution.
Section 490.1422 - Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.
Section 490.1423 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
Section 490.1430 - Grounds for judicial dissolution.
Section 490.1431 - Procedure for judicial dissolution.
Section 490.1432 - Receivership or custodianship.
Section 490.1433 - Decree of dissolution.
Section 490.1434 - Election to purchase in lieu of dissolution.
Section 490.1440 - Deposit with state treasurer.
Section 490.1501 - Governing law.
Section 490.1502 - Registration to do business in this state.
Section 490.1503 - Foreign registration statement.
Section 490.1504 - Amendment of foreign registration statement.
Section 490.1505 - Activities not constituting doing business.
Section 490.1506 - Noncomplying name of foreign corporation.
Section 490.1507 - Withdrawal of registration of registered foreign corporation.
Section 490.1508 - Deemed withdrawal upon domestication or conversion to certain domestic entities.
Section 490.1509 - Withdrawal upon dissolution or conversion to certain nonfiling entities.
Section 490.1510 - Transfer of registration.
Section 490.1511 - Administrative termination of registration.
Section 490.1512 - Action by attorney general.
Section 490.1520 - Withdrawal of foreign corporation.
Section 490.1523 - Transfer of authority.
Section 490.1530 - Grounds for revocation.
Section 490.1531 - Procedure for and effect of revocation.
Section 490.1532 - Appeal from revocation.
Section 490.1601 - Corporate records.
Section 490.1602 - Inspection rights of shareholders.
Section 490.1603 - Scope of inspection right.
Section 490.1604 - Court-ordered inspection.
Section 490.1605 - Inspection of records by directors.
Section 490.1606 - Exception to notice requirement.
Section 490.1620 - Financial statements for shareholders.
Section 490.1621 - Biennial report for secretary of state.
Section 490.1622 - Biennial report for secretary of state.
Section 490.1701 - Application of subchapter — definitions.
Section 490.1702 - Name — share certificates.
Section 490.1703 - Certain amendments and transactions — votes required.
Section 490.1704 - Duties of directors.
Section 490.1705 - Annual benefit report.
Section 490.1706 - Rights of action.
Section 490.1801 - Application to existing domestic corporations.
Section 490.1802 - Application to existing foreign corporations.