501A.231 Biennial report for secretary of state.
1. A cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a biennial report that sets forth all of the following:
a. The name of the cooperative.
b. The address of its registered office and the name of its registered agent at that office in this state, together with the consent of any new registered agent.
c. The address of its principal office.
d. The names and addresses of the president, secretary, treasurer, and one member of the board of directors.
2. Information in the biennial report must be current as of the first day of January of the year in which the report is due. The report shall be executed on behalf of the cooperative and signed as provided in section 501A.103 or by any other person authorized by the board of directors of the cooperative.
3. The first biennial report shall be delivered to the secretary of state between January 1 and April 1 of the first even-numbered year following the calendar year in which a cooperative is organized. Subsequent biennial reports shall be delivered to the secretary of state between January 1 and April 1 of the following even-numbered calendar years. A filing fee for the biennial report shall be determined by the secretary of state.
4. If a biennial report does not contain the information required by this section, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the reporting cooperative in writing and return the report to the cooperative for correction.
5. The secretary of state may provide for the change of registered office or registered agent on the form prescribed by the secretary of state for the biennial report, provided that the form contains the information required by section 501A.402. If the secretary of state determines that a biennial report does not contain the information required by this section but otherwise meets the requirements of section 501A.402 for the purpose of changing the registered office or registered agent, the secretary of state shall file the statement of change of registered office or registered agent, effective as provided in section 501A.203, before returning the biennial report to the cooperative as provided in this section. A statement of change of registered office or agent pursuant to this subsection shall be executed by a person authorized to execute the biennial report.
2005 Acts, ch 135, §17; 2005 Acts, ch 179, §133
Referred to in §9.11
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT
Section 501A.101 - Short title.
Section 501A.102 - Definitions.
Section 501A.103 - Requirements for signatures on documents.
Section 501A.201 - General filing requirements.
Section 501A.201A - Secretary of state — extra services — surcharge.
Section 501A.202 - Filing duty of secretary of state.
Section 501A.203 - Effective time and date of documents.
Section 501A.204 - Correcting filed documents.
Section 501A.207 - Appeal from secretary of state’s refusal to file document.
Section 501A.208 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
Section 501A.209 - Certificate of existence.
Section 501A.210 - Penalty for signing false document.
Section 501A.211 - Secretary of state — powers.
Section 501A.221 - Certificate of authority.
Section 501A.222 - Cancellation of certificate of authority.
Section 501A.231 - Biennial report for secretary of state.
Section 501A.302 - Reserved name.
Section 501A.401 - Registered office and registered agent.
Section 501A.402 - Change of registered office or registered agent.
Section 501A.404 - Service on domestic cooperatives.
Section 501A.405 - Service on foreign cooperative.
Section 501A.501 - Organizational purpose.
Section 501A.502 - Organizers.
Section 501A.503 - Articles of organization.
Section 501A.504 - Amendment of articles.
Section 501A.507 - Cooperative records.
Section 501A.602 - Emergency powers.
Section 501A.603 - Agricultural commodities and products — marketing contracts.
Section 501A.701 - Board governs cooperative.
Section 501A.702 - Number of directors.
Section 501A.703 - Election of directors.
Section 501A.704 - Filling vacancies.
Section 501A.705 - Removal of directors.
Section 501A.706 - Board of directors’ meetings.
Section 501A.708 - Action of board of directors.
Section 501A.709 - Action without a meeting.
Section 501A.710 - Audit committee.
Section 501A.711 - Committees.
Section 501A.712 - Standard of conduct.
Section 501A.713 - Director conflicts of interest.
Section 501A.715 - Indemnification.
Section 501A.802 - Member liability.
Section 501A.803 - Regular members’ meetings.
Section 501A.804 - Special members’ meetings.
Section 501A.805 - Certification of meeting notice.
Section 501A.807 - Remote communications for members’ meetings.
Section 501A.808 - Action of members.
Section 501A.809 - Action without a meeting.
Section 501A.810 - Member voting rights.
Section 501A.811 - Patron member voting based on patronage.
Section 501A.812 - Voting rights.
Section 501A.813 - Voting by organizations and legal representatives.
Section 501A.815 - Sale of property and assets.
Section 501A.816 - Vote of ownership interests held by cooperative.
Section 501A.901 - Membership interests.
Section 501A.902 - Assignment of financial rights.
Section 501A.903 - Nature of a membership interest and statement of interest owned.
Section 501A.904 - Certificated and uncertificated membership interests.
Section 501A.905 - Lost certificates — replacement.
Section 501A.906 - Restriction on transfer or registration of membership interests.
Section 501A.1001 - Authorization, form, and acceptance of contributions.
Section 501A.1002 - Restatement of value of previous contributions.
Section 501A.1003 - Contribution agreements.
Section 501A.1004 - Contribution rights agreements.
Section 501A.1005 - Allocations and distributions — profits, losses, cash, or other assets.
Section 501A.1006 - Allocations and distributions — net income.
Section 501A.1007 - Member control agreements.
Section 501A.1008 - Reversion of disbursements.
Section 501A.1101 - Merger and consolidation.
Section 501A.1102 - Merger of subsidiary.
Section 501A.1103 - Abandonment.
Section 501A.1201 - Methods of dissolution.
Section 501A.1202 - Winding up.
Section 501A.1203 - Revocation of dissolution proceedings.
Section 501A.1204 - Statute of limitations.
Section 501A.1205 - Articles of dissolution.
Section 501A.1206 - Application for court-supervised voluntary dissolution.
Section 501A.1207 - Court-ordered remedies for dissolution.
Section 501A.1208 - Procedure in involuntary or court-supervised voluntary dissolution.
Section 501A.1209 - Receiver qualifications and powers.
Section 501A.1210 - Dissolution action by attorney general — administrative dissolution.
Section 501A.1211 - Filing claims in court-supervised dissolution proceedings.
Section 501A.1212 - Discontinuance of court-supervised dissolution proceedings.
Section 501A.1213 - Court-supervised dissolution order.
Section 501A.1214 - Filing court’s dissolution order.
Section 501A.1215 - Barring of claims.
Section 501A.1216 - Right to sue or defend after dissolution.