Iowa Code
Chapter 501B - REVISED UNIFORM UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION ACT
Section 501B.8 - Liability.

501B.8 Liability.
1. For a debt, obligation, or other liability of an unincorporated nonprofit association, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, all of the following apply:
a. It is solely the debt, obligation, or other liability of the association.
b. It does not become a debt, obligation, or other liability of a member, manager, employee, or volunteer solely because the member acts as a member, the manager acts as a manager, the employee acts as an employee, or a volunteer acts as a volunteer.
2. A person’s status as a member, manager, employee, or volunteer does not prevent or restrict law other than this chapter from imposing liability on the person or the association because of the person’s conduct.
3. A person who is a manager, member, employee, or volunteer is not personally liable in that capacity to the unincorporated nonprofit association or any of its members for any action taken or failure to take any action in the discharge of the person’s duties except liability for any of the following:
a. The amount of any financial benefit to which the person is not entitled.
b. An intentional infliction of harm on the unincorporated nonprofit association or the members.
c. An intentional violation of criminal law.
d. Improper distributions.
2010 Acts, ch 1112, §8, 33

Structure Iowa Code

Iowa Code

Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES

Chapter 501B - REVISED UNIFORM UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION ACT

Section 501B.1 - Short title.

Section 501B.2 - Definitions.

Section 501B.3 - Relation to other law.

Section 501B.4 - Governing law.

Section 501B.5 - Legal entity — perpetual existence — powers.

Section 501B.6 - Ownership and transfer of property.

Section 501B.7 - Statement of authority as to real property.

Section 501B.8 - Liability.

Section 501B.9 - Assertion and defense of claims.

Section 501B.10 - Effect of judgment or order.

Section 501B.11 - Appointment of agent to receive service of process.

Section 501B.12 - Service of process.

Section 501B.13 - Action or proceeding not abated by change.

Section 501B.14 - Venue.

Section 501B.15 - Member not agent.

Section 501B.16 - Approval by members.

Section 501B.17 - Meetings of members — voting, notice, and quorum requirements.

Section 501B.18 - Duties of member.

Section 501B.19 - Admission, suspension, dismissal, or expulsion of members.

Section 501B.20 - Member’s resignation.

Section 501B.21 - Membership interest not transferable.

Section 501B.22 - Selection of managers — management rights of managers.

Section 501B.23 - Duties of managers.

Section 501B.24 - Notice and quorum requirements for meetings of managers.

Section 501B.25 - Right of member or manager to information.

Section 501B.26 - Distributions prohibited — compensation and other permitted payments.

Section 501B.27 - Reimbursement — indemnification — advancement of expenses.

Section 501B.28 - Dissolution.

Section 501B.29 - Winding up and termination.

Section 501B.30 - Mergers.

Section 501B.31 - Uniformity of application and construction.

Section 501B.32 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.