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Section 491.1 - Who may incorporate. - 491.1 Who may incorporate. Any number of persons may become...
Section 491.2 - Single person. - 491.2 Single person. Except as otherwise provided by law, a...
Section 491.3 - Powers. - 491.3 Powers. Among the powers of such corporations are the...
Section 491.4 - Index book. - 491.4 Index book. Repealed by 94 Acts, ch 1055, §16.
Section 491.5 - Articles adopted and filed — recording. - 491.5 Articles adopted and filed — recording. 1. Before commencing...
Section 491.5A - Secretary of state — extra services — surcharge. - 491.5A Secretary of state — extra services — surcharge. Upon...
Section 491.6 - Filing or refusal to file. - 491.6 Filing or refusal to file. When articles of incorporation...
Section 491.7 - Question of legality submitted. - 491.7 Question of legality submitted. Should a question of doubt...
Section 491.8 - Action on opinion. - 491.8 Action on opinion. If such opinion is in favor...
Section 491.9 - Submission to executive council. - 491.9 Submission to executive council. Upon the rejection of any...
Section 491.10 - Interpretative clause. - 491.10 Interpretative clause. Nothing in sections 491.5 through 491.9 shall...
Section 491.11 - Incorporation fee. - 491.11 Incorporation fee. Corporations organized for a period of years...
Section 491.12 - Exemption from fee. - 491.12 Exemption from fee. Repealed by 93 Acts, ch 126,...
Section 491.13 - Place of business. - 491.13 Place of business. 1. Any corporation organized under the...
Section 491.14 - Custody of office — business maintained. - 491.14 Custody of office — business maintained. Its place of...
Section 491.15 - Service of original notice — secretary of state. - 491.15 Service of original notice — secretary of state. Any...
Section 491.16 - Indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents — insurance. - 491.16 Indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents — insurance....
Section 491.16A - Directors and officers — duties and liabilities. - 491.16A Directors and officers — duties and liabilities. Sections 490.830,...
Section 491.17 - Remote participation in meetings of shareholders. - 491.17 Remote participation in meetings of shareholders. 1. Shareholders of...
Section 491.18 - Proof of publication — filing. - 491.18 Proof of publication — filing. Repealed by 2014 Acts,...
Section 491.19 - Commencement of business. - 491.19 Commencement of business. The corporation may commence business as...
Section 491.20 - Amendments — fees. - 491.20 Amendments — fees. 1. Amendments to articles of incorporation...
Section 491.21 - Signing and acknowledging of amendments. - 491.21 Signing and acknowledging of amendments. Such amendments need only...
Section 491.22 - Individual property liable. - 491.22 Individual property liable. A failure to substantially comply with...
Section 491.23 - Dissolution — filing a statement with secretary of state. - 491.23 Dissolution — filing a statement with secretary of state....
Section 491.24 - Duration. - 491.24 Duration. Corporations for the construction and operation, or the...
Section 491.25 - Renewal — conditions. - 491.25 Renewal — conditions. 1. Corporations existing for a period...
Section 491.26 - Stock of dissenting holders. - 491.26 Stock of dissenting holders. The provisions of section 491.25...
Section 491.27 - Execution of renewal — record required. - 491.27 Execution of renewal — record required. After the action...
Section 491.28 - Filing with secretary of state — fees — certificate of renewal. - 491.28 Filing with secretary of state — fees — certificate...
Section 491.29 - Erroneous certificate — correction. - 491.29 Erroneous certificate — correction. In all cases wherein the...
Section 491.30 - 491.30 Repealed by 93 Acts, ch 126, §35.
Section 491.31 - 491.31 Repealed by 93 Acts, ch 126, §35.
Section 491.32 - Notice of renewal — publication. - 491.32 Notice of renewal — publication. Repealed by 2014 Acts,...
Section 491.33 - Foreign insurance companies becoming domestic. - 491.33 Foreign insurance companies becoming domestic. The secretary of state...
Section 491.36 - Foreign-trade zone corporation. - 491.36 Foreign-trade zone corporation. A domestic corporation may be incorporated...
Section 491.38 - Consolidation of interstate bridge companies. - 491.38 Consolidation of interstate bridge companies. Any corporation heretofore or...
Section 491.39 - Legislative control. - 491.39 Legislative control. The articles of incorporation, bylaws, rules and...
Section 491.40 - Fraud — penalty for. - 491.40 Fraud — penalty for. Intentional fraud in failing to...
Section 491.41 - Diversion of funds — unlawful dividends. - 491.41 Diversion of funds — unlawful dividends. The diversion of...
Section 491.42 - Forfeiture. - 491.42 Forfeiture. Any intentional violation by the board of directors...
Section 491.43 - Keeping false accounts. - 491.43 Keeping false accounts. The intentional keeping of false books...
Section 491.46 - Books to show names of stockholders. - 491.46 Books to show names of stockholders. The books of...
Section 491.47 - Names exhibited at meetings. - 491.47 Names exhibited at meetings. It shall be the duty...
Section 491.48 - Stock certificates — signing. - 491.48 Stock certificates — signing. A corporation organized and existing...
Section 491.50 - Examination by stockholder. - 491.50 Examination by stockholder. 1. Any person who shall be...
Section 491.54 - Liability of collateral holder. - 491.54 Liability of collateral holder. No holder of stock as...
Section 491.55 - Right to vote stock — attachment. - 491.55 Right to vote stock — attachment. 1. Every executor,...
Section 491.56 - Expiration and closing of business. - 491.56 Expiration and closing of business. Corporations whose charters expire...
Section 491.57 - Sinking fund and loaning thereof. - 491.57 Sinking fund and loaning thereof. For the purpose of...
Section 491.58 - Liability of stockholders. - 491.58 Liability of stockholders. Neither anything in this chapter contained,...
Section 491.59 - Levy on private property. - 491.59 Levy on private property. In none of the cases...
Section 491.60 - Suit by creditor — measure of recovery. - 491.60 Suit by creditor — measure of recovery. In suits...
Section 491.61 - Corporate property exhausted. - 491.61 Corporate property exhausted. Before any stockholder can be charged...
Section 491.62 - Indemnity — contribution. - 491.62 Indemnity — contribution. When the property of a stockholder...
Section 491.63 - Franchise sold on execution. - 491.63 Franchise sold on execution. The franchise of a corporation...
Section 491.64 - Production of books. - 491.64 Production of books. In proceedings by or against a...
Section 491.65 - Estoppel. - 491.65 Estoppel. No person or persons acting as a corporation...
Section 491.66 - Dissolution — receivership. - 491.66 Dissolution — receivership. Courts of equity shall have full...
Section 491.68 - False statements or pretenses. - 491.68 False statements or pretenses. Every director, officer, or agent...
Section 491.101 - Definitions. - 491.101 Definitions. 1. “Merger” means the uniting of two or...
Section 491.101A - Poison pill defense authorized. - 491.101A Poison pill defense authorized. The terms and conditions of...
Section 491.101B - Consideration of community interests in consideration of acquisition proposals. - 491.101B Consideration of community interests in consideration of acquisition proposals....
Section 491.102 - Procedure for merger. - 491.102 Procedure for merger. 1. Any two or more corporations...
Section 491.103 - Procedure for consolidation. - 491.103 Procedure for consolidation. 1. Any two or more corporations...
Section 491.104 - Meetings of shareholders. - 491.104 Meetings of shareholders. 1. The board of directors of...
Section 491.105 - Approval by shareholders. - 491.105 Approval by shareholders. At each such meeting, a vote...
Section 491.106 - Articles of merger or consolidation. - 491.106 Articles of merger or consolidation. Upon such approval, articles...
Section 491.107 - Filing articles of merger or consolidation. - 491.107 Filing articles of merger or consolidation. 1. A duly...
Section 491.108 - Effective date of merger or consolidation. - 491.108 Effective date of merger or consolidation. Upon the payment...
Section 491.109 - Notice. - 491.109 Notice. Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1074, §4.
Section 491.110 - Effect of merger or consolidation. - 491.110 Effect of merger or consolidation. When such merger or...
Section 491.111 - Merger or consolidation of domestic and foreign corporations. - 491.111 Merger or consolidation of domestic and foreign corporations. 1....
Section 491.112 - Rights of dissenting shareholders. - 491.112 Rights of dissenting shareholders. 1. If a shareholder of...
Section 491.113 - Issuance of stock. - 491.113 Issuance of stock. All stock issued in connection with...
Section 491.114 - Amana stock. - 491.114 Amana stock. Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter and...