Iowa Code
Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES
Chapter 497 - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS

Section 497.1 - Purposes of cooperative. - 497.1 Purposes of cooperative. Any number of persons, not less...

Section 497.2 - Articles of incorporation. - 497.2 Articles of incorporation. They shall sign and acknowledge written...

Section 497.3 - Filing — certificate of incorporation. - 497.3 Filing — certificate of incorporation. The original articles of...

Section 497.4 - Fee. - 497.4 Fee. For filing the articles of incorporation of associations...

Section 497.5 - Board of directors. - 497.5 Board of directors. Every such association shall be managed...

Section 497.6 - Removal. - 497.6 Removal. A majority of the stockholders shall have the...

Section 497.7 - Officers. - 497.7 Officers. The officers of every such association shall be...

Section 497.8 - Amending articles. - 497.8 Amending articles. The association may amend its articles of...

Section 497.9 - Record of amendments. - 497.9 Record of amendments. Within thirty days after the adoption...

Section 497.10 - Powers. - 497.10 Powers. An association created under this chapter shall have...

Section 497.11 - Ownership of shares and voting power limited. - 497.11 Ownership of shares and voting power limited. No stockholder...

Section 497.12 - Stockholding. - 497.12 Stockholding. At any regular meeting, or any regularly called...

Section 497.13 - Issue of shares as payment. - 497.13 Issue of shares as payment. Whenever an association created...

Section 497.14 - May act as trustee. - 497.14 May act as trustee. In case the cash value...

Section 497.15 - Paid-up stock — right to vote. - 497.15 Paid-up stock — right to vote. Certificates of stock...

Section 497.16 - Voting by mail. - 497.16 Voting by mail. At any regularly called general or...

Section 497.17 - Reserve fund. - 497.17 Reserve fund. The board of directors, subject to revision...

Section 497.18 - Educational fund — dividends. - 497.18 Educational fund — dividends. The board may each year,...

Section 497.19 - Additional dividends. - 497.19 Additional dividends. The remainder of said net profits shall...

Section 497.20 - When dividends distributed. - 497.20 When dividends distributed. The profits or net earnings of...

Section 497.21 - Dissolution. - 497.21 Dissolution. If such association, for five consecutive years, shall...

Section 497.22 - Biennial report — penalty. - 497.22 Biennial report — penalty. 1. Section 504.1613 applies to...

Section 497.23 - Exemption from report. - 497.23 Exemption from report. Any corporation organized under the provisions...

Section 497.24 - List of delinquents. - 497.24 List of delinquents. In the month of April of...

Section 497.25 - Notice to delinquents. - 497.25 Notice to delinquents. On or before the first day...

Section 497.26 - Cancellation. - 497.26 Cancellation. If the biennial report required is not filed...

Section 497.27 - Effect of cancellation. - 497.27 Effect of cancellation. When so canceled the corporate rights...

Section 497.28 - Reinstatement of corporation. - 497.28 Reinstatement of corporation. Any corporation whose corporate rights have...

Section 497.29 - Chapter extended to former companies. - 497.29 Chapter extended to former companies. All cooperative corporations, companies,...

Section 497.30 - Use of term “cooperative” restricted. - 497.30 Use of term “cooperative” restricted. No corporation or association...

Section 497.31 - Use of funds. - 497.31 Use of funds. None of the funds of any...

Section 497.32 - Private property exempt. - 497.32 Private property exempt. The private property of the stockholders...

Section 497.33 - Personal liability. - 497.33 Personal liability. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,...

Section 497.34 - Indemnification. - 497.34 Indemnification. A cooperative association operating under this chapter may...

Section 497.35 - Statement to estate of stockholder. - 497.35 Statement to estate of stockholder. 1. The board of...