1. A protected-series transferable interest of a protected series of a series limited liability company must be owned initially by an associated member of the protected series or the company.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.14303

  • Member: means a person that has become a member of a limited liability company under section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Operating agreement: means the agreement, whether or not referred to as an operating agreement and whether oral, in a record, implied, or in any combination thereof, of all the members of a limited liability company, including a sole member, concerning the matters described in section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Protected-series transferable interest: means a right to receive a distribution from a protected series. See Iowa Code 489.14102
  • Protected-series transferee: means a person to which all or part of a protected-series transferable interest of a protected series of a series limited liability company has been transferred, other than the company. See Iowa Code 489.14102
  • Transfer: includes an assignment, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, gift, or transfer by operation of law. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Transferable interest: means the right, as originally associated with a person's capacity as a member, to receive distributions from a limited liability company in accordance with the operating agreement, whether or not the person remains a member or continues to own any part of the right. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Transferee: means a person to which all or part of a transferable interest has been transferred, whether or not the transferor is a member. See Iowa Code 489.102
 2. If a protected series of a series limited liability company has no associated members when established, the company owns the protected-series transferable interests in the protected series.
 3. In addition to acquiring a protected-series transferable series interest under subsection 2, a series limited liability company may acquire a protected-series transferable interest through a transfer from another person or as provided in the operating agreement.
 4. Except for section 489.14108, subsection 1, paragraph “c”, a provision of this article which applies to a protected-series transferee of a protected series of a series limited liability company applies to the company in its capacity as an owner of a protected-series transferable interest of the protected series. A provision of the operating agreement of a series limited liability company which applies to a protected-series transferee of a protected series of the company applies to the company in its capacity as an owner of a protected-series transferable interest of the protected series.