1. By complying with this subchapter, a domestic corporation may become any of the following:

 a. A domestic eligible entity.
 b. A foreign eligible entity if the conversion is permitted by the organic law of the foreign entity.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 490.930

  • Articles of incorporation: means the articles of incorporation described in section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • domestic business corporation: means a corporation for profit, which is not a foreign corporation, incorporated under this chapter. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Eligible entity: means a domestic or foreign unincorporated entity or a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Eligible interests: means interests or memberships. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Entity: includes a domestic and foreign business corporation; domestic and foreign nonprofit corporation; estate; trust; domestic and foreign unincorporated entity; and a state, the United States, and a foreign government. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law governing an unincorporated entity:
     a. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Merger: means a transaction pursuant to section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Organic law: means the statute governing the internal affairs of a domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation or unincorporated entity. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Organic rules: means the public organic record and private organic rules of a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Person: means a person as defined in section 4. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Plan: means a plan of domestication, conversion, merger, or share exchange. See Iowa Code 490.120
  • Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a domestic or foreign corporation are divided. See Iowa Code 490.140
 2. By complying with this part and applicable provisions of its organic law, a domestic eligible entity may become a domestic corporation. If procedures for the approval of a conversion are not provided by the organic law or organic rules of a domestic eligible entity, the conversion shall be adopted and approved in the same manner as a merger of that eligible entity. If the organic law or organic rules of a domestic eligible entity do not provide procedures for the approval of either a conversion or a merger, a plan of conversion may nonetheless be adopted and approved by the unanimous consent of all the interest holders of such eligible entity. In either such case, the conversion thereafter may be effected as provided in the other provisions of this part; and for purposes of applying this subchapter in such a case all of the following apply:

 a. The eligible entity, its members or interest holders, eligible interests and organic rules taken together, shall be deemed to be a domestic business corporation, shareholders, shares and articles of incorporation, respectively and vice versa, as the context may require.
 b. If the business and affairs of the eligible entity are managed by a person or persons that are not identical to the members or interest holders, that person or persons shall be deemed to be the board of directors.
 3. By complying with the provisions of this part applicable to foreign entities, a foreign eligible entity may become a domestic corporation if the organic law of the foreign eligible entity permits it to become a business corporation in another jurisdiction.
 4. If a protected agreement of a domestic converting corporation in effect immediately before the conversion becomes effective contains a provision applying to a merger of the corporation that is a converting entity and the agreement does not refer to a conversion of the corporation, the provision applies to a conversion of the corporation as if the conversion were a merger, until such time as the provision is first amended after the enactment date.
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