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Terms Used In Iowa Code 490.1508

  • 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
  • domestic nonprofit corporation: means a corporation incorporated under the laws of this state and subject to the provisions of chapter 504. 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
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
 A registered foreign corporation that domesticates to a domestic business corporation or converts to a domestic nonprofit corporation or any type of domestic filing entity or to a domestic limited liability partnership is deemed to have withdrawn its registration on the effectiveness of such event.