Terms Used In Iowa Code 488.1004

  • 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.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Iowa Code 488.102
 In a derivative action, the petition must state with particularity the date and content of plaintiff‘s demand and either the general partners’ response to the demand or how the limited partnership would be irreparably harmed by waiting for such a response for ninety days.