1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a limited liability company has the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name and the power to do all things necessary or convenient to carry on its activities.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.105

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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
  • Member: means a person that has become a member of a limited liability company under section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • 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 489.102
 2. Until a limited liability company has or has had at least one member, the company lacks the capacity to do any act or carry on any activity except all of the following:

 a. Delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change under section 489.114, an amendment to the certificate under section 489.202, a statement of correction under section 489.206, a biennial report under section 489.209, a statement of withdrawal or a statement of rescission under section 489.701A, or a statement of termination under section 489.702, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (6).
 b. Admitting a member under section 489.401.
 c. Dissolving under section 489.701.
 3. A limited liability company that has or has had at least one member may ratify an act or activity that occurred when the company lacked capacity under subsection 2.