1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and section 489.14107, the following rules apply in applying section 489.14106, section 489.14304, subsections 3 and 6, section 489.14501, subsection 4, paragraph “a”, section 489.14502, subsection 1, and section 489.14503, subsection 2:

 a. A protected series of a series limited liability company is deemed to be a limited liability company that is formed separately from the series limited liability company and is distinct from the series limited liability company and any other protected series of the series limited liability company.
 b. An associated member of the protected series is deemed to be a member of the company deemed to exist under paragraph “a”.
 c. A protected-series transferee of the protected series is deemed to be a transferee of the company deemed to exist under paragraph “a”.
 d. A protected-series transferable interest of the protected series is deemed to be a transferable interest of the company deemed to exist under paragraph “a”.
 e. A protected-series manager is deemed to be a manager of the company deemed to exist under paragraph “a”.
 f. An asset of the protected series is deemed to be an asset of the company deemed to exist under paragraph “a”, whether or not the asset is an associated asset of the protected series.
 g. Any creditor or other obligee of the protected series is deemed to be a creditor or obligee of the company deemed to exist under paragraph “a”.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.14108

  • Asset: means any of the following:
  • Associated asset: means an asset that meets the requirements of section 489. See Iowa Code 489.14102
  • 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
  • Manager: means a person that under the operating agreement of a manager-managed limited liability company is responsible, alone or in concert with others, for performing the management functions stated in section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Member: means a person that has become a member of a limited liability company under 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
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • 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
  • 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. Subsection 1 does not apply if its application would do any of the following:

 a. Contravene section 489.110.
 b. Authorize or require the secretary of state to do any of the following:

 (1) Accept for filing a type of record that neither this article nor any of the other articles of this chapter authorizes or requires a person to deliver to the secretary of state for filing.
 (2) Make or deliver a record that neither this article nor the other articles of this chapter authorizes or requires the secretary of state to make or deliver.