1. A protected series of a series limited liability company may be served with a process, notice, demand, or other record required or permitted by law by any of the following:

 a. Serving the company.
 b. Serving the registered agent of the protected series.
 c. Other means authorized by law of this state other than the other articles of this chapter.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.14204

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • 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
  • Foreign protected series: means an arrangement, configuration, or other structure established by a foreign limited liability company which has attributes comparable to a protected series established under this article. See Iowa Code 489.14102
  • Foreign series limited liability company: means a foreign limited liability company that has at least one foreign protected series. See Iowa Code 489.14102
  • 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
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
 2. Service of a summons and complaint on a series limited liability company is notice to each protected series of the company of service of the summons and complaint and the contents of the complaint.
 3. Service of a summons and complaint on a protected series of a series limited liability company is notice to the company and any other protected series of the company of service of the summons and complaint and the contents of the complaint.
 4. Service of a summons and complaint on a foreign series limited liability company is notice to each foreign protected series of the foreign company of service of the summons and complaint and the contents of the complaint.
 5. Service of a summons and complaint on a foreign protected series of a foreign series limited liability company is notice to the foreign company and any other foreign protected series of the company of service of the summons and complaint and the contents of the complaint.
 6. Notice to a person under subsection 2, 3, 4, or 5 is effective whether or not the summons and complaint identify the person if the summons and complaint name as a party and identify any of the following:

 a. The series limited liability company or a protected series of the company.
 b. The foreign series limited liability company or a foreign protected series of the foreign company.