1. If the secretary of state rejects a limited liability company’s application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, the secretary of state shall prepare, sign, and file a notice that explains the reason for rejection and serve the company with a copy of the notice.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.707

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • Sign: means , with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to do any of the following:
  • 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. Within thirty days after service of a notice of rejection of reinstatement under subsection 1, a limited liability company may appeal from the rejection by petitioning the district court to set aside the dissolution. The petition must be served on the secretary of state and contain a copy of the secretary of state’s declaration of dissolution, the company’s application for reinstatement, and the secretary of state’s notice of rejection.
 3. The court may order the secretary of state to reinstate a dissolved limited liability company or take other action the court considers appropriate.