1. A document filed by the secretary of state pursuant to this chapter may be corrected if any of the following applies:

 a. The document contains an inaccuracy.
 b. The document was defectively signed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.
 c. The electronic transmission was defective.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 490.124

  • Document: means any of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • 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
  • Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. A document is corrected by complying with all of the following:

 a. By preparing articles of correction that do all of the following:

 (1) Describe the document, including its filing date, or a copy of the document is attached to the articles of correction.
 (2) Specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected.
 (3) Correct the inaccuracy or defect.
 b. By delivering the articles of correction to the secretary of state for filing.
 3. Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.
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