1. A foreign corporation whose name does not comply with section 490.401 shall not register to do business in this state until it adopts, for the purpose of doing business in this state, an alternate name that complies with section 490.401 by filing a foreign registration statement under section 490.1503, or if applicable, a transfer of registration statement under section 490.1510, setting forth that alternate name. After registering to do business in this state with an alternate name, a foreign corporation shall do business in this state under any of the following:

 a. The alternate name.
 b. The foreign corporation’s name, with the addition of its jurisdiction of formation.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 490.1506

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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 registration statement: means the foreign registration statement described in section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Registered foreign corporation: means a foreign corporation registered to do business in the state pursuant to subchapter XV. 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. If a registered foreign corporation changes its name after registration to a name that does not comply with section 490.401, it shall not do business in this state until it complies with subsection 1 by amending its registration statement to adopt an alternate name that complies with section 490.401.
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