1. A cooperative may revoke its dissolution within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of the dissolution.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 501.804

  • Articles: means the cooperative's articles of association. See Iowa Code 501.101
  • Board: means the cooperative's board of directors. See Iowa Code 501.101
  • Cooperative: means a cooperative association organized under this chapter or converted to this chapter pursuant to section 501. See Iowa Code 501.101
  • 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
  • Member: means a person who owns a voting interest in a cooperative. See Iowa Code 501.101
  • 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. Revocation of dissolution must be authorized in the same manner as the dissolution was authorized unless that authorization permitted revocation by action of the board of directors alone, in which event the board of directors may revoke the dissolution without member action.
 3. After the revocation of dissolution is authorized, the cooperative may revoke the dissolution by delivering to the secretary of state for filing articles of revocation of dissolution, together with a copy of its articles of dissolution, that set forth all of the following:

 a. The name of the cooperative.
 b. The effective date of the dissolution that was revoked.
 c. The date that the revocation of dissolution was authorized.
 d. If the cooperative’s board of directors or organizers revoked the dissolution, a statement to that effect.
 e. If the cooperative’s board of directors revoked a dissolution authorized by the members, a statement that revocation was permitted by action by the board of directors alone pursuant to that authorization.
 f. If member action was required to revoke the dissolution, the information required by section 501.803, subsection 1, paragraph “c”.
 4. Revocation of dissolution is effective upon the effective date of the articles of revocation of dissolution.
 5. When the revocation of dissolution is effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the dissolution as if the dissolution had never occurred.