Iowa Code 501.807 – Known claims against dissolved cooperative
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1. A dissolved cooperative may dispose of the known claims against it by following the procedure described in this section.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 501.807
- 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
2. The dissolved cooperative shall notify its known claimants in writing of the dissolution at any time after the effective date of the dissolution. The written notice must do all of the following:
a. Describe information that must be included in a claim.
b. Provide a mailing address where a claim may be sent.
c. State the deadline, which shall not be fewer than one hundred twenty days from the effective date of the written notice, by which the dissolved cooperative must receive the claim.
d. State that the claim will be barred if not received by the deadline.
3. A claim against the dissolved cooperative is barred if either of the following occur:
a. A claimant who was given written notice under subsection 2 does not deliver the claim to the dissolved cooperative by the deadline.
b. A claimant whose claim was rejected by the dissolved cooperative does not commence a proceeding to enforce the claim within ninety days from the effective date of the rejection notice.
4. For purposes of this section, “claim” does not include a contingent liability or a claim based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.