1. If the secretary of state denies a cooperative‘s application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, the secretary of state shall serve the cooperative under section 501.106 with a written notice that explains the reason or reasons for denial.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 501.814

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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. The cooperative may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the district court within thirty days after service of the notice of denial is perfected. The cooperative appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the dissolution and attaching to the petition copies of the secretary of state’s certificate of dissolution, the cooperative’s application for reinstatement, and the secretary of state’s notice of denial.
 3. The court may summarily order the secretary of state to reinstate the dissolved cooperative or may take other action the court considers appropriate.
 4. The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.
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