1.

 Action before hearing.

 Before a hearing is completed in dissolution proceedings, a court may do any of the following:

 a. Issue injunctions.
 b. Appoint receivers with all powers and duties that the court directs.
 c. Take actions required to preserve the cooperative‘s assets, wherever located.
 d. Carry on the business of the cooperative.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 501A.1208

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Cooperative: means a business association organized under this chapter. See Iowa Code 501A.102
  • 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
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • property: includes personal and real property. 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
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2.

 Action after hearing.

 After a hearing is completed, upon notice to parties to the proceedings and to other parties in interest designated by the court, the court may appoint a receiver to collect the cooperative’s assets, including amounts owing to the cooperative by subscribers on account of an unpaid portion of the consideration for the issuance of membership interests. A receiver has authority, subject to the order of the court, to continue the business of the cooperative and to sell, lease, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the property and assets of the cooperative, either at public or private sale.

 3.

 Discharge of obligations.

 The assets of the cooperative or the proceeds resulting from a sale, lease, transfer, or other disposition shall be applied in the following order of priority:

 a. The costs and expense of the proceedings, including attorney fees and disbursements.
 b. Debts, taxes, and assessments due the United States, this state, and other states in that order.
 c. Claims duly proved and allowed to employees under the provisions of the workers’ compensation law, except that claims under this paragraph shall not be allowed if the cooperative carried workers’ compensation insurance, as provided by law, at the time the injury was sustained.
 d. Claims, including the value of all compensation paid in a medium other than money, proved and allowed to employees for services performed within three months preceding the appointment of the receiver.
 e. Other claims that are proved and allowed by the court.
 4.

 Remainder to members.

 After payment of the expenses of receivership and claims of creditors are proved, the remaining assets, if any, may be distributed to the members or distributed under an approved liquidation plan.

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