1. If the secretary refuses to file a document delivered to the secretary’s office for filing, the domestic cooperative or foreign cooperative may appeal the refusal, within thirty days after the return of the document, to the district court for the county in which the cooperative’s principal office or, if none in this state, where its registered office is or will be located. The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing the document and by attaching to the petition the document and the secretary’s explanation of the refusal to file.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 501A.207

  • 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 business association organized under this chapter. See Iowa Code 501A.102
  • Foreign cooperative: means a foreign business entity organized to conduct business consistent with this chapter or chapter 497, 498, or 499. See Iowa Code 501A.102
  • Secretary: means the secretary of state. See Iowa Code 501A.102
  • 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 court may summarily order the secretary to file the document or take other action the court considers appropriate.
 3. The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.
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