Iowa Code 504.1433 – Receivership or custodianship
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1. A court in a judicial proceeding brought to dissolve a public benefit or mutual benefit corporation may appoint one or more receivers to wind up and liquidate, or one or more custodians to manage, the affairs of the corporation. The court shall hold a hearing, after notifying all parties to the proceeding and any interested persons designated by the court, before appointing a receiver or custodian. The court appointing a receiver or custodian has exclusive jurisdiction over the corporation and all of its property wherever located.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 504.1433
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- board of directors: means the board of directors of a corporation except that no person or group of persons are the board of directors because of powers delegated to that person or group pursuant to section 504. See Iowa Code 504.141
- Corporation: means a public benefit, mutual benefit, or religious corporation. See Iowa Code 504.141
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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
- Individual: includes the estate of an incompetent individual. See Iowa Code 504.141
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Proceeding: includes a civil suit and criminal, administrative, or investigatory actions. See Iowa Code 504.141
- 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
2. The court may appoint an individual, or a domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation authorized to transact business in this state, as a receiver or custodian. The court may require the receiver or custodian to post bond, with or without sureties, in an amount the court directs.
3. The court shall describe the powers and duties of the receiver or custodian in its appointing order, which may be amended, including the following:
a. The receiver or custodian may dispose of all or any part of the assets of the corporation wherever located, at a public or private sale, if authorized by the court. However, the receiver’s or custodian’s power to dispose of the assets of the corporation is subject to any trust and other restrictions that would be applicable to the corporation. The receiver or custodian may sue and defend in the receiver’s or custodian’s name as receiver or custodian of the corporation, as applicable, in all courts of this state.
b. The custodian may exercise all of the powers of the corporation, through or in place of its board of directors or officers, to the extent necessary to manage the affairs of the corporation in the best interests of its members and creditors.
4. The court during a receivership may redesignate the receiver a custodian, and during a custodianship may redesignate the custodian a receiver, if doing so is in the best interests of the corporation, its members, and creditors.
5. The court during the receivership or custodianship may order compensation paid and expense disbursements or reimbursements made to the receiver or custodian and to the receiver’s or custodian’s attorney from the assets of the corporation or proceeds from the sale of the assets.