Iowa Code 504.1503 – Application for certificate of authority
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1. A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the secretary of state. The application must set forth all of the following:
a. The name of the foreign corporation or, if its name is unavailable for use in this state, a corporate name that satisfies the requirements of section 504.1506.
b. The name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated.
c. The date of incorporation and period of duration.
d. The address of its principal office.
e. The address of its registered office in this state and the name of its registered agent at that office.
f. The names and usual business or home addresses of its current directors and officers.
g. Whether the foreign corporation has members.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 504.1503
- 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.
- Directors: means individuals, designated in the articles or bylaws or elected by the incorporators, and their successors and individuals elected or appointed by any other name or title to act as members of the board. See Iowa Code 504.141
- 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
- Foreign corporation: means a corporation organized under laws other than the laws of this state which would be a nonprofit corporation if formed under the laws of this state. See Iowa Code 504.141
- Principal office: means the office in or out of this state so designated in the biennial report filed pursuant to section 504. See Iowa Code 504.141
- Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under section 504. See Iowa Code 504.141
- 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 foreign corporation shall deliver the completed application to the secretary of state, and shall also deliver to the secretary of state a certificate of existence or a document of similar import duly authenticated by the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law it is incorporated which is dated no earlier than ninety days prior to the date the application is filed with the secretary of state.