Iowa Code 504.1510 – Service on foreign corporation
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1. The registered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state is the corporation‘s agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign corporation.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 504.1510
- 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
- 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
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- 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 a district, authority, bureau, commission, department, and any other agency of the United States. See Iowa Code 504.141
2. A foreign corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the foreign corporation at its principal office shown in its application for a certificate of authority or in its most recent biennial report filed under section 504.1613 if any of the following conditions apply:
a. The foreign corporation has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served.
b. The foreign corporation has withdrawn from transacting business in this state under section 504.1521.
c. The foreign corporation has had its certificate of authority revoked under section 504.1532.
3. Service is perfected under subsection 2 at the earliest of any of the following:
a. The date the foreign corporation receives the mail.
b. The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign corporation.
c. Five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.
4. This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a foreign corporation. A foreign corporation may also be served in any other manner permitted by law.