1. A foreign corporation may appeal the secretary of state‘s revocation of its certificate of authority to the district court within thirty days after the service of the certificate of revocation is perfected under section 504.1510 by petitioning to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its certificate of authority and the secretary of state’s certificate of revocation.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 504.1533

  • 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.
  • 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 court may summarily order the secretary of state to reinstate the certificate of authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate.
 3. The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.