1. A member‘s agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the member the agent or attorney represents.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 504.1603

  • 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.
  • Member: means a person who on more than one occasion, pursuant to the provisions of a corporation's articles or bylaws, has a right to vote for the election of a director or directors of a corporation, irrespective of how a member is defined in the articles or bylaws of the corporation. See Iowa Code 504.141
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Iowa Code 504.141
 2. The right to copy records under section 504.1602 includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies made by photographic, xerographic, or other means.
 3. The corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the member. The charge shall not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records.
 4. The corporation may comply with a member’s demand to inspect the record of members under section 504.1602, subsection 2, paragraph “c”, by providing the member with a list of its members that was compiled no earlier than the date of the member’s demand.