Terms Used In Iowa Code 504.841

• articles: includes amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Iowa Code 504.141
• 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
• Bylaws: means the code or codes of rules other than the articles adopted pursuant to this chapter for the regulation or management of the affairs of a corporation irrespective of the name or names by which such rules are designated. 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.
• 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
• Individual: includes the estate of an incompetent individual. 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