1. Written notice stating the place, day, and hour of a meeting of the shareholders and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the cashier, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If mailed, the notice is deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the state bank with postage prepaid. As used in this section, the term “notice” means as defined in section 490.141.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 524.533

  • Articles of incorporation: means the original, amended, or restated articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto and includes articles of merger. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Bank: means a corporation organized under this chapter, a national bank, a federal savings association, or an out-of-state bank. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • 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
  • notice: means as defined in section 490. See Iowa Code 524.533
  • Officer: means chief executive officer, executive officer, or any other administrative official of a state bank elected by the state bank's board of directors to carry out any of the state bank's operating rules and policies. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Person: means as defined in section 4. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Record: means the same as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 554E.1
  • Shareholder: means one who is a holder of record of shares in a state bank. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • 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
  • State bank: means any bank incorporated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter after January 1, 1970, and any "state bank" incorporated pursuant to the laws of this state and doing business as such on January 1, 1970, or a bank organized as a mutual corporation under this chapter. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. A shareholder may waive any notice required by this chapter, the articles of incorporation, or bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver must be in writing, be signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice, and be delivered to the state bank for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records.
 3. A shareholder’s attendance at a meeting results in all of the following:

 a. Waives the shareholder’s objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting.
 b. Waives the shareholder’s objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.
 4. Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, the shareholders may permit any or all shareholders to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all shareholders participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A shareholder participating in a meeting as provided in this subsection is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
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