Terms Used In Iowa Code 536A.8

  • 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.
  • Corporation: shall mean any corporation for pecuniary profit organized under the laws of the state of Iowa. See Iowa Code 536A.2
  • Industrial loan company: shall mean a corporation operating under the provisions of this chapter and engaged in the business of loaning money to be repaid in one payment or in weekly, monthly or other periodic installments and the charging, receiving or requiring of interest, discount, fees, compensation or charges of whatever nature or kind for the use of such money and for the services to be rendered to the borrower in connection with the loan. See Iowa Code 536A.2
  • 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
 The paid-in capital stock of any corporation engaged in the business of operating an industrial loan company shall not be less than twenty-five thousand dollars when the corporation is transacting business in any city having less than twenty-five thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding decennial census. The paid-in capital stock of any corporation engaged in the business of operating an industrial loan company in any city having a population of more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding decennial census shall not be less than fifty thousand dollars. The paid-in capital stock of any corporation engaged in the business of operating an industrial loan company outside the limits of any incorporated city shall not be less than fifty thousand dollars. Every corporation engaged in the industrial loan business in the state of Iowa shall have a surplus of not less than ten percent of its paid-in capital stock.