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Terms Used In Iowa Code 661.1

  • 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.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
661.1 Definition.
The action of mandamus is one brought to obtain an order commanding an inferior tribunal, board, corporation, or person to do or not to do an act, the performance or omission of which the law enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station.
[R60, §3761; C73, §3373; C97, §4341; S13, §4341; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12440; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §661.1]