Iowa § 490.152 Judicial proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions

Iowa Statutes

§ 490.152 — Judicial proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions

Iowa § 490.152

Title XIIBUSINESS ENTITIES

Ch. 490BUSINESS CORPORATIONS

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Iowa Code § 490.152 (2026).

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1.Upon application by the corporation, any successor entity to the corporation, a director of the corporation, any shareholder, beneficial shareholder, or unrestricted voting trust beneficial owner of the corporation, including any such shareholder, beneficial shareholder, or unrestricted voting trust beneficial owner as of the date of the defective corporate action ratified under section 490.147, or any other person claiming to be substantially and adversely affected by a ratification under section 490.147, the district court of the county where a corporation’s principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is located may do all of the following:

a.Determine the validity and effectiveness of any corporate action or defective corporate action.

b.Determine the validity

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1. Upon application by the corporation, any successor entity to the corporation, a director
of the corporation, any shareholder, beneficial shareholder, or unrestricted voting trust
beneficial owner of the corporation, including any such shareholder, beneficial shareholder,
or unrestricted voting trust beneficial owner as of the date of the defective corporate action
ratified under section 490.147, or any other person claiming to be substantially and adversely
affected by a ratification under section 490.147, the district court of the county where a
corporation’s principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is located may do
all of the following:
a. Determine the validity and effectiveness of any corporate action or defective corporate
action.
b. Determine the validity and effectiveness of any ratification under section 490.147.
c. Determine the validity of any putative shares.
d. Modify or waive any of the procedures specified in section 490.147 or 490.148 to ratify
a defective corporate action.
2. In connection with an action under this section, the court may make such findings or
orders, and take into account any factors or considerations, regarding such matters as it
deems proper under the circumstances.
3. Service of process of the application under subsection 1 on the corporation may be

made in any manner provided by statute of this state or by rule of the applicable court
for service on the corporation, and no other party need be joined in order for the court to
adjudicate the matter. In an action filed by the corporation, the court may require notice
of the action to be provided to other persons specified by the court and permit such other
persons to intervene in the action.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or otherwise under applicable law,
any action asserting that the ratification of any defective corporate action and any putative
shares issued as a result of such defective corporate action should not be effective, or should
be effective only on certain conditions, shall be brought within one hundred twenty days of
the validation effective time.