§ 491.13 — Place of business

Iowa § 491.13

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XII: BUSINESS ENTITIES
• Ch. 491: CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT

Text

1. Any corporation organized under the laws of this state shall fix upon and designate in
its articles of incorporation its principal place of business which must be in this state, and if
outside the limits of a city then its post office address must be given. The place of business so
designatedshallnotbechangedexceptthroughanamendmenttoitsarticlesofincorporation.
2. When a corporation changes its principal place of business from one county to another,
an amendment for this purpose shall be filed with the secretary of state, recorded in the
office of the recorder of deeds of the county of the previous place of business, and then said
amendment together with the articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto shall be
filed with the recorder of deeds of the county to which said corporation’s principal place of
business is changed.

Legislative History

[C97, §1612; S13, §1612; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8353; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.13]