Iowa § 501.808 Unknown claims against dissolved cooperative

Iowa Statutes

§ 501.808 — Unknown claims against dissolved cooperative

Iowa § 501.808

Title XIIBUSINESS ENTITIES

Ch. 501CLOSED COOPERATIVES

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Iowa Code § 501.808 (2026).

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1.A dissolved cooperative may also publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the cooperative present them in accordance with the notice.

2.The notice must meet all of the following requirements:

a.Be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the dissolved cooperative’s principal office or, if not in this state, its registered office is or was last located.

b.Describetheinformationthatmustbeincludedinaclaimandprovideamailingaddress where the claim may be sent.

c.State that a claim against the cooperative will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after the publication of the notice.

3.If the dissolved cooperative publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection

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1. A dissolved cooperative may also publish notice of its dissolution and request that
persons with claims against the cooperative present them in accordance with the notice.
2. The notice must meet all of the following requirements:
a. Be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the
dissolved cooperative’s principal office or, if not in this state, its registered office is or was
last located.
b. Describetheinformationthatmustbeincludedinaclaimandprovideamailingaddress
where the claim may be sent.
c. State that a claim against the cooperative will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce
the claim is commenced within five years after the publication of the notice.
3. If the dissolved cooperative publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with
subsection 2, the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant
commences a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved cooperative within five
years after the publication date of the newspaper notice:

a. A claimant who did not receive written notice under section 501.807.
b. A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved cooperative but not acted on.
c. A claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective
date of dissolution.
4. A claim may be enforced under this section in either of the following ways:
a. Against the dissolved cooperative, to the extent of its undistributed assets.
b. If the assets have been distributed in liquidation, against an interest holder of the
dissolved cooperative to the extent of the interest holder’s pro rata share of the claim or the
cooperative assets distributed to the interest holder in liquidation, whichever is less, but
an interest holder’s total liability for all claims under this section shall not exceed the total
amount of assets distributed to the interest holder in liquidation.