Iowa Code § 504.1102

Limitations on mergers by public benefit or religious corporations
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1. Without the prior approval of the district court, a public benefit or religious corporation may merge only with one of the following: a. A public benefit or religious corporation. b. A foreign corporation which would qualify under this chapter as a public benefit or religious corporation. c. A wholly owned foreign or domestic business or mutual benefit corporation, provided the public benefit or religious corporation is the surviving corporation and continues to be a public benefit or religious corporation after the merger. d. A business or mutual benefit corporation or an unincorporated entity, provided that all of the following apply where the public benefit or religious corporation is not the surviving entity in the merger: (1) On or prior to the effective date of the merger, assets with a value equal to the greater of the fair market value of the net tangible and intangible assets, including goodwill, of the public benefitor religious corporation or thefair market valueof the public benefitorreligious corporation if itwere to be operated as a business concern are transferred or conveyed to one or more persons who would have received itsassets under section 504.1405, subsection 1,paragraphs “e” and “f”, had itdissolved. (2) The business or mutual benefit corporation or unincorporated entity shall return, transfer, or convey any assets held by it upon condition requiring return, transfer, or conveyance, which condition occurs by reason of the merger, in accordance with such condition. (3) The merger is approved by a majority of directors of the public benefit or religious corporation who are not and will not become members or shareholders in or officers, employees, agents, or consultants of the surviving entity. 2. Without the prior approval of the districtcourt in a proceeding in which a guardian ad litem has been appointed to represent the interests of the corporation, a member of a public benefit or religious corporation shall not receive or keep anything as a result of a merger other than a membership in the surviving public benefit or religious corporation. The court shall approve the transaction if itis in the public interest.

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