1. Notice under this chapter must be in writing unless oral notice isreasonable under the circumstances. Notice by electronic transmission is written notice. 2. Subject to subsection 1, notice may be communicated in person, by mail, or other method of delivery; or by telephone, voice mail, or other electronic means. Ifthese forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published or by radio, television, or other form of public broadcast communication. 3. Oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner. 4. Written notice by a domestic or foreign corporation to its member, if in a comprehensible form, is effective according to one of the following: a. Upon deposit in the United States mail, ifmailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the member’s address shown in the corporation’s current record of members. b. When electronically transmitted to the member ina manner authorized by the member. 5. Except as provided in subsection 4, written notice, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following: a. When received. b. Five days after itsdeposit in the United States mail, ifmailed correctly addressed and with firstclass postage affixed. c. On the date shown on the return receipt, ifsent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee. d. Thirty days after itsdeposit in the United States mail, if mailed correctly addressed and with other than firstclass, registered, or certified postage affixed. 6. Written notice is correctly addressed to a member of a domestic or foreign corporation ifaddressed to the member’s address shown in the corporation’s current list of members. 7. A written notice or report delivered as part of a newsletter, magazine, or other publication regularly sent tomembers shall constitute a written notice or report ifaddressed or delivered to the member’s address shown in the corporation’s current listof members, or in the case of members who are residents of the same household and who have the same address in the corporation’s current list of members, ifaddressed or delivered to one of such members, at the address appearing on the current listof members. 8. Written notice is correctly addressed to a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, other than in its capacity as a member, if addressed to its registered agent or to itssecretary at its principal office shown in its most recent biennial report or,in the case of a foreign corporation that has not yet delivered a biennial report, in itsapplication for a certificate of authority. 9. Ifsection 504.705, subsection 2,or any other provision of this chapter prescribes notice requirements for particular circumstances, those requirements govern. If articles or bylaws prescribe notice requirements not inconsistent with this section or other provisions of this chapter, those requirements govern.
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