If the secretary of state shall fail to approve any articles of incorporation, amendment, merger, consolidation or dissolution, or any other document required by this chapter to be approved by the secretary of state before the same shall be filed in the secretary of state's office, the secretary shall, within ten days after the delivery thereof to the secretary, give written notice of the secretary's disapproval to the person or corporation, domestic or foreign, delivering the same, specifying the reasons therefor. Judicial review of the acts of the secretary of state may be sought in accordance with the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act. Notwithstanding the terms of said Act, petitions for judicial review may be filed in the district court of the county in which the registered office of such corporation is, or is proposed to be, situated by filing with the clerk of such court a petition setting forth a copy of the articles or other document sought to be filed and a copy of the written disapproval thereof by the secretary of state; whereupon the matter shall be tried de novo by the court, and the court shall either sustain the action of the secretary of state or direct the secretary to take such action as the court may deem proper.
If the secretary of state shall revoke the certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state of any foreign corporation, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, judicial review may be sought of such action in accordance with the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act. Notwithstanding the terms of said Act, petitions for judicial review may be filed in the district court of the county where the registered office of such corporation in this state is situated.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 504A.92]
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