The articles of incorporation shall set forth:
1. The name of the corporation and the chapter of the Code or session laws under which incorporated.
2. The period of duration if for a limited period, but in the absence of any statement in the articles all corporations organized hereunder shall have perpetual duration.
3. The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized.
4. Any provision, not inconsistent with law, which the incorporators elect to set forth in the articles of incorporation for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation, including any provision for distribution of assets on dissolution or final liquidation.
5. The address of its initial registered office including street and number, if any, the name of the county in which the registered office is located, and the name of its initial registered agent or agents at such address.
6. The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors.
7. Any provision not inconsistent with law or the purposes for which the corporation is organized, which the incorporators elect to set forth; or any provision limiting any of the corporate powers enumerated in this chapter.
8. The date on which the corporate existence shall begin, which may be any date identified by year, month and day not more than ninety days in the future. In the absence of any statement in the articles as to date of beginning of corporate existence, such existence shall commence on the date on which the secretary of state issues the certificate of incorporation.
9. The name and address of each incorporator.
It shall not be necessary to set forth in the articles of incorporation any of the corporate powers enumerated in this chapter.
Unless the articles of incorporation provide that a change in the number of directors shall be made only by amendment to the articles of incorporation, a change in the number of directors made by amendment to the bylaws shall be controlling. In all other cases, whenever a provision of the articles of incorporation is inconsistent with a bylaw, the provision of the articles of incorporation shall be controlling.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 504A.29]
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