487.205  Amendment or cancellation by judicial act.

If a person required by section 487.204 to execute any certificate fails or refuses to do so, any other person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal may petition the Iowa district court for the county in which the office described in section 487.104 is located to direct the execution of the certificate. If the court finds that it is proper for the certificate to be executed and that any person so designated has failed or refused to execute the certificate, the court shall order the secretary of state to accept for filing an appropriate certificate.

Section History: Early form

  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 9853, 9854; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 545.48, 545.49; 82 Acts, ch 1103, § 205]

Section History: Recent form

  C93, § 487.205

  97 Acts, ch 188, § 22


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