499.78  Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.
  1.  An association administratively dissolved under section 499.77 may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement at any time after the effective date of dissolution. The application must meet all of the following requirements:
  a.  Recite the name of the association at its date of dissolution and the effective date of its administrative dissolution.
  b.  State that the ground or grounds for dissolution have been eliminated.
  2.  If the secretary of state determines that the application contains the information required by subsection 1 and that the information is correct, the secretary of state shall cancel the certificate of dissolution and prepare a certificate of reinstatement that recites the secretary of state’s determination and the effective date of reinstatement, file the original of the certificate, and serve a copy on the association pursuant to section 499.75.
  3.  When the reinstatement is effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the administrative dissolution as if the administrative dissolution had never occurred.
93 Acts, ch 126, §25; 97 Acts, ch 171, §33; 2006 Acts, ch 1089, §41