Iowa Code § 489.905

Current through March 29, 2024
Section 489.905 - Activities not constituting doing business in this state
1. Activities of a foreign limited liability company that do not constitute doing business in this state for purposes of this subchapter include all of the following:
a. Maintaining, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling a proceeding.
b. Carrying on any activity concerning the internal affairs of the foreign limited liability company, including holding meetings of its members or managers.
c. Maintaining accounts in financial institutions.
d. Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of securities of the foreign limited liability company or maintaining trustees or depositories with respect to those securities.
e. Selling through independent contractors.
f. Soliciting or obtaining orders by any means if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts.
g. Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, or security interests in property.
h. Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages or other security interests in property securing the debts and holding, protecting, or maintaining property so acquired.
i. Conducting an isolated transaction that is not in the course of similar transactions.
j. Owning, protecting, and maintaining property.
k. Doing business in interstate commerce.
2. This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities that may subject a foreign limited liability company to service of process, taxation, or regulation under the laws of this state other than this chapter.

Iowa Code § 489.905

2023 Acts, ch 152, §69, 161

Added by 2023 Iowa, ch 152, s 69, eff. 1/1/2024.

Section effective January 1, 2024; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §161

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