COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT

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Section
501A.101

Short title.

Section
501A.102

Definitions.

Section
501A.103

Requirements for signatures on documents.

Section
501A.201

General filing requirements.

Section
501A.202

Filing duty of secretary of state.

Section
501A.203

Effective time and date of documents.

Section
501A.204

Correcting filed documents.

Section
501A.205

Fees.

Section
501A.206

Forms.

Section
501A.207

Appeal from secretary of state’s refusal to file document.

Section
501A.208

Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.

Section
501A.209

Certificate of existence.

Section
501A.210

Penalty for signing false document.

Section
501A.211

Secretary of state — powers.

Section
501A.221

Certificate of authority.

Section
501A.222

Cancellation of certificate of authority.

Section
501A.231

Biennial report for secretary of state.

Section
501A.301

Name.

Section
501A.302

Reserved name.

Section
501A.401

Registered office and registered agent.

Section
501A.402

Change of registered office or registered agent.

Section
501A.403

Resignation of registered agent — discontinuance of registered office — statement.

Section
501A.404

Service on domestic cooperatives.

Section
501A.405

Service on foreign cooperative.

Section
501A.501

Organizational purpose.

Section
501A.502

Organizers.

Section
501A.503

Articles of organization.

Section
501A.504

Amendment of articles.

Section
501A.505

Existence.

Section
501A.506

Bylaws.

Section
501A.507

Cooperative records.

Section
501A.601

Powers.

Section
501A.602

Emergency powers.

Section
501A.603

Agricultural commodities and products — marketing contracts.

Section
501A.701

Board governs cooperative.

Section
501A.702

Number of directors.

Section
501A.703

Election of directors.

Section
501A.704

Filling vacancies.

Section
501A.705

Removal of directors.

Section
501A.706

Board of directors’ meetings.

Section
501A.707

Quorum.

Section
501A.708

Action of board of directors.

Section
501A.709

Action without a meeting.

Section
501A.710

Audit committee.

Section
501A.711

Committees.

Section
501A.712

Standard of conduct.

Section
501A.713

Director conflicts of interest.

Section
501A.714

Limitation of liability of directors, officers, employees, members, and volunteers.

Section
501A.715

Indemnification.

Section
501A.716

Officers.

Section
501A.801

Members.

Section
501A.802

Member liability.

Section
501A.803

Regular members’ meetings.

Section
501A.804

Special members’ meetings.

Section
501A.805

Certification of meeting notice.

Section
501A.806

Quorum.

Section
501A.807

Remote communications for members’ meetings.

Section
501A.808

Action of members.

Section
501A.809

Action without a meeting.

Section
501A.810

Member voting rights.

Section
501A.811

Patron member voting based on patronage.

Section
501A.812

Voting rights.

Section
501A.813

Voting by organizations and legal representatives.

Section
501A.814

Proxies.

Section
501A.815

Sale of property and assets.

Section
501A.816

Vote of ownership interests held by cooperative.

Section
501A.901

Membership interests.

Section
501A.902

Assignment of financial rights.

Section
501A.903

Nature of a membership interest and statement of interest owned.

Section
501A.904

Certificated and uncertificated membership interests.

Section
501A.905

Lost certificates — replacement.

Section
501A.906

Restriction on transfer or registration of membership interests.

Section
501A.1001

Authorization, form, and acceptance of contributions.

Section
501A.1002

Restatement of value of previous contributions.

Section
501A.1003

Contribution agreements.

Section
501A.1004

Contribution rights agreements.

Section
501A.1005

Allocations and distributions — profits, losses, cash, or other assets.

Section
501A.1006

Allocations and distributions — net income.

Section
501A.1007

Member control agreements.

Section
501A.1008

Reversion of disbursements.

Section
501A.1101

Merger and consolidation.

Section
501A.1102

Merger of subsidiary.

Section
501A.1103

Abandonment.

Section
501A.1104

Conversion — amendment of organizational documents to be governed by this chapter.

Section
501A.1201

Methods of dissolution.

Section
501A.1202

Winding up.

Section
501A.1203

Revocation of dissolution proceedings.

Section
501A.1204

Statute of limitations.

Section
501A.1205

Articles of dissolution.

Section
501A.1206

Application for court-supervised voluntary dissolution.

Section
501A.1207

Court-ordered remedies for dissolution.

Section
501A.1208

Procedure in involuntary or court-supervised voluntary dissolution.

Section
501A.1209

Receiver qualifications and powers.

Section
501A.1210

Dissolution action by attorney general — administrative dissolution.

Section
501A.1211

Filing claims in court-supervised dissolution proceedings.

Section
501A.1212

Discontinuance of court-supervised dissolution proceedings.

Section
501A.1213

Court-supervised dissolution order.

Section
501A.1214

Filing court’s dissolution order.

Section
501A.1215

Barring of claims.

Section
501A.1216

Right to sue or defend after dissolution.