514.9A - CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY -- RENEWAL.
514.9A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY -- RENEWAL. A certificate of authority of a corporation formed under this chapter expires on June 1 succeeding its issue and shall be renewed annually so long as the corporation transacts its business in accordance with all legal requirements. A corporation shall submit annually, on or before March 1, a completed application for renewal of its certificate of authority. A corporation that fails to timely file an application for renewal shall pay an administrative penalty of five hundred dollars to the treasurer of state for deposit as provided in section 505.7. A duly certified copy or duplicate of the certificate is admissible in evidence for or against the corporation with the same effect as the original.
Section History: Recent Form 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §57; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §72
Footnotes For future repeal of 2009 amendment to this section, effective July 1, 2011, see 2009 Acts, ch 179, §146