{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-488.208","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 488.208","heading":"Liability for false information in filed record — penalty.","body":"1. If a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter and filed by the secretary of state contains false information, a person that suffers loss by reliance on the information may recover damages for the loss from any or all of the following:\na. A person that signed the record, or caused another to sign it on the person’s behalf, and knew the information to be false at the time the record was signed.\nb. A general partner that has notice that the information was false when the record was filed or has become false because of changed circumstances, if the general partner has notice for a reasonably sufficient time before the information is relied upon to enable the general partner to effect an amendment under section 488.202, file a petition pursuant to section 488.205, or deliver to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change pursuant to section 488.115 or a statement of correction pursuant to section 488.207.\n2. Signing a record authorized or required to be filed under this chapter that the signer knows to be false in material respect constitutes a serious misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars.","path":["Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES (Ch. 486 - 504C)","Chapter 488 - UNIFORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT","Article 2 - FORMATION — CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND OTHER FILINGS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/488.208.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"33f6a2f4415b008eac8040be33c0e81e446bfe4ff697e6eb36b2651b3640f4fa","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-488.207","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-488.209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}