{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-489.203","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 489.203","heading":"Signing of records to be delivered for filing to secretary of state.","body":"1. A record delivered to the secretary of state for filing pursuant to this chapter must be signed as follows:\na. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs “b” and “c”, a record signed by a limited liability company must be signed by a person authorized by the company.\nb. A limited liability company’s initial certificate of organization must be signed by at least one person acting as an organizer.\nc. A record delivered on behalf of a dissolved limited liability company that has no member must be signed by the person winding up the company’s activities and affairs under section 489.702, subsection 3, or a person appointed under section 489.702, subsection 4, to wind up the activities and affairs.\nd. A statement of denial by a person under section 489.303 must be signed by that person.\ne. Any other record delivered on behalf of a person to the secretary of state for filing must be signed by that person.\n2. A record delivered for filing under this chapter may be signed by an agent. Whenever this chapter requires a particular individual to sign a record and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the record may be signed by a legal representative of the individual.\n3. A person that signs a record as an agent or legal representative affirms as a fact that the person is authorized to sign the record.","path":["Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES (Ch. 486 - 504C)","Chapter 489 - UNIFORM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT","Subchapter II - FORMATION — CERTIFICATE OF ORGANIZATION AND OTHER FILINGS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/489.203.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"83f3372cde26c923eb29b379b26f7e745cd131e05e9f55ccd0d4706966783976","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-489.202","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-489.204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}