{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-489.902","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 489.902","heading":"Registration to do business in this state.","body":"1. A foreign limited liability company shall not do business in this state until it registers with the secretary of state under this chapter.\n2. A foreign limited liability company doing business in this state shall not maintain a proceeding in any court of this state until it is registered to do business in this state.\n3. The failure of a foreign limited liability company to register to do business in this state does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign company or preclude it from defending a proceeding in this state.\n4. A limitation on the liability of a member or manager of a foreign limited liability company is not waived solely because the foreign company does business in this state without registering.\n5. Section 489.901, subsection 1, applies even if a foreign limited liability company fails to register under this subchapter.","path":["Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES (Ch. 486 - 504C)","Chapter 489 - UNIFORM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT","Subchapter IX - FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/489.902.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"b9843928a0658802afd9489aa24647e43f32cd4e4135064b0bd9ab77f8eb2f4b","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-489.901","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-489.903"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}