{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-490.1502","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 490.1502","heading":"Registration to do business in this state.","body":"1. A foreign corporation shall not do business in this state until it registers with the secretary of state under this chapter.\n2. A foreign corporation 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 corporation to register to do business in this state does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign corporation or preclude it from defending a proceeding in this state.\n4. A limitation on the liability of a shareholder or director of a foreign corporation is not waived solely because the foreign corporation does business in this state without registering.\n5. Section 490.1501, subsection 1, applies even if a foreign corporation fails to register under this chapter.","path":["Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES (Ch. 486 - 504C)","Chapter 490 - BUSINESS CORPORATIONS","Subchapter XV - FOREIGN CORPORATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/490.1502.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"4259b04b5e8d9a09eeabf769f29c3021ee8b5a1663417677b23aa03b8610bbae","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-490.1501","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-490.1503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}