{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-501.603","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 501.603","heading":"Sale of assets.","body":"1. A cooperative may, on the terms and conditions and for the consideration determined by the board, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber any or all of its property.\n2. A cooperative may sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, of its property, with or without the goodwill, on the terms and conditions and for the consideration determined by the board, which consideration may include the interests of another cooperative, if the board recommends the proposed transaction to the members, and the members approve it by a vote of two-thirds of the votes cast in which vote a majority of all votes are cast. The board may condition its submission of the proposed transaction on any basis.","path":["Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES (Ch. 486 - 504C)","Chapter 501 - CLOSED COOPERATIVES","Subchapter VI - CONVERSION, SALE, MERGER, AND CONSOLIDATION","Part 1 - CONVERSION OF EXISTING ASSOCIATIONS AND SALE OF ASSETS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/501.603.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"be55416bf36359e4e166a1491a5ea41b84fa9954f2506ca8885e545475098f3a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-501.602","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-501.604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}