Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 499.27 (2026)

Meetings

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1. Regular meetings of members shall be held at least once each year, the first of which shall be on the date specified in its articles. Unless otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, subsequent meetings shall be on the same date in each succeeding year.

2. Unless otherwise provided in the articles, the directors may call special meetings of members, and must do so upon written demand of twenty percent of the members.

3. Unless the member waives it in writing, each member shall have ten days’ written notice of the time and place of all meetings, and of the purpose of all special meetings. Such notice shall be given to the member in person or by mail directed to the member’s address as shown on the books of the association, or if the articles so provide, by publication in a regular publication of general circulation among its members, or a newspaper of general circulation published at the principal place of business of the association.

4. The board of directors may hold the meeting solely by means of remote communication in accordance with section 499.27A and in that case the notice shall describe how members may participate in the meeting. [C35, §8512-g27; C39, §8512.27; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499.27] 2015 Acts, ch 29, §114; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §236, 248 Referred to in §10.9 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1971–1971 · leading case: Weise v. Land O' Lakes Creameries, Inc., 191 N.W.2d 619 (Iowa 1971).
Weise v. Land O' Lakes Creameries, Inc., 191 N.W.2d 619 (Iowa 1971). · cites it 4× “We have already noted we believe chapter 499 is the operative statute and no one asserts the notice given was not a reasonable one under section 499.27. However, we believe there is an even stronger reason why plaintiffs cannot prevail on the notice issue.”
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