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Iowa Code § 499A.2A (2026)

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1. The initial bylaws of the cooperative shall be adopted by the cooperative’s board of directors. Prior to the admission of members to the cooperative, the power to alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws is vested in the board of directors. Following the admission of members to the cooperative, the power to alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws is vested in the members in accordance with the method set forth in the bylaws. 2. The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the cooperative not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation. However, the bylaws must provide for: a. The number of members of the board of directors and the term of the members. b. The election of a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary by the board of directors. c. The qualifications, powers and duties, terms of office, and manner of electing and removing board members and officers and filling vacancies of such members. d. The method of amending the bylaws. 91 Acts, ch 30, §7; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2015–2015 · leading case: Dolphin Residential Coop., Inc. v. Iowa City Bd. of Review, 863 N.W.2d 644 (Iowa 2015).

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Dolphin Residential Coop., Inc. v. Iowa City Bd. of Review, 863 N.W.2d 644 (Iowa 2015). · cites it 10× “Section 499A.2A further provides that the initial bylaws of 35 the cooperative shall be adopted by the cooperative’s board of directors.”

City of Iowa City, Iowa v. Iowa City Bd. of Review v. Iowa City Bd. of Review, 863 N.W.2d 663 (Iowa 2015). · cites it 6× “§ 499A.2A (“Prior to the admission of members to the cooperative, the power to alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws is vested in the board of directors.”

Amended July 21, 2015 Dolphin Residential Coop., Inc. v. Iowa City Bd. of Review (Iowa 2015). · cites it 5× “Section 499A.2A further provides that the initial bylaws of 35 the cooperative shall be adopted by the cooperative’s board of directors.”

Amended July 21, 2015 City of Iowa City, Iowa v. Iowa City Bd. of Review v. Iowa City Bd. of Review (Iowa 2015). · cites it 3× “§ 499A.2A (“Prior to the admission of members to the cooperative, the power to alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws is vested in the board of directors.”

— Iowa Code § 499A.2A(1) — 2 cases

City of Iowa City, Iowa v. Iowa City Bd. of Review v. Iowa City Bd. of Review, 863 N.W.2d 663 (Iowa 2015). “§ 499A.2A (“Prior to the admission of members to the cooperative, the power to alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws is vested in the board of directors.”

Amended July 21, 2015 City of Iowa City, Iowa v. Iowa City Bd. of Review v. Iowa City Bd. of Review (Iowa 2015). “§ 499A.2A (“Prior to the admission of members to the cooperative, the power to alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws is vested in the board of directors.”

— Iowa Code § 499A.2A(2)(6) — 1 case

Dolphin Residential Coop., Inc. v. Iowa City Bd. of Review, 863 N.W.2d 644 (Iowa 2015). “Section 499A.2A further provides that the initial bylaws of 35 the cooperative shall be adopted by the cooperative’s board of directors.”

— Iowa Code § 499A.2A(2)(b) — 2 cases

Amended July 21, 2015 Dolphin Residential Coop., Inc. v. Iowa City Bd. of Review (Iowa 2015). “Section 499A.2A further provides that the initial bylaws of 35 the cooperative shall be adopted by the cooperative’s board of directors.”

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