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Iowa Code tit. XII, ch. 499, subch. V

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Iowa Code § 499.79 Statement to estate of members and stockholders.

499.79. Statement to estate of members and stockholders. 1. The board of directors, upon receiving actual notice of the death of a member or stockholder, shall provide a statement to the administrator or executor of the member’s or stockholder’s estate, or to the attorney representing such estate. The statement shall describe agricultural products owned by the member or stockholder which are in the possession of the association. 2. This section shall not require an association to conduct a search of the status of its members or stockholders. The association shall exercise reasonable diligence in determining to whom the statement must be delivered. The statement shall be delivered to the administrator, executor, or attorney, within thirty days following a determination as to whom the statement must be delivered. A statement is not required to be prepared or delivered, if the association is not notified of the member’s or stockholder’s death within one year after the date of death, or by the date that the member’s or stockholder’s estate is closed, whichever is later. 91 Acts, ch 230, §3; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121

Iowa Code § 499.80 Member information.

499.80. Member information. 1. If a member of a cooperative association intends to distribute information to other members of a cooperative association and the member does not have a list of the members of the cooperative association, the member may request the board of directors to distribute the information for the member. 2. The board of directors shall adopt a policy which permits the distribution of materials or information to members of a cooperative association by request of a member when the purpose of the request concerns directly the action of the board of directors of the cooperative association. 3. The board of directors shall distribute for a member such material or information requested, provided that the board of directors may charge the member for the mailing costs incurred by the cooperative association in distributing the information. 4. Cooperative associations subject to regulation under chapter 476 are exempt from the provisions of this section. 92 Acts, ch 1147, §4; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121

Source: Iowa Legislature (legis.iowa.gov)URL: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/iowaCode/sections?codeChapter=499&year=2026Fetched: 10/20/2026