2011 Iowa Code
TITLE XII BUSINESS ENTITIES
SUBTITLE 2 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS AND COMPANIES
CHAPTER 489 REVISED UNIFORM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT
489.601 Member’s power to dissociate — wrongful dissociation.


IA Code § 489.601 What's This?

489.601 Member s power to dissociate wrongful dissociation.

1. A person has the power to dissociate as a member at any time, rightfully or wrongfully, by withdrawing as a member by express will under section 489.602, subsection 1.

2. A person s dissociation from a limited liability company is wrongful only if any of the following applies to the dissociation:

a. It is in breach of an express provision of the operating agreement.

b. It occurs before the termination of the company and any of the following applies:

(1) The person withdraws as a member by express will.

(2) The person is expelled as a member by judicial order under section 489.602, subsection 5.

(3) The person is dissociated under section 489.602, subsection 7, paragraph a , by becoming a debtor in bankruptcy.

(4) In the case of a person that is not a trust other than a business trust, an estate, or an individual, the person is expelled or otherwise dissociated as a member because it willfully dissolved or terminated.

3. A person that wrongfully dissociates as a member is liable to the limited liability company and, subject to section 489.901, to the other members for damages caused by the dissociation. The liability is in addition to any other debt, obligation, or other liability of the member to the company or the other members.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §45, 155

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