Iowa Code § 489.14608

Current through March 29, 2024
Section 489.14608 - Application of section 489.14404 after merger
1. A creditor's right that existed under section 489.14404 immediately before a merger under section 489.14604 may be enforced after the merger in accordance with all of the following:
a. A creditor's right that existed immediately before the merger against the surviving company, a continuing protected series, or a relocated protected series continues without change after the merger.
b. A creditor's right that existed immediately before the merger against a nonsurviving company all of the following apply:
(1) May be asserted against an asset of the nonsurviving company which vested in the surviving company as a result of the merger.
(2) Does not otherwise change.
c. Subject to subsection 2, all of the following apply:
(1) In addition to the remedy stated in paragraph "a", a creditor with a right under section 489.14404 which existed immediately before the merger against a nonsurviving company or a relocated protected series may assert the right against any of the following:
(a) An asset of the surviving company, other than an asset of the nonsurviving company which vested in the surviving company as a result of the merger.
(b) An asset of a continuing protected series.
(c) An asset of a protected series established by the surviving company as a result of the merger.
(d) If the creditor's right was against an asset of the nonsurviving company, an asset of a relocated series.
(e) If the creditor's right was against an asset of a relocated protected series, an asset of another relocated protected series.
(2) In addition to the remedy stated in paragraph "b", a creditor with a right that existed immediately before the merger against the surviving company or a continuing protected series may assert the right against any of the following:
(a) An asset of a relocated protected series.
(b) An asset of a nonsurviving company which vested in the surviving company as a result of the merger.
2. For the purposes of subsection 1, paragraph "c", and section 489.14404, subsection 2, paragraph "a", subparagraph (1); section 489.14404, subsection 2, paragraph "b", subparagraph (1); and section 489.14404, subsection 2, paragraph "c", subparagraph (1), the incurrence date is deemed to be the date on which the merger becomes effective.
3. A merger under section 489.14604 does not affect the manner in which section 489.14404 applies to a liability incurred after the merger.

Iowa Code § 489.14608

2019 Acts, ch 26, §34, 41

Added by 2019 Iowa, ch 26, s 34, eff. 7/1/2020.

Referred to in §489.14404, 489.14604