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IA Code › Title XIII › Chapter 508 › Section 508.3

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Such articles shall show the name, location of principal place of business, object, amount of capital, if a stock company, and shall contain such other provisions as may be necessary to a full understanding of the nature of the business to be transacted and the plan upon which the same is to be conducted.

[S13, §1768; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8645; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §508.3]

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