# Iowa Code § 501A.103: Requirements for signatures on documents

> Iowa · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.103

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 501A.103
- **Heading:** Requirements for signatures on documents
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.103

## Text

A document is signed when a person has affixed the person’s name on a document. A person authorized to do so by this chapter, the articles or bylaws, or by a resolution approved by the directors or the members must sign the document. A signature on a document may be a facsimile affixed, engraved, printed, placed, stamped with indelible ink, transmitted by facsimile or electronically, or in any other manner reproduced on the document.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §3; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §52

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 501A.101 Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.101.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.102 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.102.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.103 Requirements for signatures on documents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.103.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.201 General filing requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.201.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.201A Secretary of state extra services surcharge.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.201A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.202 Filing duty of secretary of state.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.202.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.203 Effective time and date of documents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.203.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.204 Correcting filed documents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.204.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.205 Fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.205.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.206 Forms.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.206.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.207 Appeal from secretary of state’s refusal to file document.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.207.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.208 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.208.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.209 Certificate of existence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.209.md)
- [Iowa Code § 501A.210 Penalty for signing false document.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXII_C501A_S501A.210.md)

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