§ 652.2 — Scope

Iowa § 652.2

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XV: JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
• Ch. 652: UNIFORM PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION ACT

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1. As used in this section:
a. “Goods or services” does not include the creation, dissemination, exhibition, or
advertisement or similar promotion of a dramatic, literary, musical, political, journalistic, or
artistic work.
b. “Governmental unit” means a public corporation or government or governmental
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, this chapter applies to a cause of action
asserted in a civil action against a person based on any of the following of the person:
a. Communication in a legislative, executive, judicial, administrative, or other
governmental proceeding.
b. Communication on an issue under consideration or review in a legislative, executive,
judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding.
c. Exercise of the right of freedom of speech or of the press, the right to assemble or
petition, or the right of association, guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States or
the Constitution of the State of Iowa, on a matter of public concern.
3. This chapter does not apply to any of the following causes of action asserted:
a. Against a governmental unit or an employee or agent of a governmental unit acting or
purporting to act in an official capacity.
b. By a governmental unit or an employee or agent of a governmental unit acting in an
official capacity to enforce a law to protect against an imminent threat to public health or
safety.
c. Against a person primarily engaged in the business of selling or leasing goods or
services if the cause of action arises out of a communication related to the person’s sale or
lease of the goods or services.