§ 654B.4 — Initial mediation meeting

Iowa § 654B.4

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XV: JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
• Ch. 654B: FARM MEDIATION — CARE AND FEEDING CONTRACTS — NUISANCES

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1. Unless both parties to the dispute waive mediation, within twenty-one days after
receiving a mediation request, the farm mediation service shall send a mediation meeting
notice to all parties to the dispute setting a time and place for an initial mediation meeting
between the parties and a mediator directed by the farm mediation service to assist in
mediation. An initial mediation meeting shall be held within twenty-one days of the issuance
of the mediation meeting notice.
2. If a person receives a mediation meeting notice under this section, the person shall
not continue civil proceedings based on a claim relating to a dispute subject to this chapter,
unless the court determines after notice and hearing that one of the following applies:
a. The time delay required for the mediation would cause the person to suffer irreparable
harm.
b. The dispute involves a claim which has been brought as a class action.
3. At the meeting, a party participating in mediation may be accompanied by counsel or
a consultant to assist the party in mediation.