Iowa Code § 654B.4
Initial mediation meeting
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2013
As of January 1, 2012
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
3. At the meeting, a party participating in mediation may be accompanied by counsel or a consultant to assist the party in mediation.
90 Acts, ch 1143, §19; 98 Acts, ch 1122, §2
90 Acts, ch 1143, §19; 98 Acts, ch 1122, §2
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