654B.4 Initial mediation meeting.
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.
90 Acts, ch 1143, §19; 98 Acts, ch 1122, §2
Referred to in §654B.9
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 654B - FARM MEDIATION — CARE AND FEEDING CONTRACTS — NUISANCES
Section 654B.2 - Voluntary mediation proceedings.
Section 654B.3 - Mandatory mediation proceedings.
Section 654B.4 - Initial mediation meeting.
Section 654B.5 - Duties of the mediator — training program.
Section 654B.7 - Mediation period.
Section 654B.8 - Mediation release.
Section 654B.9 - Extension of deadlines.
Section 654B.10 - Judicial review.