{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-654b.4","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 654B.4","heading":"Initial mediation meeting.","body":"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.\n2. 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:\na. The time delay required for the mediation would cause the person to suffer irreparable harm.\nb. The dispute involves a claim which has been brought as a class action.\n3. At the meeting, a party participating in mediation may be accompanied by counsel or a consultant to assist the party in mediation.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 654B - FARM MEDIATION — CARE AND FEEDING CONTRACTS — NUISANCES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/654B.4.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"da48c9505cfc4ac650cf7483d0a1ab4088d34c8ecb3a79884bd0813ff2ba22b1","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-654b.3","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-654b.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}