Iowa Code § 654C.2
Mediation proceedings
Iowa · Iowa Code Chapter 654C — Farm Mediation — Animal Feeding Operation Structures · Status: effective
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1. A person who is an owner or a neighbor may file a request for mediation with the farm mediation service. Upon receipt of the request for mediation, the farm mediation service shall conduct an initial consultation with each party to the dispute privately and without charge. Mediation shall be canceled after the initial consultation, unless both parties agree to proceed.
2. Both parties to the dispute shall file with the farm mediation service information required by the service to conduct mediation.
3. Unless mediation is canceled, 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.