Terms Used In Iowa Code 554D.125

  • Agreement: means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a particular transaction. See Iowa Code 554D.103
  • Information: means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software, databases, or the like. See Iowa Code 554D.103
  • State: includes an Indian tribe or band, or Alaskan native village, which is recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Iowa Code 554D.103
 A choice of law provision in a computer information agreement which provides that the contract is to be interpreted pursuant to the laws of a state that has enacted the uniform computer information transactions Act, as proposed by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, or any substantially similar law, is voidable and the agreement shall be interpreted pursuant to the laws of this state if the party against whom enforcement of the choice of law provision is sought is a resident of this state or has its principal place of business located in this state. For purposes of this section, a “computer information agreement” means an agreement that would be governed by the uniform computer information transactions Act or substantially similar law as enacted in the state specified in the choice of laws provision if that state’s law were applied to the agreement.