Iowa Code 654B.1 – Definitions
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1. “Care and feeding contract” means an agreement, either oral or written, between a farm resident and the owner of livestock, under which the farm resident agrees to act as a feeder by promising to care for and feed the livestock on the farm resident’s premises.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 654B.1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Livestock: includes but is not limited to an animal classified as an ostrich, rhea, or emu. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. “Dispute” means a controversy between a person who is a farm resident and another person, which arises from a claim eligible to be resolved in a civil proceeding in law or equity, if the claim relates to either of the following:
a. The performance of either person under a care and feeding contract, if both persons are parties to the contract.
b. An action of one person which is alleged to be a nuisance interfering with the enjoyment of the other person.
3. “Farmland” means agricultural land that is principally used for farming as defined in section 9H.1.
4. “Farm mediation service” means the organization selected pursuant to section 13.13.
5. “Farm resident” means a person holding an interest in farmland, in fee, under a real estate contract, or under a lease, if the person manages farming operations on the land. A farm resident includes a natural person, or any corporation, trust, or limited partnership as defined in section 9H.1.
6. “Mediation release” means an agreement or statement signed by all parties or by less than all the parties and the mediator pursuant to section 654B.8.
7. “Nuisance” means an action injurious to health, indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as essentially to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, including but not limited to nuisances defined in section 657.2, subsections 1 through 5, and 7.
8. “Other party” means any person having a dispute with a farm resident.
9. “Participate” or “participation” means attending a mediation meeting, and having knowledge about and discussing issues concerning a subject relating to a dispute.