Iowa Code 679C.102 – Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Mediation” means a process in which a mediator facilitates communication and negotiation between parties to assist them in reaching a voluntary agreement regarding their dispute.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 679C.102
- 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.
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- 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
- Mediation: means a process in which a mediator facilitates communication and negotiation between parties to assist them in reaching a voluntary agreement regarding their dispute. See Iowa Code 679C.102
- Mediation party: means an individual who participates in a mediation and whose agreement is necessary to resolve the dispute. See Iowa Code 679C.102
- Mediator: means an individual who conducts a mediation. See Iowa Code 679C.102
- 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 an individual; corporation; business trust; estate; trust; partnership; limited liability company; association; joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity. See Iowa Code 679C.102
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Iowa Code 679C.102
2. “Mediation communication” means a statement, whether oral or in a record, verbal or nonverbal, that occurs during a mediation or is made for purposes of considering, conducting, participating in, initiating, continuing, or reconvening a mediation or retaining a mediator.
3. “Mediation party” means an individual who participates in a mediation and whose agreement is necessary to resolve the dispute.
4. “Mediator” means an individual who conducts a mediation.
5. “Nonparty participant” means a person, other than a mediation party or mediator, that participates in a mediation.
6. “Person” means an individual; corporation; business trust; estate; trust; partnership; limited liability company; association; joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity.
7. “Proceeding” means any of the following:
a. A judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other adjudicative process, including related prehearing and posthearing motions, conferences, and discovery.
b. A legislative hearing or similar process.
8. “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
9. “Sign” means any of the following:
a. To execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the present intent to authenticate a record.
b. To attach or logically associate an electronic symbol, sound, or process to or with a record with the present intent to authenticate a record.