Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 673A - Iowa Agricultural Tourism Promotion Act

• Agricultural tourism farm: means a farm to which members of the public are invited to visit by or on behalf of an agricultural tourism farmer or agricultural tourism professional, for the purpose of allowing members of the public to experience places on a farm and participate in farming activities, regardless of whether a member of the public pays for the visit. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• Agricultural tourism farmer: means a farmer who owns or leases an agricultural tourism farm. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• Agricultural tourism professional: means a person who is engaged in managing a visit by a member of the public to an agricultural tourism farm, including any agricultural tourism activity conducted on the premises of an agricultural tourism farm, regardless of whether the person receives compensation. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• Agricultural tourist: means a person who enters on to the premises of an agricultural tourism farm as a visitor to experience places on the farm and participate in farming activities pursuant to an invitation by or on behalf of an agricultural tourism farmer or agricultural tourism professional, regardless of whether the person provides compensation in exchange for the visit. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Claim: means a claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, complaint, cross-complaint, or cause of action recognized by the Iowa rules of civil procedure and brought in court on account of allegation of an injury, loss, or death. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
• family member: means a spouse, child, grandchild, parent, sibling, niece, or nephew, or the spouse of a child, grandchild, parent, sibling, niece, or nephew. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• Farm: includes but is not limited to a farm field, orchard, nursery, greenhouse, garden, elevator, seedhouse, barn, warehouse, animal feeding operation structure, winery, brewery, distillery, or any personal property located on the land including machinery or equipment used in the production of a farm commodity. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• Farm animal: means any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• Farm commodity: means a farm crop or farm animal produced or maintained on a farm. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• Farm crop: means a plant used for food, animal feed, fiber, or oil, including any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• Farmer: means a person who holds any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• Farming: means to do any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• 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
• Inherent risk of farming: includes but is not limited to a condition or use of the land, including improvements, and any machinery, equipment, or tack, employed in the production or maintenance of farm commodities on the land, the processing of commodities on the same land as they were produced, and the behavior of farm animals or other domestic or wild animals which are present on the land. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• 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
• Person engaged in farming: means an individual contributing physical labor or making management decisions related to any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 673A.3
• State: includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States. See Iowa Code 633D.2
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1