§ 554a-1

554A.1 Livestock sales — when exempt from implied warranty. 1. Notwithstanding section 554.2316, subsection 2, all implied warranties arising under sections 554.2314 and 554.2315 are excluded from a sale of cattle, hogs, sheep, ostriches,rheas, emus, and horses if the following information is disclosed to the prospective buyer orthe buyer’s agent in advance of the sale, and if confirmed in writing at or before the time ofacceptance of the livestock when confirmation is requested by the buyer or the buyer’s agent: a. That the animals to be sold have been inspected in accordance with existing federal and state animal health regulations and found apparently free from any infectious, contagious, orcommunicable disease. b. One of the following, as applicable:(1) Except when the livestock have been confined with livestock from another source or assembled within the meaning of subparagraph 2, the name and address of the present owner,and whether or not that owner has owned all of the livestock for at least thirty days. (2) If the livestock have been confined with livestock from another source or assembled from two or more sources within the previous thirty days, the livestock shall be

tock for at least thirty days. (2) If the livestock have been confined with livestock from another source or assembled from two or more sources within the previous thirty days, the livestock shall be representedas being 'assembled livestock'. As used in this subparagraph, 'confined with livestock fromanother source' means the placement of livestock in a livestock auction market, yard, or otherunitary facility in which livestock from another source are confined, but does not includelivestock confined at the facility where the sale takes place if such confinement is for lessthan forty-eight hours prior to the day of sale; provided that livestock which are not sold afterbeing confined with livestock from another source at a facility and offered for sale shall bedeemed 'assembled livestock' for the thirty-day period following the day when offered forsale. 2. If the livestock are represented as being 'assembled livestock', the name and address of the present owner shall be disclosed. 3. In the case of an auction sale, the disclosure required by this section shall be made verbally immediately before the sale by the owner, an agent for the owner, or the person whois conducting the

3. In the case of an auction sale, the disclosure required by this section shall be made verbally immediately before the sale by the owner, an agent for the owner, or the person whois conducting the auction of the lot of livestock in question. Warranties shall be implied to theperson who is conducting the auction only if the disclosure contains representations whichthat person knew or had reason to know were untrue. [C81, §554A.1]95 Acts, ch 43, §12 Sat Dec 23 11:03:50 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 554A.1 (14, 0)