654C.2 Mediation proceedings. 1. A person who is an owner or a neighbor may file a request for mediation with the farm mediation service. Upon receipt of the request for mediation, the farm mediation service shallconduct an initial consultation with each party to the dispute privately and without charge.Mediation shall be canceled after the initial consultation, unless both parties agree to proceed. 2. Both parties to the dispute shall file with the farm mediation service information required by the service to conduct mediation. 3. Unless mediation is canceled, within twenty-one days after receiving a mediation request, the farm mediation service shall send a mediation meeting notice to all parties tothe dispute setting a time and place for an initial mediation meeting between the partiesand a mediator directed by the farm mediation service to assist in mediation. An initialmediation meeting shall be held within twenty-one days of the issuance of the mediationmeeting notice. 95 Acts, ch 195, §28Referred to in §654C.6 Sat Dec 23 12:22:27 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 654C.2 (15, 0)
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