659.2 Libel — retraction — actual damages. In any action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper, free newspaper or shopping guide, or for defamatory statements made on a radio or television station,if the defendant can show that such libelous matter was published or broadcast throughmisinformation or mistake, the plaintiff shall recover no more than actual damages, unlessa retraction be demanded and refused as hereinafter provided. Plaintiff shall serve uponthe publisher at the principal place of publication or upon the owner of a radio or televisionstation at the owner’s principal place of business a notice specifying the statements claimedto be libelous, and requesting that the same be withdrawn. [SS15, §3592-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12413; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §659.2] Referred to in §659.4 Sat Dec 23 12:23:01 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 659.2 (15, 0)
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