Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 657.10 (2026)

Mediation notice

✓ current as of July 2026

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Notwithstanding this chapter, a person, required under chapter 654B to participate in mediation, shall not begin a proceeding subject to this chapter until the person receives a mediation release under section 654B.8, or until the court determines after notice and hearing that one of the following applies:

1. The time delay required for the mediation would cause the person to suffer irreparable harm.

2. The dispute involves a claim which should be resolved as a class action. 90 Acts, ch 1143, §27\n\nTue Dec 09 21:58:00 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 657 (34, 2) §657.11, NUISANCES 4 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1996–2020 · leading case: Rutter v. Carroll's Foods of the Midwest, Inc., 50 F. Supp. 2d 876 (N.D. Iowa 1999).

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Rutter v. Carroll's Foods of the Midwest, Inc., 50 F. Supp. 2d 876 (N.D. Iowa 1999). · cites it 23× “CFM asserts that, pursuant to Iowa Code §§ 657.10 and 654B.3, the Property Owners must attempt mediation of the present dispute, and more importantly obtain a mediation release, as prerequisites to suit, but that only two of the Property Owners, Dwight and Beverly Rutter, have…”

Morgan HONOMICHL, Robin Honomichl, Timothy Honomichl, Deb Chance, Kara Chance, Karen Jo Frescoln, Mike Merrill, & Q.H., Appellee, v. VALLEY VIEW SWINE, LLC & JBS Live Pork, LLC, Appellants., 914 N.W.2d 223 (Iowa 2018). · cites it 2× “However, the plaintiffs failed to fulfill the mediation requirement established in Iowa Code section 657.10 before they filed their petition, and the district court dismissed the case on January 2, 2014.”

Arends v. Iowa Select Farms, L.P., 556 N.W.2d 812 (Iowa 1996). · cites it 5× “Iowa Code sections 657.10 and 654B.3 require a party to obtain a mediation release prior to initiating a civil proceeding claiming a nuisance against an entity that is covered by the statutes.”

Michael Merrill & Karen Jo Frescoln v. Valley View Swine, LLC & JBS Live Pork, LLC f/k/a Cargill Pork, LLC (Iowa 2020). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 657.10 . 1 On April 2, 2014, the plaintiffs, now numbering sixty-nine and having exhausted farm mediation, refiled their action.”

— Iowa Code § 657.10(1) — 1 case

Arends v. Iowa Select Farms, L.P., 556 N.W.2d 812 (Iowa 1996). “Iowa Code sections 657.10 and 654B.3 require a party to obtain a mediation release prior to initiating a civil proceeding claiming a nuisance against an entity that is covered by the statutes.”

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