679C.104 - PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE -- ADMISSIBILITY -- DISCOVERY.

        679C.104  PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE --      ADMISSIBILITY -- DISCOVERY.         1.  Except as otherwise provided in section 679C.106, a mediation      communication is privileged as provided in subsection 2 and is not      subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in a proceeding unless      the privilege is waived or precluded as provided by section 679C.105.         2.  In a proceeding, the following privileges shall apply:         a.  A mediation party may refuse to disclose, and may prevent      any other person from disclosing, a mediation communication.         b.  A mediator may refuse to disclose a mediation      communication, and may prevent any other person from disclosing a      mediation communication of the mediator.         c.  A nonparty participant may refuse to disclose, and may      prevent any other person from disclosing, a mediation communication      of the nonparty participant.         3.  Evidence or information that is otherwise admissible or      subject to discovery does not become inadmissible or protected from      discovery solely by reason of its disclosure or use in a mediation.      
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 68, §9; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §158         Referred to in § 679C.103, 679C.105, 679C.106, 679C.109