Statutes > Iowa Statutes > Title 5 - Agriculture > Subtitle 4 - Agriculture-Related products and Activities > CHAPTER 202A - LIVESTOCK MARKETING PRACTICES > 202A.4 - CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS IN CONTRACTS PROHIBITED.

202A.4 - CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS IN CONTRACTS PROHIBITED.

        202A.4  CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS IN CONTRACTS
      PROHIBITED.
         1.  A packer shall not include a provision in a contract executed
      on or after April 29, 1999, for the purchase of livestock providing
      that information contained in the contract is confidential.
         2.  A provision which is part of a contract for the purchase of
      livestock executed on and after April 29, 1999, for the purchase of
      livestock is void, if the provision states that information contained
      in the contract is confidential.  The provision is void regardless of
      whether the confidentiality provision is express or implied; oral or
      written; required or conditional; contained in the contract, another
      contract, or in a related document, policy, or agreement.  This
      section does not affect other provisions of a contract or a related
      document, policy, or agreement which can be given effect without the
      voided provision.  This section does not require either party to the
      contract to divulge the information in the contract to another
      person.
         Section History: Recent Form
         99 Acts, ch 88, §5, 13
         Referred to in §202A.7, 714.8