Iowa Code 202A.4 – Confidentiality provisions in contracts prohibited
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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.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 202A.4
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, ostriches, rheas, emus, poultry, and other animals or fowl, which are being produced primarily for use as food or food products for human consumption. See Iowa Code 172D.1
- Livestock: means live cattle, swine, or sheep. See Iowa Code 202A.1
- packer: includes an agent of the packer engaged in buying or soliciting livestock for slaughter on behalf of a packer. See Iowa Code 202A.1
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. A provision which is part of a contract for the purchase of livestock executed on and after April 29, 1999, 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; or 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.