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Terms Used In Iowa Code 686.5

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
686.5 Limitations of chapter.
This chapter does not do any of the following:
1. Bar or limit any rights, including the right of specific performance to the extent such right would be available in the absence of this chapter, any causes of action, or any theories on which liability may be based, except as specifically provided in this chapter.
2. Bar or limit any defense, or create any new defense, except as specifically provided in this chapter.
3. Create any new rights, causes of action, or theories on which liability may be based.
2019 Acts, ch 25, §5, 8, 9
Section applies to actions for which litigation has not commenced prior to April 15, 2019; 2019 Acts, ch 25, §8, 9