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Home » US Law » 2022 Iowa Code » Title V - AGRICULTURE » Chapter 202 - COMMODITY PRODUCTION CONTRACTS » Section 202.3 – Production contracts — confidentiality prohibited.

202.3 Production contracts — confidentiality prohibited.

1. A contractor shall not on or after May 24, 1999, enforce a provision in a production contract if the provision provides that information contained in the production contract is confidential.

2. A provision which is part of a production contract is void if the provision states that information contained in the production contract is confidential. The confidentiality provision is void whether the confidentiality provision is express or implied; oral or written; required or conditional; contained in the production contract, another production contract, or in a related document, policy, or agreement. This section does not affect other provisions of a production contract or a related document, policy, or agreement which can be given effect without the voided provision. This section does not require a party to a production contract to divulge the information in the production contract to another person.

99 Acts, ch 169, §4, 22 – 24

Referred to in §202.5, 714.8