Section 679C.102. Definitions.

  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

  1.  “Mediation” means a process in which a mediator facilitates communication and negotiation between parties to assist them in reaching a voluntary agreement regarding their dispute.

  2.  “Mediation communication” means a statement, whether oral or in a record, verbal or nonverbal, that occurs during a mediation or is made for purposes of considering, conducting, participating in, initiating, continuing, or reconvening a mediation or retaining a mediator.

  3.  “Mediation party” means an individual who participates in a mediation and whose agreement is necessary to resolve the dispute.

  4.  “Mediator” means an individual who conducts a mediation.

  5.  “Nonparty participant” means a person, other than a mediation party or mediator, that participates in a mediation.

  6.  “Person” means an individual; corporation; business trust; estate; trust; partnership; limited liability company; association; joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity.

  7.  “Proceeding” means any of the following:

  a.  A judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other adjudicative process, including related prehearing and posthearing motions, conferences, and discovery.

  b.  A legislative hearing or similar process.

  8.  “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

  9.  “Sign” means any of the following:

  a.  To execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the present intent to authenticate a record.

  b.  To attach or logically associate an electronic symbol, sound, or process to or with a record with the present intent to authenticate a record.

2005 Acts, ch 68, §7