2009 Iowa Code
Title 13 - Commerce
Subtitle 1 - Insurance and Related Regulation
CHAPTER 523C - RESIDENTIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS
523C.16 - EXCLUSIONS.

        523C.16  EXCLUSIONS.
         This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
         1.  A performance guarantee given by a builder of a residence or
      the manufacturer or seller or lessor of residential property if no
      identifiable charge is made for the guarantee.
         2.  A service contract, guarantee or warranty between a
      residential customer and a service company which will perform the
      work itself and not through subcontractors for the service, repair or
      replacement of appliances or electrical, plumbing, heating, cooling
      or air-conditioning systems.
         3.  A contract between a service company and a person who actually
      performs the maintenance, repairs, or replacements of structural
      components, or appliances, or electrical, plumbing, heating, cooling,
      or air-conditioning systems, if someone other than the service
      company actually performs these functions.
         4.  A service contract, guarantee or warranty issued by a retail
      merchant to a retail customer, guaranteeing or warranting the repair,
      service or replacement of appliances or electrical, plumbing,
      heating, cooling or air-conditioning systems sold by said retail
      merchant.
         5.  A service contract, guarantee, or warranty issued by a
      manufacturer, third party, or retail company, covering the repair,
      maintenance, or replacement of individual appliances and other
      individual items of merchandise marketed and sold by a retail
      company, in the ordinary course of business.  

         83 Acts, ch 87, § 17; 96 Acts, ch 1160, § 10