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IA Code § 562B.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.3 - Supplementary principles of law applicable.

562B.3 Supplementary principles of law applicable.   Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law relating to capacity to contract, mutuality of obligations, principal and agent, real property, public health, safety and fire prevention, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy or other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions.  [C79, 81, §562B.3]
IA Code § 562B.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.4 - Administration of remedies — enforcement.

562B.4 Administration of remedies — enforcement.   1. The remedies provided by this chapter shall be so administered that the aggrieved party may recover appropriate damages. The aggrieved party has a duty to mitigate damages.   2. Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.  [C79, 81, §562B.4]
IA Code § 562B.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.5 - Exclusions from application of chapter.

562B.5 Exclusions from application of chapter.   The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to an occupancy in or operation of public housing as authorized, provided or conducted pursuant to chapter 403A, or pursuant to any federal law or regulation with which it might conflict.  [C79, 81, §562B.5]
IA Code § 562B.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.6 - Jurisdiction and service of process.

562B.6 Jurisdiction and service of process.   1. The appropriate district court of this state may exercise jurisdiction over a landlord or tenant with respect to conduct in this state governed by this chapter or with respect to any claim arising from a transaction subject to this chapter. An action under this chapter may be brought as a small claim pursuant to the provisions of chapter 631. In addition to any other method provided by rule or by statute, personal jurisdiction over a landlord or tenant may be acquired in a civil action or proceeding instituted in the appropriate district court by the service of process in the manner provided by this section.   2. If a landlord is not a resident of this state or is a corporation not authorized to do business in this state and engages in conduct in this state governed by this chapter, or engages in a transaction subject to this chapter, the landlord shall designate an agent upon whom service of process may be made in this state. The agent shall be a resident of this state or a corporation authorized to do business in this state. The designation shall be in writing and filed with the secretary of state. If no designation is made and filed or if process cannot be served in this state upon the designated agent, process may be served upon the secretary of state, but the plaintiff or petitioner shall forthwith mail a copy of this process and pleading by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the defendant or respondent at that person’s last reasonably ascertained address. If there is no last reasonably ascertainable address and if the defendant or respondent has not complied with section 562B.14, subsections 1 and 2, then service upon the secretary of state shall be sufficient service of process without the mailing of copies to the defendant or respondent. Service of process shall be deemed complete and the time shall begin to run for the purposes of this section at the time of service upon the secretary of state. The defendant shall appear and answer within thirty days after completion thereof in the manner and under the same penalty as if defendant had been personally served with the summons. An affidavit of compliance with this section shall be filed with the clerk of the district court on or before the return day of the process, or within any further time the court allows.  [C79, 81, §562B.6]
IA Code § 562B.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.8 - Unconscionability.

562B.8 Unconscionability.   1. If the court, as a matter of law, finds that:   a. A rental agreement or any provision thereof was unconscionable when made, the court may refuse to enforce the agreement, enforce the remainder of the agreement without the unconscionable provision, or limit the application of any unconscionable provision to avoid an unconscionable result.   b. A settlement in which a party waives or agrees to forego a claim or right under this chapter or under a rental agreement was unconscionable at the time it was made, the court may refuse to enforce the settlement, enforce the remainder of the settlement without the unconscionable provision, or limit the application of any unconscionable provision to avoid any unconscionable result.   2. If unconscionability is put into issue by a party or by the court upon its own motion the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to the setting, purpose and effect of the rental agreement or settlement to aid the court in making the determination.  [C79, 81, §562B.8]
IA Code § 562B.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.9 - Notice.

562B.9 Notice.   1. Notices required under this chapter, except those notices identified in section 562B.27A, shall be served as follows:   a. A landlord shall serve notice on a tenant by one or more of the following methods:   (1) Hand delivery to the tenant.   (2) Delivery evidenced by an acknowledgment of delivery that is signed and dated by a resident of the dwelling unit who is at least eighteen years of age. Delivery under this subparagraph shall be deemed to provide notice to all tenants of the dwelling unit.   (3) Personal service pursuant to  rule of civil procedure 1.305, Iowa court rules  , for the personal service of original notice.   (4) Mailing by both regular mail and certified mail, as defined in section 618.15, to the address of the dwelling unit or to an address provided by the tenant for mailing.   (5) Posting on the primary entrance door of the dwelling unit. A notice posted according to this subparagraph shall be posted within the applicable time period for serving notice and shall include the date the notice was posted.   (6) A method of providing notice that results in the notice actually being received by the tenant.   b. A tenant shall serve notice on a landlord by one or more of the following methods:   (1) Hand delivery to the landlord or the landlord’s agent designated under section 562B.14.   (2) Delivery evidenced by an acknowledgment of delivery that is signed and dated by the landlord or the landlord’s agent designated under section 562B.14.   (3) Personal service pursuant to  rule of civil procedure 1.305, Iowa court rules  , for the personal service of original notice.   (4) Delivery to an employee or agent of the landlord at the landlord’s business office.   (5) Mailing by both regular mail and certified mail, as defined in section 618.15, to the address of the landlord’s business office or to an address designated by the landlord for mailing.   (6) A method of providing notice that results in the notice actually being received by the landlord.   2. Notice served by mail under this section is deemed completed four days after the notice is deposited in the mail and postmarked for delivery, whether or not the recipient signs a receipt for the notice.  [C79, 81, §562B.9]  96 Acts, ch 1203, §4, 5; 99 Acts, ch 155, §8, 14; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §14; 2010 Acts, ch 1017, §4, 11
IA Code § 562B.9A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.9A - Computation of time.

562B.9A Computation of time.   The calculation of all time periods required under this chapter shall be made in accordance with section 4.1, subsection 34.  99 Acts, ch 155, §9, 14
IA Code § 562B.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.10 - Terms and conditions of rental agreement.

562B.10 Terms and conditions of rental agreement.   1. The landlord and tenant may include in a rental agreement terms and conditions not prohibited by this chapter or other rule of law including rent, term of the agreement and other provisions governing the rights and obligations of the parties.   2. The tenant shall pay as rent the amount stated in the rental agreement. In the absence of a rental agreement, the tenant shall pay as rent the fair rental value for the use and occupancy of the mobile home space.   3. Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties. Unless otherwise agreed periodic rent is payable at the beginning of any term and thereafter in equal monthly installments. Rent shall be uniformly apportionable from day to day.   4. For rental agreements in which the rent does not exceed seven hundred dollars per month, a rental agreement shall not provide for a late fee that exceeds twelve dollars per day or a total amount of sixty dollars per month. For rental agreements in which the rent is greater than seven hundred dollars per month, a rental agreement shall not provide for a late fee that exceeds twenty dollars per day or a total amount of one hundred dollars per month.   5. Rental agreements shall be for a term of one year unless otherwise specified in the rental agreement. Rental agreements shall be canceled by at least sixty days’ written notice given by either party. A landlord shall not cancel a rental agreement solely for the purpose of making the tenant’s mobile home space available for another mobile home.   6. If a tenant should die, the surviving joint tenant or tenant in common in the mobile home shall continue as tenant with all rights, privileges and liabilities as the original tenant.   7. If a tenant who was sole owner of a mobile home dies during the term of a rental agreement then that person’s heirs or legal representative or the landlord shall have the right to cancel the tenant’s lease by giving sixty days’ written notice to the person’s heirs or legal representative or to the landlord, whichever is appropriate, and the heirs or the legal representative shall have the same rights, privileges and liabilities of the original tenant.   8. Improvements, except a natural lawn, purchased and installed by a tenant on a mobile home space shall remain the property of the tenant even though affixed to or in the ground and may be removed or disposed of by the tenant prior to the termination of the tenancy, provided that a tenant shall leave the mobile home space in substantially the same or better condition than upon taking possession.  [C79, 81, §562B.10]  2013 Acts, ch 97, §10  Referred to in §562B.27A
IA Code § 562B.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.11 - Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.

562B.11 Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.   1. A rental agreement shall not provide that the tenant or landlord does any of the following:   a. Agrees to waive or to forego rights or remedies under this chapter.   b. Agrees to pay the other party’s attorney fees.   c. Agrees to the exculpation or limitation of any liability of the other party arising under law or to indemnify the other party for that liability or the costs connected therewith.   d. Agrees to a designated agent for the sale of tenant’s mobile home.   2. A provision prohibited by subsection 1 included in a rental agreement is unenforceable. If a landlord or tenant knowingly uses a rental agreement containing provisions known to be prohibited by this chapter, the other party may recover actual damages sustained.   3. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a rental agreement from requiring a tenant to maintain liability insurance which names the landlord as an insured as relates to the mobile home space rented by the tenant.  [C79, 81, §562B.11]  2013 Acts, ch 30, §179
IA Code § 562B.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.12 - Separation of rents and obligations to maintain property forbidden.

562B.12 Separation of rents and obligations to maintain property forbidden.   A rental agreement, assignment, conveyance, trust deed or security instrument shall not permit the receipt of rent, unless the landlord has agreed to comply with section 562B.16, subsection 1.  [C79, 81, §562B.12]
IA Code § 562B.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.14 - Disclosure and tender of written rental agreement.

562B.14 Disclosure and tender of written rental agreement.   1. The landlord shall offer the tenant the opportunity to sign a written agreement for a mobile home space.   2. The landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on the landlord’s behalf shall disclose to the tenant in writing at or before entering into the rental agreement the name and address of:   a. The person authorized to manage the manufactured home community or mobile home park.   b. The owner of the manufactured home community or mobile home park or a person authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the purpose of service of process and for the purpose of receiving and receipting for notices and demands.   3. The information required to be furnished by this section shall be kept current and refurnished to the tenant upon the tenant’s request. When there is a new owner or operator this section extends to and is enforceable against any successor landlord, owner or manager.   4. A person who fails to comply with subsections 1 and 2 becomes an agent of each person who is a landlord for the following purposes:   a. Service of process and receiving and receipting for notices and demands.   b. Performing the obligations of the landlord under this chapter and under the rental agreement and expending or making available for the purpose all rent collected from the manufactured home community or mobile home park.   5. If there is a written rental agreement, the landlord must tender and deliver a signed copy of the rental agreement to the tenant and the tenant must sign and deliver to the landlord one fully executed copy of such rental agreement within ten days after the agreement is executed. Noncompliance with this subsection shall be deemed a material noncompliance by the landlord or the tenant, as the case may be, of the rental agreement.   6. The landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on the landlord’s behalf shall provide a written explanation of utility rates, charges and services to the prospective tenant before the rental agreement is signed unless the utility charges are paid by the tenant directly to the utility company.   7. Each tenant shall be notified, in writing, of any rent increase at least sixty days before the effective date. Such effective date shall not be sooner than the expiration date of the original rental agreement or any renewal or extension thereof.  [C79, 81, §562B.14]  2001 Acts, ch 153, §16  Referred to in §562B.6, 562B.7, 562B.9
IA Code § 562B.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.15 - Landlord to deliver possession of mobile home space.

562B.15 Landlord to deliver possession of mobile home space.   At the commencement of the term the landlord shall deliver possession of the mobile home space to the tenant in compliance with the rental agreement and section 562B.16. The landlord may bring an action for possession against a person wrongfully in possession and may recover the damages provided in section 562B.30, subsection 2.  [C79, 81, §562B.15]  88 Acts, ch 1158, §94; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §16; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §60, 65  Referred to in §562B.23
IA Code § 562B.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.16 - Landlord to maintain fit premises.

562B.16 Landlord to maintain fit premises.   1. The landlord shall:   a. Comply with the requirements of all applicable city, county and state codes materially affecting health and safety which are primarily imposed upon the landlord.   b. Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the mobile home space in a fit and habitable condition.   c. Keep all common areas of the manufactured home community or mobile home park in a clean and safe condition.   d. Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all facilities supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord.   e. Provide for removal of garbage, rubbish, and other waste from the manufactured home community or mobile home park.   f. Furnish outlets for electric, water and sewer services.   2. A landlord shall not impose any conditions of rental or occupancy which restrict the tenant in the choice of a seller of fuel, furnishings, goods, services or mobile homes connected with the rental or occupancy of a mobile home space unless such condition is necessary to protect the health, safety, aesthetic value or welfare of mobile home tenants in the manufactured home community or park. The landlord may impose reasonable requirements designed to standardize methods of utility connection and hookup. If any such conditions are imposed which result in charges for such goods or services, the charges shall not exceed the actual cost incurred in providing the tenant with such goods or services.  [C79, 81, §562B.16]  2001 Acts, ch 153, §16  Referred to in §562B.12, 562B.15, 562B.22, 562B.23, 562B.32
IA Code § 562B.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.17 - Limitation of liability.

562B.17 Limitation of liability.   1. A landlord who conveys a manufactured home community or mobile home park in a good faith sale to a bona fide purchaser is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter as to events occurring subsequent to written notice to the tenant of the conveyance.   2. A manager of a manufactured home community or mobile home park is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter as to events occurring after written notice to the tenant of the termination of the person’s management, except such notice shall not terminate any agreement or legal liability arising prior to the notice.  [C79, 81, §562B.17]  2001 Acts, ch 153, §16
IA Code § 562B.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.18 - Tenant to maintain mobile home space — notice of vacating.

562B.18 Tenant to maintain mobile home space — notice of vacating.   A tenant shall maintain the mobile home space in as good a condition as when the tenant took possession and shall:   1. Comply with all obligations primarily imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of city, county and state codes materially affecting health and safety.   2. Keep that part of the manufactured home community or mobile home park that the tenant occupies and uses reasonably clean and safe.   3. Dispose from the tenant’s mobile home space all rubbish, garbage and other waste in a clean and safe manner.   4. Not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any part of the manufactured home community or mobile home park or knowingly permit any person to do so.   5. Act and require other persons in the manufactured home community or mobile home park with the tenant’s consent to act in a manner that will not disturb the tenant’s neighbors’ peaceful enjoyment of the manufactured home community or mobile home park.   6. Maintain in good and safe working order all utility lines, pipes, and cables extending from the mobile home to outlets provided by the landlord for electric, water, sewer, and other services. This subsection shall not apply to a tenant who does not own the mobile home.  [C79, 81, §562B.18]  85 Acts, ch 67, §51; 99 Acts, ch 155, §10, 14; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §16  Referred to in §562B.25, 562B.26
IA Code § 562B.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.20 - Access.

562B.20 Access.   1. A landlord shall not have the right of access to a mobile home owned by a tenant unless such access is necessary to prevent damage to the mobile home space or is in response to an emergency situation.   2. The landlord may enter onto the mobile home space in order to inspect the mobile home space, make necessary or agreed repairs or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services or exhibit the mobile home space to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workers or contractors.  [C79, 81, §562B.20]
IA Code § 562B.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.21 - Tenant to occupy as a dwelling unit — authority to sublet.

562B.21 Tenant to occupy as a dwelling unit — authority to sublet.   The tenant shall occupy the tenant’s mobile home only as a dwelling unit and may rent the mobile home to another, only upon written agreement with the park management.  [C79, 81, §562B.21]