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IA Code § 562A.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.18 - Rules.

562A.18 Rules.   1. A landlord, from time to time, may adopt rules, however described, concerning the tenant’s use and occupancy of the premises. A rule is enforceable against the tenant only if it is written and if:   a. Its purpose is to promote the convenience, safety, or welfare of the tenants in the premises, preserve the landlord’s property from abusive use, or make a fair distribution of services and facilities held out for the tenants generally.   b. It is reasonably related to the purpose for which it is adopted.   c. It applies to all tenants in the premises in a fair manner.   d. It is sufficiently explicit in its prohibition, direction, or limitation of the tenant’s conduct to fairly inform the tenant of what the tenant must or must not do to comply.   e. It is not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord.   f. The tenant has notice of it at the time the tenant enters into the rental agreement.   2. A rule adopted after the tenant enters into the rental agreement is enforceable against the tenant if reasonable notice of its adoption is given to the tenant and it does not work a substantial modification of the rental agreement.  [C79, 81, §562A.18]  2013 Acts, ch 30, §261  Referred to in §562A.6
IA Code § 562A.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.19 - Access.

562A.19 Access.   1. The tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises, make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services, or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workers, or contractors.   2. The landlord may enter the dwelling unit without consent of the tenant in case of emergency.   3. The landlord shall not abuse the right of access or use it to harass the tenant. Except in case of emergency or if it is impracticable to do so, the landlord shall give the tenant at least twenty-four hours’ notice of the landlord’s intent to enter and enter only at reasonable times.   4. The landlord does not have another right of access except by court order, and as permitted by sections 562A.28 and 562A.29, or if the tenant has abandoned or surrendered the premises.  [C79, 81, §562A.19]
IA Code § 562A.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.20 - Tenant to use and occupy.

562A.20 Tenant to use and occupy.   Unless otherwise agreed, the tenant shall occupy the dwelling unit only as a dwelling unit and uses incidental thereto. The rental agreement may require that the tenant notify the landlord of an anticipated extended absence from the premises not later than the first day of the extended absence.  [C79, 81, §562A.20]  Referred to in §562A.29
IA Code § 562A.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.21 - Noncompliance by the landlord — in general.

562A.21 Noncompliance by the landlord — in general.   1. Except as provided in this chapter, if there is a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with section 562A.15 materially affecting health and safety, the tenant may elect to commence an action under this section and shall deliver a written notice to the landlord specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than seven days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied in seven days, and the rental agreement shall terminate and the tenant shall surrender as provided in the notice subject to the following:   a. If the breach is remediable by repairs or the payment of damages or otherwise, and if the landlord adequately remedies the breach prior to the date specified in the notice, the rental agreement shall not terminate.   b. If substantially the same act or omission which constituted a prior noncompliance of which notice was given recurs within six months, the tenant may terminate the rental agreement upon at least seven days’ written notice specifying the breach and the date of termination of the rental agreement unless the landlord has exercised due diligence and effort to remedy the breach which gave rise to the noncompliance.   c. The tenant may not terminate for a condition caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of the tenant’s family, or other person on the premises with the tenant’s consent.   2. Except as provided in this chapter, the tenant may recover damages and obtain injunctive relief for any noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or section 562A.15 unless the landlord demonstrates affirmatively that the landlord has exercised due diligence and effort to remedy any noncompliance, and that any failure by the landlord to remedy any noncompliance was due to circumstances reasonably beyond the control of the landlord. If the landlord’s noncompliance is willful the tenant may recover reasonable attorney fees.   3. The remedy provided in subsection 2 is in addition to any right of the tenant arising under subsection 1.   4. If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security recoverable by the tenant under section 562A.12.  [C79, 81, §562A.21]  95 Acts, ch 125, §4, 5  Referred to in §562A.23, 562A.36
IA Code § 562A.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.22 - Failure to deliver possession.

562A.22 Failure to deliver possession.   1. If the landlord fails to deliver possession of the dwelling unit to the tenant as provided in section 562A.14, rent abates until possession is delivered and the tenant shall:   a. Upon at least five days’ written notice to the landlord, terminate the rental agreement and upon termination the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security; or   b. Demand performance of the rental agreement by the landlord and, if the tenant elects, maintain an action for possession of the dwelling unit against the landlord or a person wrongfully in possession and recover the damages sustained by the tenant.   2. If a landlord’s failure to deliver possession is willful and not in good faith, a tenant may recover from the landlord the actual damages sustained by the tenant and reasonable attorney fees.  [C79, 81, §562A.22]
IA Code § 562A.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.23 - Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water or essential services.

562A.23 Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water or essential services.   1. If contrary to the rental agreement or section 562A.15 the landlord deliberately or negligently fails to supply running water, hot water, or heat, or essential services, the tenant may give written notice to the landlord specifying the breach and may:   a. Procure reasonable amounts of hot water, running water, heat and essential services during the period of the landlord’s noncompliance and deduct their actual and reasonable cost from the rent;   b. Recover damages based upon the diminution in the fair rental value of the dwelling unit; or   c. Recover any rent already paid for the period of the landlord’s noncompliance which shall be reimbursed on a pro rata basis.   2. If the tenant proceeds under this section, the tenant may not proceed under section 562A.21 as to that breach.   3. The rights under this section do not arise until the tenant has given notice to the landlord or if the condition was caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of the tenant’s family, or other person on the premises with the consent of the tenant.  [C79, 81, §562A.23]
IA Code § 562A.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.24 - Landlord’s noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent.

562A.24 Landlord’s noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent.   1. In an action for possession based upon nonpayment of the rent or in an action for rent where the tenant is in possession, the tenant may counterclaim for an amount which the tenant may recover under the rental agreement or this chapter. In that event the court from time to time may order the tenant to pay into court all or part of the rent accrued and thereafter accruing, and shall determine the amount due to each party. The party to whom a net amount is owed shall be paid first from the money paid into court, and the balance by the other party. If rent does not remain due after application of this section, judgment shall be entered for the tenant in the action for possession. If the defense or counterclaim by the tenant is without merit and is not raised in good faith the landlord may recover reasonable attorney fees.   2. In an action for rent where the tenant is not in possession, the tenant may counterclaim as provided in subsection 1, but the tenant is not required to pay any rent into court.  [C79, 81, §562A.24]  Referred to in §648.19
IA Code § 562A.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.25 - Fire or casualty damage.

562A.25 Fire or casualty damage.   1. If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged or destroyed by fire or casualty to an extent that enjoyment of the dwelling unit is substantially impaired, the tenant may:   a. Immediately vacate the premises and notify the landlord in writing within fourteen days of the tenant’s intention to terminate the rental agreement, in which case the rental agreement terminates as of the date of vacating; or   b. If continued occupancy is lawful, vacate a part of the dwelling unit rendered unusable by the fire or casualty, in which case the tenant’s liability for rent is reduced in proportion to the diminution in the fair rental value of the dwelling unit.   2. If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security recoverable under section 562A.12. Accounting for rent in the event of termination or apportionment is to occur as of the date of the casualty.  [C79, 81, §562A.25]
IA Code § 562A.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.26 - Tenant’s remedies for landlord’s unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution of service.

562A.26 Tenant’s remedies for landlord’s unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution of service.   If the landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from the premises or willfully diminishes services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of electric, gas, water, or other essential service to the tenant, the tenant may recover possession pursuant to section 648.1, subsection 1, or terminate the rental agreement and, in either case, recover the actual damages sustained by the tenant, punitive damages not to exceed twice the monthly rental payment, and reasonable attorney fees. If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security.  [C79, 81, §562A.26]  2013 Acts, ch 97, §6
IA Code § 562A.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.28 - Failure to maintain.

562A.28 Failure to maintain.   If there is noncompliance by the tenant with section 562A.17, materially affecting health and safety, that can be remedied by repair or replacement of a damaged item or cleaning, and the tenant fails to comply as promptly as conditions require in case of emergency or within seven days after written notice by the landlord specifying the breach and requesting that the tenant remedy it within that period of time, the landlord may enter the dwelling unit and cause the work to be done in a competent manner and submit an itemized bill for the actual and reasonable cost or the fair and reasonable value of it as rent on the next date when periodic rent is due, or if the rental agreement has terminated, for immediate payment.  [C79, 81, §562A.28]  85 Acts, ch 67, §50; 95 Acts, ch 125, §10  Referred to in §562A.19
IA Code § 562A.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.29 - Remedies for absence, nonuse and abandonment.

562A.29 Remedies for absence, nonuse and abandonment.   1. If the rental agreement requires the tenant to give notice to the landlord of an anticipated extended absence as provided in section 562A.20, and the tenant willfully fails to do so, the landlord may recover actual damages from the tenant.   2. During an absence of the tenant in excess of fourteen days, the landlord may enter the dwelling unit at times reasonably necessary.   3. If the tenant abandons the dwelling unit, the landlord shall make reasonable efforts to rent it at a fair rental. If the landlord rents the dwelling unit for a term beginning prior to the expiration of the rental agreement, it is deemed to be terminated as of the date the new tenancy begins. The rental agreement is deemed to be terminated by the landlord as of the date the landlord has notice of the abandonment, if the landlord fails to use reasonable efforts to rent the dwelling unit at a fair rental or if the landlord accepts the abandonment as a surrender. If the tenancy is from month-to-month, or week-to-week, the term of the rental agreement for this purpose shall be deemed to be a month or a week, as the case may be.  [C79, 81, §562A.29]  Referred to in §562A.19
IA Code § 562A.29A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.29A - Method of service of notice on tenant.

562A.29A Method of service of notice on tenant.   1. A written notice of termination required under section 562A.27, subsection 1, 2, or 5, a notice of termination and notice to quit required under section 562A.27A, a landlord’s written notice of termination to the tenant required under section 562A.34, subsection 1, 2, or 3, or a notice to quit required by section 648.3, shall be served upon the tenant by one or more of the following methods:   a. 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 paragraph shall be deemed to provide notice to all tenants of the dwelling unit.   b. Personal service pursuant to   rule of civil procedure 1.305, Iowa court rules  , for the personal service of original notice.   c. Posting on the primary entrance door of the dwelling unit and mailing by both regular mail and certified mail, as defined in section 618.15, to the address of the dwelling unit or to the tenant’s last known address, if different from the address of the dwelling unit. A notice posted according to this paragraph shall be posted within the applicable time period for serving notice and shall include the date the notice was posted.   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.  92 Acts, ch 1211, §2; 96 Acts, ch 1203, §3; 99 Acts, ch 155, §7, 14; 2010 Acts, ch 1017, §3, 11; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §63, 80; 2013 Acts, ch 97, §7  Referred to in §562A.8
IA Code § 562A.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.30 - Waiver of landlord’s right to terminate.

562A.30 Waiver of landlord’s right to terminate.   1. Acceptance of performance by the tenant that varies from the terms of the rental agreement or rules subsequently adopted by the landlord constitutes a waiver of the landlord’s right to terminate the rental agreement for that breach.   2. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a landlord from granting a waiver for a term of days, provided the landlord gives notice of the breach and temporary waiver to a tenant consistent with section 562A.8 prior to a tenant acting or failing to act in reliance on the grant of a temporary waiver.  [C79, 81, §562A.30]  2013 Acts, ch 97, §8
IA Code § 562A.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.31 - Landlord liens — distress for rent.

562A.31 Landlord liens — distress for rent.   1. A lien on behalf of the landlord on the tenant’s household goods is not enforceable unless perfected before January 1, 1979.   2. Distraint for rent is abolished.  [C79, 81, §562A.31]
IA Code § 562A.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.32 - Remedy after termination.

562A.32 Remedy after termination.   If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord may have a claim for possession and for rent and a separate claim for actual damages for breach of the rental agreement and reasonable attorney fees as provided in section 562A.27.  [C79, 81, §562A.32]  Referred to in §648.19
IA Code § 562A.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.33 - Recovery of possession limited.

562A.33 Recovery of possession limited.   A landlord may not recover or take possession of the dwelling unit by action or otherwise, including willful diminution of services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of electric, gas, water or other essential service to the tenant, except in case of abandonment, surrender, or as permitted in this chapter.  [C79, 81, §562A.33]
IA Code § 562A.34 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.34 - Periodic tenancy — holdover remedies.

562A.34 Periodic tenancy — holdover remedies.   1. The landlord or the tenant may terminate a week-to-week tenancy by a written notice given to the other at least ten days prior to the termination date specified in the notice.   2. The landlord or the tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by a written notice given to the other at least thirty days prior to the periodic rental date specified in the notice.   3. The landlord or the tenant may terminate a tenancy having a term longer than month-to-month by a written notice given to the other at least thirty days prior to the end of the first or subsequent term of the tenancy specified in the notice.   4. If the tenant remains in possession without the landlord’s consent after expiration of the term of the rental agreement or its termination, the landlord may bring an action for possession and if the tenant’s holdover is willful and not in good faith the landlord, in addition, may recover the actual damages sustained by the landlord and reasonable attorney fees. If the landlord consents to the tenant’s continued occupancy, section 562A.9, subsection 5 applies.  [C79, 81, §562A.34]  2006 Acts, ch 1037, §1  Referred to in §562A.14, 562A.29A
IA Code § 562A.35 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.35 - Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access.

562A.35 Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access.   1. If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access, the landlord may obtain injunctive relief to compel access, or terminate the rental agreement. In either case, the landlord may recover actual damages and reasonable attorney fees.   2. If the landlord makes an unlawful entry or a lawful entry in an unreasonable manner or makes repeated demands for entry otherwise lawful but which have the effect of unreasonably harassing the tenant, the tenant may obtain injunctive relief to prevent the recurrence of the conduct, or terminate the rental agreement. In either case, the tenant may recover actual damages not less than an amount equal to one month’s rent and reasonable attorney fees.  [C79, 81, §562A.35]
IA Code § 562A.36 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.36 - Retaliatory conduct prohibited.

562A.36 Retaliatory conduct prohibited.   1. Except as provided in this section, a landlord may not retaliate by increasing rent or decreasing services or by bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession after:   a. The tenant has complained to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building or housing code of a violation applicable to the premises materially affecting health and safety;   b. The tenant has complained to the landlord of a violation under section 562A.15; or   c. The tenant has organized or become a member of a tenants’ union or similar organization.   2. If the landlord acts in violation of subsection 1 of this section, the tenant may recover from the landlord the actual damages sustained by the tenant and reasonable attorney fees, and has a defense in action against the landlord for possession. In an action by or against the tenant, evidence of a good-faith complaint within one year prior to the alleged act of retaliation creates a presumption that the landlord’s conduct was in retaliation. The presumption does not arise if the tenant made the complaint after notice of a proposed rent increase or diminution of services. Evidence by the landlord that legitimate costs and charges of owning, maintaining or operating a dwelling unit have increased shall be a defense against the presumption of retaliation when a rent increase is commensurate with the increase in costs and charges.   3. Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2 of this section, a landlord may bring an action for possession if:   a. The violation of the applicable building or housing code was caused primarily by lack of reasonable care by the tenant or other person in the tenant’s household or upon the premises with the tenant’s consent;   b. The tenant is in default in rent; or   c. Compliance with the applicable building or housing code requires alteration, remodeling, or demolition which would effectively deprive the tenant of use of the dwelling unit. The maintenance of the action does not release the landlord from liability under section 562A.21, subsection 2.  [C79, 81, §562A.36]  2013 Acts, ch 97, §9
IA Code § 562A.37 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562A.37 - Applicability.

562A.37 Applicability.   This chapter shall apply to rental agreements entered into or extended or renewed after January 1, 1979.  [C79, 81, §562A.37]
IA Code § 562B.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.1 - Short title.

562B.1 Short title.   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Manufactured Home Communities or Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act”.  [C79, 81, §562B.1]  2001 Acts, ch 153, §16
IA Code § 562B.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIV - PROPERTY|Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW|Section 562B.2 - Purposes.

562B.2 Purposes.   Underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are:   1. To simplify, clarify and establish the law governing the rental of manufactured or mobile home spaces and rights and obligations of landlord and tenant.   2. To encourage landlord and tenant to maintain and improve the quality of manufactured or mobile home living.  [C79, 81, §562B.2]  2001 Acts, ch 153, §15; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §80