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2023 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]
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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
2023 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.23A, 562B.32
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.16A - Sale of manufactured home community or mobile home park — notices.

562B.16A Sale of manufactured home community or mobile home park — notices.
Upon termination of the landlord’s interest in the manufactured home community or mobile home park, the landlord’s successor in interest shall have the same legal obligations, rights, and remedies of the landlord, including with respect to all rental agreements.
2022 Acts, ch 1070, §15, 16
[ ()]Section applies to manufactured home community or mobile home park sale transactions made on or after July 1, 2022; 2022 Acts, ch 1070, §16
NEW section
2023 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.
3. Except in cases of willful, reckless, or gross negligence, a landlord is not liable in a civil action for personal injury, death, property damage, or other damages resulting from or arising out of an occurrence involving a firearm, a firearm component, or ammunition that the landlord is required to allow on the property under section 562B.11.
[C79, 81, §562B.17]
2001 Acts, ch 153, §16; 2021 Acts, ch 35, §27
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.17A - Sale of mobile home by landlord.

562B.17A Sale of mobile home by landlord.
1. Any sale of a mobile home located in a manufactured home community or mobile home park by a landlord or landlord’s agent shall be by written agreement and the landlord shall, upon the buyer’s fulfillment of all payment and other terms under the agreement, produce and assign the current certificate of title obtained from the department of transportation. The agreement shall state the basic terms of sale, including the total cost of the mobile home, and, in the case of an installment contract, finance charges, annual percentage rate, and the frequency and amount of each installment payment.
2. If such sale does not comply with this section, the court may award monetary or equitable relief, including voiding the sale, and the buyer may recover damages incurred, amounts paid as a rental deposit in excess of two months’ rent, and reasonable attorney fees.
3. A claim under subsection 2 may be combined with an action under chapter 648.
2022 Acts, ch 1070, §13
Referred to in §648.19
NEW section
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.22 - Noncompliance by the landlord.

562B.22 Noncompliance by the landlord.
1. Except as provided in this chapter, if there is a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement, the tenant may 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 thirty days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied in fourteen days. If there is a noncompliance by the landlord with section 562B.16 materially affecting health and safety, the tenant may 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 thirty days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied in fourteen days. The rental agreement shall terminate and the mobile home space shall be vacated 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 the landlord adequately remedies the breach prior to the date specified in the notice, the rental agreement will not terminate.
b. 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 in the manufactured home community or mobile home park 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 with section 562B.16.
3. The remedy provided in subsection 2 of this section is in addition to any right of the tenant arising under subsection 1 of this section.
[C79, 81, §562B.22]
2001 Acts, ch 153, §16
Referred to in §562B.23, 562B.23A, 562B.32, 648.19
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.23 - Failure to deliver possession.

562B.23 Failure to deliver possession.
1. If the landlord fails to deliver physical possession of the mobile home space to the tenant as provided in section 562B.15, rent abates until possession is delivered and the tenant may do either of the following:
a. Upon written notice to the landlord, terminate the rental agreement and at that time the landlord shall return all deposits.
b. Demand performance of the rental agreement by the landlord and, if the tenant elects, maintain an action for possession of the mobile home space against the landlord and recover the damages sustained by the tenant plus reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
2. If the landlord delivers physical possession to the tenant but fails to comply with section 562B.16 at the time of delivery, rent shall not abate. The tenant may also proceed with the remedies provided for in section 562B.22.
[C79, 81, §562B.23]
2001 Acts, ch 153, §16; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §60, 65
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.23A - Wrongful failure to supply running water or essential services.

562B.23A Wrongful failure to supply running water or essential services.
1. If contrary to the rental agreement or section 562B.16 the landlord deliberately or negligently fails to supply running water or other essential services, the tenant may give written notice to the landlord specifying the breach and may do one of the following:
a. Procure reasonable amounts of water or other essential services during the period of the landlord’s noncompliance and deduct the actual and reasonable cost from the rent.
b. Recover damages based upon the diminution in the fair market value of the mobile home space.
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 562B.22 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.
2022 Acts, ch 1070, §9, 10
NEW section
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.24 - Tenant’s remedies for landlord’s unlawful ouster, exclusion or diminution of services.

562B.24 Tenant’s remedies for landlord’s unlawful ouster, exclusion or diminution of services.
If the landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from the manufactured home community or mobile home park 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, require the restoration of essential services or terminate the rental agreement and, in either case, recover an amount not to exceed two months’ periodic rent and twice the actual damages sustained by the tenant.
[C79, 81, §562B.24]
2001 Acts, ch 153, §16
Referred to in §562B.32
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.25 - Noncompliance with rental agreement by tenant — failure to pay rent.

562B.25 Noncompliance with rental agreement by tenant — failure to pay rent.
1. Except as provided in this chapter, if there is a material noncompliance by the tenant with the rental agreement, the landlord may deliver a written notice to the tenant specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than thirty days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied in fourteen days. If there is a noncompliance by the tenant with section 562B.18 materially affecting health and safety, the landlord may deliver a written notice to the tenant specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than thirty days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied in fourteen days. However, if the breach is remediable by repair or the payment of damages or otherwise, and the tenant adequately remedies the breach prior to the date specified in the notice, the rental agreement will not terminate. If substantially the same act or omission, which constituted a prior noncompliance of which notice was given, recurs within six months, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement upon at least fourteen days’ written notice specifying the breach and the date of termination of the rental agreement.
2. If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent within three days after written notice by the landlord of nonpayment and of the landlord’s intention to terminate the rental agreement if the rent is not paid within that period of time, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the landlord may recover damages, obtain injunctive relief, or recover possession of the mobile home space pursuant to an action in forcible entry and detainer under chapter 648 for any material noncompliance by the tenant with the rental agreement or with section 562B.18.
4. The remedy provided in subsection 3 of this section is in addition to any right of the landlord arising under subsection 1 of this section.
[C79, 81, §562B.25]
93 Acts, ch 154, §15; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §82
Referred to in §555B.7, 562B.25A, 562B.27, 562B.27A, 648.3, 648.19
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.26 - Failure to maintain by tenant.

562B.26 Failure to maintain by tenant.
If there is noncompliance by the tenant with section 562B.18 materially affecting health and safety that can be remedied by repair, replacement of a damaged item or cleaning and the tenant fails to comply as promptly as conditions require in case of emergency or within fourteen 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 mobile home space, and cause the work to be done in a skillful manner and submit an itemized bill for the actual and reasonable cost or the fair and reasonable value thereof as additional rent on the next date when periodic rent is due, or if the rental agreement was terminated, for immediate payment.
[C79, 81, §562B.26]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.27 - Remedies for abandonment — required registration.

562B.27 Remedies for abandonment — required registration.
1. A tenant is considered to have abandoned a mobile home when the tenant has been absent from the mobile home without reasonable explanation for thirty days or more during which time there is either a default of rent three days after rent is due, or the rental agreement is terminated pursuant to section 562B.25. A tenant’s return to the mobile home does not change its status as abandoned unless the tenant pays to the landlord all costs incurred for the mobile home space, including costs of removal, storage, notice, attorney fees, and all rent and utilities due and owing.
2. When a mobile home is abandoned on a mobile home space:
a. If a tenant abandons a mobile home on a mobile home space, the landlord shall notify the mobile home owner or other claimant of the mobile home and communicate to that person that the person is liable for any costs incurred for the mobile home space, including rent and utilities due and owing. A claimant includes a holder of a lien as defined in section 555B.2. However, the person is only liable for costs incurred ninety days before the landlord’s communication. After the landlord’s communication, costs for which liability is incurred shall then become the responsibility of the mobile home owner or other claimant of the mobile home. The mobile home shall not be removed from the mobile home space without a signed written agreement from the landlord showing clearance for removal, and that all debts are paid in full, or an agreement reached with the mobile home owner or other claimant and the landlord.
b. If there is no lien on the mobile home other than a lien for taxes, the landlord may follow the procedure in chapter 555B to dispose of the mobile home.
c. An action pursuant to chapter 555B may be combined with an action for possession under chapter 648 or an action for damages under section 562B.30.
3. A required standardized registration form shall be filled out by each tenant upon the rental of a mobile home space, showing the mobile home make, year, serial number, and also showing if the mobile home is paid for, if there is a lien on the mobile home, and if so the lienholder, and the name of the legal owner of the mobile home. The registration forms shall be kept on file with the landlord as long as the mobile home is on the mobile home space within the mobile home park. The tenant shall give notice to the landlord within ten days of any new lien, change of existing lien, or settlement of lien.
[C79, 81, §562B.27; 81 Acts, ch 183, §1]
83 Acts, ch 102, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1138, §16; 93 Acts, ch 154, §16, 17; 99 Acts, ch 155, §11, 14
Referred to in §555B.1, 555B.2, 555C.1, 555C.2, 562B.10, 562B.13, 648.19
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.27A - Method of service of notice on tenant.

562B.27A Method of service of notice on tenant.
1. A landlord’s written notice of termination to the tenant required under section 562B.10, subsection 5, a notice of termination required under section 562B.25, a notice of termination and notice to quit required under section 562B.25A, or a notice to quit required by section 648.3, shall be served upon the tenant according to 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, §4; 96 Acts, ch 1203, §6; 99 Acts, ch 155, §12, 14; 2010 Acts, ch 1017, §6, 11; 2013 Acts, ch 97, §11
Referred to in §562B.9, 562B.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.28 - Waiver of landlord’s right to terminate.

562B.28 Waiver of landlord’s right to terminate.
Acceptance of performance by the tenant that varied 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, unless otherwise agreed after the breach has occurred.
[C79, 81, §562B.28]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.30 - Periodic tenancy — holdover remedies.

562B.30 Periodic tenancy — holdover remedies.
1. The landlord may terminate a tenancy only as provided in this chapter.
2. Notwithstanding section 648.19, 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 recover actual damages. If the tenant’s holdover is willful and not in good faith, the landlord in addition may recover an amount not to exceed two months’ periodic rent and twice the actual damages sustained by the landlord. In any event, the landlord may recover reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
[C79, 81, §562B.30]
Referred to in §555B.7, 562B.15, 562B.27
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.31 - Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access to mobile home space.

562B.31 Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access to mobile home space.
1. If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access to the mobile home space, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement and may recover actual damages.
2. If the landlord makes an unlawful entry or a lawful entry to the mobile home space 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 plus attorney fees.
[C79, 81, §562B.31]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 562B - MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW › Section 562B.32 - Retaliatory conduct prohibited.

562B.32 Retaliatory conduct prohibited.
1. Except as provided in this section, a landlord shall not retaliate by increasing rent or decreasing services or by bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession or by failing to renew a rental agreement after any of the following:
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 manufactured home community or mobile home park materially affecting health and safety. For this subsection to apply, a complaint filed with a governmental body must be in good faith.
b. The tenant has complained to the landlord of a violation under section 562B.16.
c. The tenant has organized or become a member of a tenant’s union or similar organization.
d. For exercising any of the rights and remedies pursuant to this chapter or chapter 216.
2. If the landlord acts in violation of subsection 1 of this section, the tenant is entitled to the remedies provided in section 562B.24 and has a defense in an action for possession. In an action by or against the tenant, evidence of a 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 termination of the rental agreement. For the purpose of this subsection, “presumption” means that the trier of fact must find the existence of the fact presumed unless and until evidence is introduced which would support a finding of its nonexistence.
3. Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2 of this section, a landlord may bring an action for possession if either of the following occurs:
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 household or upon the premises with the tenant’s consent.
b. The tenant is in default of rent three days after rent is due. The maintenance of the action does not release the landlord from liability under section 562B.22, subsection 2.
[C79, 81, §562B.32; 82 Acts, ch 1100, §25]
2001 Acts, ch 153, §16; 2022 Acts, ch 1070, §1, 2
Subsection 1, paragraph d amended
Subsection 2 amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.1 - Resting wall on neighbor’s land.

563.1 Resting wall on neighbor’s land.
Where building lots have been surveyed and plats thereof recorded, anyone who is about to build contiguous to the land of another may, if there be no wall on the line between them, build a brick, reinforced concrete, or stone wall thereon, when the whole thickness of such wall above the cellar wall does not exceed eighteen inches exclusive of the plastering, and rest one-half thereof on the adjoining land, but the adjoining owner shall not be compelled to contribute to the expense of building said wall.
[R60, §1914; C73, §2019; C97, §2994; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10163; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.1]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.2 - Contribution by adjoining owner.

563.2 Contribution by adjoining owner.
If the adjoining owner contributes one-half of the expense of building such wall, then it is a wall in common between them, but if the adjoining owner refuses to contribute, the adjoining owner shall have the right to make it a wall in common by paying to the person who erected or maintained it one-half of its appraised value at the time of using it.
[R60, §1915; C73, §2020; C97, §2995; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10164; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.3 - Openings in walls.

563.3 Openings in walls.
No wall shall be built by any person partly on the land of another with any openings therein, and every separating wall between buildings shall, as high as the upper part of the first story, be presumed to be a wall in common, if there be no titles, proof, or mark to the contrary, and if any wall is erected which, under the provisions of this chapter, becomes, or may become, at the option of another, a wall in common, such person shall not be compelled to contribute to the expense of closing any openings therein, but this shall be done at the expense of the owner of such wall.
[R60, §1916; C73, §2021; C97, §2996; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10165; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.3]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.4 - Repairs — apportionment.

563.4 Repairs — apportionment.
The repairs and rebuilding of walls in common are to be made at the expense of all who have a right to them, and in proportion to the interest of each therein, but every coproprietor of a wall in common may be exonerated from contributing to the same by giving up the coproprietor’s right in common, if no building belonging to that person is actually supported by such wall.
[R60, §1917; C73, §2022; C97, §2997; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10166; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.5 - Beams, joists and flues.

563.5 Beams, joists and flues.
Every coproprietor may build against a wall held in common, and cause beams or joists to be placed therein; and any person building such a wall shall, on being requested by the other coproprietor, make the necessary flues, and leave the necessary bearings for joists or beams, at such height and distance apart as shall be specified by the other coproprietor.
[R60, §1918; C73, §2023; C97, §2998; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10167; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.5]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.6 - Increasing height of wall.

563.6 Increasing height of wall.
Every coproprietor may increase the height of a wall in common at the coproprietor’s sole expense, and that person shall repair and keep in repair that part of the same above the part held in common.
[R60, §1919; C73, §2024; C97, §2999; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10168; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.6]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.7 - Rebuilding in order to heighten.

563.7 Rebuilding in order to heighten.
If the wall so held in common cannot support the wall to be raised upon it, one who wishes to have it made higher must rebuild it anew and at that person’s own expense, and the additional thickness of the wall must be placed entirely on that person’s own land.
[R60, §1920; C73, §2025; C97, §2999; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10169; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.7]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.8 - Heightened wall made common.

563.8 Heightened wall made common.
The person who did not contribute to the heightening of a wall held in common may cause the raised part to become common by paying one-half of the appraised value of raising it, and half the value of the ground occupied by the additional thickness thereof, if any ground was so occupied.
[R60, §1921; C73, §2026; C97, §2999; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10170; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.8]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.9 - Paying for share of adjoining wall.

563.9 Paying for share of adjoining wall.
Every proprietor joining a wall has the right of making it a wall in common, in whole or in part, by repaying to the owner thereof one-half of its value, or one-half of the part which the proprietor wishes to hold in common, and one-half of the value of the ground on which it is built, if the person who has built it has laid the foundation entirely upon the person’s own ground.
[R60, §1922; C73, §2027; C97, §3000; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10171; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.9]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.10 - Openings in walls — fixtures.

563.10 Openings in walls — fixtures.
Adjoining owners of walls held in common shall not make openings or cavities therein, nor affix nor attach thereto any work or structure, without the consent of the other, or upon the other’s refusal, without having taken all necessary precautions to guard against injury to the rights of the other, to be ascertained by persons skilled in building.
[R60, §1923; C73, §2028; C97, §3001; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10172; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.10]
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.11 - Disputes — delay — bonds.

563.11 Disputes — delay — bonds.
No dispute between adjoining owners as to the amount to be paid by one or the other, by reason of any of the matters provided in this chapter, shall delay the execution of the provisions of the same, if the party on whom the claim is made shall enter into bonds, with security, to the satisfaction of the clerk of the district court of the proper county, conditioned that that party shall pay to the claimant whatever may be found to be due on the settlement of the matter between them, either in a court of justice or elsewhere; upon the presentation of such a bond, the clerk shall endorse approval thereon, and retain the same until demanded by the party for whose benefit it is executed.
[R60, §1924; C73, §2029; C97, §3002; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10173; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.11]
Referred to in §602.8102(80)
2023 Iowa Code › Title XIV - PROPERTY › Chapter 563 - WALLS IN COMMON › Section 563.12 - Special agreements — evidence.

563.12 Special agreements — evidence.
This chapter shall not prevent adjoining proprietors from entering into special agreements about walls on the lines between them, but no evidence thereof shall be competent unless in writing, signed by the parties thereto or their lawfully authorized agents, or the guardian of either, if a minor, who shall have full authority to act for the guardian’s ward in all matters relating to walls in common without an order of court therefor.
[R60, §1925; C73, §2030; C97, §3003; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10174; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §563.12]
Statute of frauds in general, §622.32