Iowa Statutes
In Iowa, landlord-tenant relationships are primarily governed laws: Iowa Code § 562A – Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Law which deals with general provisions applicable to both commercial and residential leases, covering aspects such as lease agreements, the rights and obligations of both parties, and remedies in case of disputes. Each section is outlined and linked below.
Iowa Commercial Lease Agreement
- Iowa Code § 562A.4 – Administration of remedies – enforcement
- Iowa Code § 562A.9 – Terms and conditions of rental agreement
- Iowa Code § 554.3512 – Holder’s recourse for dishonor
- Iowa Code § 562A.11 – Prohibited provisions in rental agreements
- Iowa Code § 562A.12 – Rental deposits
- Iowa Code § 562A.13 – Disclosure
- Iowa Code § 562A.13(4) – Disclosure (utility rates)
- Iowa Code § 562A.13(5) – Disclosure (rent increase)
- Iowa Code § 562A.13(6) – Disclosure (environmental liability)
- Iowa Code § 562A.15 – Landlord to maintain fit premises
- Iowa Code § 562A.17 – Tenant to maintain dwelling unit
- Iowa Code § 562A.19 – Access
- Iowa Code § 562A.20 – Tenant to use and occupy
- Iowa Code § 562A.23 – Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water or essential services
- Iowa Code § 562A.24 – Landlord’s noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent
- Iowa Code § 562A.26 – Tenant’s remedies for landlord’s unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution of service
- Iowa Code § 562A.27 – Noncompliance with rental agreement – failure to pay rent – violation of federal regulation
- Iowa Code § 562A.27A – Termination for creating a clear and present danger to others
- Iowa Code § 562A.29 – Remedies for absence, nonuse and abandonment
- Iowa Code § 562A.33 – Recovery of possession limited
- Iowa Code § 562A.34 – Periodic tenancy – holdover remedies
- Iowa Code § 562A.36 – Retaliatory conduct prohibited
- Iowa Code § 648.5 – Venue – service of original notice – hearing
- Iowa Code § 614.1 – Period