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IA SSB1047

SB

Status

Introduced

1/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Commerce

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands the definition of "rent" under the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Law (Code chapter 562A) to include base rent, utilities, late fees, and other payments made by the tenant to the landlord under the rental agreement

  • Changes the prohibition on landlords from "using" rental agreements with prohibited provisions to "enforcing" such provisions, and specifies that the fourth day for mailed notice completion counts regardless of whether it falls on a weekend or federal holiday

  • Grants landlords access to tenant-owned mobile homes after entry of a removal order for purposes of securing or winterizing the mobile home or mobile home space

  • Provides that notices addressed to "all tenants and unknown parties in possession" and delivered by door posting and mailing shall constitute valid notice to all tenants, occupants, and parties in possession of the premises

  • Increases the bar for forcible entry and detainer proceedings from 30 days to 90 days of peaceable possession with the plaintiff's knowledge, and allows plaintiffs to immediately dispose of a defendant's personal property remaining after removal (excluding mobile homes unless the mobile home is the premises)

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to property law, including manufactured or mobile home retailer licenses, rent, rental agreements, notice requirements, and possession of property.(See SF 412.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 412.

2/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Commerce1/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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