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.Thetenantshallpayasrenttheamountstatedintherentalagreement. Intheabsenceof
arentalagreement, thetenantshallpayasrentthefairrentalvaluefortheuseandoccupancy
of the mobile home space.
3.Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by
theparties. Unlessotherwiseagreedperiodicrentispayableatthebeginningofanytermand
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 a
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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. Thetenantshallpayasrenttheamountstatedintherentalagreement. Intheabsenceof
arentalagreement, thetenantshallpayasrentthefairrentalvaluefortheuseandoccupancy
of the mobile home space.
3. Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by
theparties. Unlessotherwiseagreedperiodicrentispayableatthebeginningofanytermand
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 ninety 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. a. If a tenant who was sole owner of a mobile home dies during the term of a rental
agreement then that person’s heirs at law or the personal representative of the decedent’s
estate, or the landlord shall have the right to cancel the tenant’s lease by giving sixty days’
written notice to the person’s heirs at law or the personal representative of the decedent’s
estate, or to the landlord, whichever is appropriate, and the heirs at law or the personal
representative of the decedent’s estate, shall have the same rights, privileges, and liabilities
of the original tenant, provided that such heirs at law and personal representative of the
estate shall not have the right to occupy or otherwise use the home or mobile home space as
a tenant unless approved by the landlord as a tenant. In the event the landlord, after such a
written notice is given and the tenant’s lease is canceled, brings an action for forcible entry
anddetaineroractionforabandonment,theestateofthetenantandtheperson’slocatedheirs
at law or personal representative shall be named as defendants in the action. The landlord
may serve notice upon such defendants pursuant to the method set forth in section 562B.27A,
subsection 1, paragraph “c”, or by mailing notice by both regular mail and certified mail, as
defined in section 618.15, to the defendant’s last known address.
b. (1) If a tenant who was sole owner of a mobile home dies during the term of a rental
agreement resulting in the mobile home being abandoned as provided in section 562B.27,
subsection 1, and the landlord cannot, despite due diligence, locate such a tenant’s heirs at
law or personal representative, then the landlord may bring an action for abandonment as
provided in section 555B.3, naming as defendants the estate of the tenant and all unknown
heirs at law of the tenant, and, upon the landlord’s filing of an affidavit that personal service
cannot be had on any heirs at law, personal representative, or estate of the tenant, the
court shall permit original notice of such action to be served by publication pursuant to
subparagraph (2).
(2) Publication of original notice shall be made once each week for three consecutive
weeksinanewspaperofgeneralcirculationpublishedinthecountywherethepetitionisfiled,
pursuant to the Iowa rules of civil procedure. Service is complete after the third consecutive
weekly publication.
(3) In the event any tax lien or other liens exist on the mobile home, the landlord may
proceed with an action for abandonment as provided in section 555B.3, except that the notice
shall be provided to the county treasurer as provided in section 555B.4, subsection 3, if a tax
lien exists, and personal service pursuant to the Iowa rules of civil procedure shall be made
upon any lienholder no less than twenty days before the hearing. Any notice to a lienholder
shall state that failure to assert a claim to the mobile home is deemed a waiver of all rights,
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title, claims, and interest in the mobile home and is deemed consent to the sale or disposal
of the mobile home. If personal service upon the lienholder cannot be completed in time to
give the lienholder the minimum notice required by this subsection, the court may set a new
hearing date.
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.