Senate File 445 - Reprinted SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SF 119) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act increasing punitive damages that may be awarded for 2 wrongful retention of certain rental deposits. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1987SV 82 5 av/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 562A.12, subsection 7, Code 2007, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 7. Thebad faithwrongful retention of a deposit by a 1 4 landlord, or any portion of the rental deposit, in violation 1 5 of this sectionshallmay subject the landlord to punitive 1 6 damages not to exceedtwo hundred dollarsone and one=half 1 7 times the amount of the rental deposit, in addition to actual 1 8 damages. 1 9 Sec. 2. Section 562B.13, subsection 8, Code 2007, is 1 10 amended to read as follows: 1 11 8. Thebad faithwrongful retention of a deposit by a 1 12 landlord, or any portion of the rental deposit, in violation 1 13 of this sectionshallmay subject the landlord to punitive 1 14 damages not to exceedtwo hundred dollarsone and one=half 1 15 times the amount of the rental deposit, in addition to actual 1 16 damages. 1 17 SF 445 1 18 av:nh/cc/26