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.  The bad faith wrongful retention of a deposit by a
  1  4 landlord, or any portion of the rental deposit, in violation
  1  5 of this section shall may subject the landlord to punitive
  1  6 damages not to exceed two hundred dollars one 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.  The bad faith wrongful retention of a deposit by a
  1 12 landlord, or any portion of the rental deposit, in violation
  1 13 of this section shall may subject the landlord to punitive
  1 14 damages not to exceed two hundred dollars one 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