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1 1 Amend the amendment, H-3386, to House File 492 as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 1 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "# . Page 1, by inserting after line 8 the
1 6 following:
1 7 "Sec. . Section 562A.26, Code 1995, is amended
1 8 to read as follows:
1 9 562A.26 TENANT'S REMEDIES FOR LANDLORD'S UNLAWFUL
1 10 OUSTER, EXCLUSION, OR DIMINUTION OF SERVICE.
1 11 If the landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the
1 12 tenant from the premises or willfully diminishes
1 13 services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the
1 14 interruption of electric, gas, water or other
1 15 essential service to the tenant, the tenant may
1 16 recover possession or terminate the rental agreement
1 17 and, in either case, recover the actual damages
1 18 sustained by the tenant, but not less than an amount
1 19 equal to one month's rent, and reasonable attorney's
1 20 fees. If the rental agreement is terminated, the
1 21 landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security.""
1 22 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 2 the
1 23 following:
1 24 "# . Page 2, line 22, by inserting after the
1 25 word "quit." the following: "The seventy-two hour
1 26 notice shall provide the tenant with notice, by
1 27 including a copy of subsection 3 with the notice, that
1 28 the tenant may cure the clear and present danger."
1 29 # . Page 3, by striking lines 20 through 25 and
1 30 inserting the following: "property and the property
1 31 remains unclaimed fourteen days after the landlord has
1 32 attempted to contact the owner of the property one
1 33 time by ordinary mail at the tenant's last known
1 34 address, the landlord may dispose of the property in
1 35 accordance with the terms of the rental agreement. If
1 36 the rental agreement does not provide for the
1 37 disposition of abandoned property, the property shall
1 38 be sold at sheriff's sale with the proceeds to go to
1 39 the county general fund unless the proceeds are
1 40 claimed by the tenant within ninety days of the
1 41 sheriff's sale."
1 42 # . Page 3, by inserting before line 26 the
1 43 following:
1 44 "Sec. . Section 562B.10, subsection 4, Code
1 45 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1 46 4. Rental agreements shall be for a term of one
1 47 year unless otherwise specified in the rental
1 48 agreement. Rental agreements shall be canceled by at
1 49 least sixty days' written notice given by either
1 50 party. A landlord shall cancel a rental agreement
2 1 only for good cause and shall not cancel a rental
2 2 agreement solely for the purpose of making the
2 3 tenant's mobile home space available for another
2 4 mobile home."
2 5 # . Page 4, line 4, by inserting after the word
2 6 "quit." the following: "The three-day notice shall
2 7 provide the tenant with notice, by including a copy of
2 8 subsection 3 with the notice, that the tenant may cure
2 9 the clear and present danger.""
2 10 #3. Page 1, by inserting after line 14 the
2 11 following:
2 12 "# . Page 5, by striking lines 16 through 25.
2 13 # . Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
2 14 word "noncompliance" the following: ", and tenant
2 15 remedies for landlord noncompliance,"."
2 16
2 17
2 18
2 19 KREIMAN of Davis
2 20 HF 492.202 76
2 21 mk/jj
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