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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 562A.27A, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. Notwithstanding section 562A.27 or 648.3, if a tenant 1 4 has created or maintained a threat constituting a clear and 1 5 present danger to the health or safety of other tenants, the 1 6 landlord, the landlord's employee or agent, or other persons 1 7 on or within one thousand feet of the landlord's property, the 1 8 landlord, after the service of a single three days' written 1 9 notice of termination and notice to quit stating the specific 1 10 activity causing the clear and present danger, and setting 1 11 forth the language of subsection 3 which includes certain 1 12 exemption provisions available to the tenant, may file suit 1 13 against the tenant for recovery of possession of the premises 1 14 pursuant to chapter 648, except as otherwise provided in 1 15 subsection 3. The petition shall state the incident or 1 16 incidents giving rise to the notice of termination and notice 1 17 to quit. The tenant shall be given the opportunity to contest 1 18 the termination in the court proceedings by notice thereof at 1 19 least three days prior to the hearing. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 562B.25A, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 1 21 amended to read as follows: 1 22 1. Notwithstanding section 562B.25 or 648.3, if a tenant 1 23 has created or maintained a threat constituting a clear and 1 24 present danger to the health or safety of other tenants, the 1 25 landlord, the landlord's employee or agent, or other persons 1 26 on or within one thousand feet of the landlord's property, the 1 27 landlord, after the service of a single three days' written 1 28 notice of termination and notice to quit stating the specific 1 29 activity causing the clear and present danger, and setting 1 30 forth the language of subsection 3 which includes certain 1 31 exemption provisions available to the tenant, may file suit 1 32 against the tenant for recovery of possession of the premises 1 33 pursuant to chapter 648, except as otherwise provided in 1 34 subsection 3. The petition shall state the incident or 1 35 incidents giving rise to the notice of termination and notice 2 1 to quit. The tenant shall be given the opportunity to contest 2 2 the termination in the court proceedings by notice thereof at 2 3 least three days prior to the hearing. 2 4 EXPLANATION 2 5 This bill relates to residential landlord-tenant law, by 2 6 making certain changes related to family violence and domestic 2 7 abuse. 2 8 The bill provides that a landlord under Code chapter 562A 2 9 (uniform residential landlord-tenant law) or 562B (mobile home 2 10 parks residential landlord-tenant law) must provide specific 2 11 information in a written notice of termination and notice to 2 12 quit to a tenant relating to the tenant's activities that are 2 13 alleged to create a clear and present danger to the health or 2 14 safety of other tenants, the landlord, the landlord's employee 2 15 or agent, or other persons on or within 1,000 feet of the 2 16 landlord's property. The bill further provides that such 2 17 notice shall include a statement of the law in regard to 2 18 certain exemptions in regard to the tenant's actions related 2 19 to the activity causing the clear and present danger. The 2 20 exemptions include information related to whether the tenant 2 21 has sought a protective order, restraining order, or order to 2 22 vacate the homestead, or any other applicable provision which 2 23 would apply to the person conducting the activities causing 2 24 the clear and present danger, whether the tenant has reported 2 25 the activities constituting the clear and present danger to a 2 26 law enforcement agency, and whether the tenant has written a 2 27 letter to the person conducting the activities creating the 2 28 clear and present danger, telling the person not to return to 2 29 the premises and that a return to the premises may result in a 2 30 trespass action. 2 31 LSB 5735HV 80 2 32 rh/sh/8
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