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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2199 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT LAW, BY MAKING 1 5 CERTAIN CHANGES CONCERNING FAMILY VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC 1 6 ABUSE. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 562A.27A, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 1 11 amended to read as follows: 1 12 1. Notwithstanding section 562A.27 or 648.3, if a tenant 1 13 has created or maintained a threat constituting a clear and 1 14 present danger to the health or safety of other tenants, the 1 15 landlord, the landlord's employee or agent, or other persons 1 16 on or within one thousand feet of the landlord's property, the 1 17 landlord, after the service of a single three days' written 1 18 notice of termination and notice to quit stating the specific 1 19 activity causing the clear and present danger, and setting 1 20 forth the language of subsection 3 which includes certain 1 21 exemption provisions available to the tenant, may file suit 1 22 against the tenant for recovery of possession of the premises 1 23 pursuant to chapter 648, except as otherwise provided in 1 24 subsection 3. The petition shall state the incident or 1 25 incidents giving rise to the notice of termination and notice 1 26 to quit. The tenant shall be given the opportunity to contest 1 27 the termination in the court proceedings by notice thereof at 1 28 least three days prior to the hearing. 1 29 Sec. 2. Section 562B.25A, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 1 30 amended to read as follows: 1 31 1. Notwithstanding section 562B.25 or 648.3, if a tenant 1 32 has created or maintained a threat constituting a clear and 1 33 present danger to the health or safety of other tenants, the 1 34 landlord, the landlord's employee or agent, or other persons 1 35 on or within one thousand feet of the landlord's property, the 2 1 landlord, after the service of a single three days' written 2 2 notice of termination and notice to quit stating the specific 2 3 activity causing the clear and present danger, and setting 2 4 forth the language of subsection 3 which includes certain 2 5 exemption provisions available to the tenant, may file suit 2 6 against the tenant for recovery of possession of the premises 2 7 pursuant to chapter 648, except as otherwise provided in 2 8 subsection 3. The petition shall state the incident or 2 9 incidents giving rise to the notice of termination and notice 2 10 to quit. The tenant shall be given the opportunity to contest 2 11 the termination in the court proceedings by notice thereof at 2 12 least three days prior to the hearing. 2 13 2 14 2 15 2 16 JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI 2 17 President of the Senate 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS 2 22 Speaker of the House 2 23 2 24 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 2 25 is known as Senate File 2199, Eightieth General Assembly. 2 26 2 27 2 28 2 29 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 2 30 Secretary of the Senate 2 31 Approved , 2004 2 32 2 33 2 34 2 35 THOMAS J. VILSACK 3 1 Governor
Text: SF02198 Text: SF02200 Text: SF02100 - SF02199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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