House File 2208 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY JOCHUM (COMPANION TO LSB 5924SS BY HATCH) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act to require a landlord to have good cause to terminate a 2 mobile home space rental agreement. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5924HH 81 5 kk/cf/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 562B.10, subsection 4, Code 2005, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. Rental agreements shall be for a term of one year 1 4 unless otherwise specified in the rental agreement. Rental 1 5 agreements shall be canceled by at least sixty days' written 1 6 notice given by either party. A notice to cancel under this 1 7 section initiated by the landlord shall be for good cause. 1 8 Good cause shall constitute a material noncompliance by the 1 9 tenant with the rental agreement, a violation of this chapter, 1 10 or a legitimate business reason. A landlord shall not cancel 1 11 a rental agreement solely for the purpose of making the 1 12 tenant's mobile home space available for another mobile home. 1 13 EXPLANATION 1 14 This bill provides that a landlord must have good cause 1 15 before terminating a mobile home space rental agreement. 1 16 "Good cause" is defined to mean a material noncompliance by 1 17 the tenant with the rental agreement, a violation of Code 1 18 chapter 562B, or a legitimate business reason. 1 19 LSB 5924HH 81 1 20 kk:nh/cf/24