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House File 779 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1permitting landlords to use security deposits to satisfy
2delinquent utility accounts.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 562A.12, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
22021, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
3 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (4) To satisfy debts for a tenant’s
4delinquent utility account.
5EXPLANATION
6The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
7the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
8This bill provides that a landlord may withhold from a
9tenant’s security deposit amounts as reasonably necessary to
10pay for delinquent utility accounts the tenant was responsible
11to pay during the tenancy.
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2delinquent utility accounts.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 562A.12, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
22021, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
3 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (4) To satisfy debts for a tenant’s
4delinquent utility account.
5EXPLANATION
6The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
7the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
8This bill provides that a landlord may withhold from a
9tenant’s security deposit amounts as reasonably necessary to
10pay for delinquent utility accounts the tenant was responsible
11to pay during the tenancy.
-1-cm/jh