562A.5  Exclusions from application of chapter.
  Unless created to avoid the application of this chapter, the following arrangements are not governed by this chapter:
  1.  Residence at an institution, public or private, if incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious, or similar service.
  2.  Occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part, if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to the purchaser’s interest.
  3.  Occupancy by a member of a fraternal or social organization in the portion of a structure operated for the benefit of the organization.
  4.  Transient occupancy in a hotel, motel or other similar lodgings.
  5.  Occupancy by an employee of a landlord whose right to occupancy is conditional upon employment in and about the premises.
  6.  Occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit or a holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative.
  7.  Occupancy under a rental agreement covering premises used by the occupant primarily for agricultural purposes.
  8.  Occupancy in housing owned by a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to provide transitional housing for persons released from drug or alcohol treatment facilities and in housing for homeless persons.
[C79, 81, §562A.5]
95 Acts, ch 125, §2