HF482 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the ability of landlords to terminate rental agreements of tenants of mobile home parks and manufactured home communities, and including applicability provisions.

Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: JUDGE and JAMES
Last action: 2025-03-03
Official status: Rereferred to Judiciary. H.J. 485 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the ability of landlords to terminate rental agreements of tenants of mobile home parks and manufactured home communities, and including applicability provisions.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the ability of landlords to terminate rental agreements of tenants of mobile home parks and manufactured home communities, and including applicability provisions.

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Bill History

2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature
Rereferred to Judiciary. H.J. 485 .
2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 359 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the ability of landlords to terminate rental agreements of tenants of mobile home parks and manufactured home communities, and including applicability provisions.

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House

File

482

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

482

BY

JUDGE

and

JAMES

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

ability

of

landlords

to

terminate

rental

1

agreements

of

tenants

of

mobile

home

parks

and

manufactured

2

home

communities,

and

including

applicability

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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482

Section

1.

Section

562B.10,

subsection

5,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

5.

Rental

agreements

shall

be

for

a

term

of

one

year

unless

3

otherwise

specified

in

the

rental

agreement.

Rental

agreements

4

shall

be

canceled

by

at

least

ninety

days’

written

notice

5

given

by

either

party.

A

landlord

shall

not

cancel

a

rental

6

agreement

unless

the

tenant

has

materially

violated

the

rental

7

agreement

and

shall

not

cancel

a

rental

agreement

solely

for

8

the

purpose

of

making

the

tenant’s

mobile

home

space

available

9

for

another

mobile

home.

10

Sec.

2.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

rental

11

agreements

entered

into

or

renewed

on

or

after

the

effective

12

date

of

this

Act.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

This

bill

relates

to

the

terms

and

conditions

of

rental

17

agreements

in

mobile

home

parks

and

manufactured

home

18

communities.

The

bill

provides

that

a

landlord

shall

only

19

cancel

a

rental

agreement

if

the

tenant

has

materially

violated

20

the

rental

agreement.

The

bill

applies

to

rental

agreements

21

entered

into

or

renewed

on

or

after

the

effective

date

of

the

22

bill.

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