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
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW
Section 562A.2 - Purposes — rules of construction.
Section 562A.3 - Supplementary principles of law applicable.
Section 562A.4 - Administration of remedies — enforcement.
Section 562A.5 - Exclusions from application of chapter.
Section 562A.6 - General definitions.
Section 562A.7 - Unconscionability.
Section 562A.8A - Computation of time.
Section 562A.9 - Terms and conditions of rental agreement.
Section 562A.10 - Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement.
Section 562A.11 - Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.
Section 562A.12 - Rental deposits.
Section 562A.14 - Landlord to supply possession of dwelling unit.
Section 562A.15 - Landlord to maintain fit premises.
Section 562A.16 - Limitation of liability.
Section 562A.17 - Tenant to maintain dwelling unit.
Section 562A.20 - Tenant to use and occupy.
Section 562A.21 - Noncompliance by the landlord — in general.
Section 562A.22 - Failure to deliver possession.
Section 562A.23 - Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water or essential services.
Section 562A.24 - Landlord’s noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent.
Section 562A.25 - Fire or casualty damage.
Section 562A.27A - Termination for creating a clear and present danger to others.
Section 562A.27B - Right to summon emergency assistance — waiver of rights.
Section 562A.28 - Failure to maintain.
Section 562A.29 - Remedies for absence, nonuse and abandonment.
Section 562A.29A - Method of service of notice on tenant.
Section 562A.30 - Waiver of landlord’s right to terminate.
Section 562A.31 - Landlord liens — distress for rent.
Section 562A.32 - Remedy after termination.
Section 562A.33 - Recovery of possession limited.
Section 562A.34 - Periodic tenancy — holdover remedies.
Section 562A.35 - Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access.