648.1 Grounds.
A summary remedy for forcible entry and detainer is allowable:
1. Where the defendant has by force, intimidation, fraud, or stealth entered upon the prior actual possession of another in real property, and detains the same.
2. Where the lessee holds over after the termination of the lease.
3. Where the lessee holds contrary to the terms of the lease.
4. Where the defendant continues in possession after a sale by foreclosure of a mortgage, or on execution, unless the defendant claims by a title paramount to the lien by virtue of which the sale was made, or by title derived from the purchaser at the sale; in either of which cases such title shall be clearly and concisely set forth in the defendant’s pleading.
5. For the nonpayment of rent, when due.
6. When the defendant or defendants remain in possession after the issuance of a valid tax deed.
[C51, §2362, 2363; R60, §3952, 3953; C73, §3611, 3612; C97, §4208; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12263; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §648.1]
2004 Acts, ch 1101, §87
Referred to in §562A.26, 631.1, 648.3
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 648 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
Section 648.1A - Nonprofit transitional housing exempted.
Section 648.2 - By legal representatives.
Section 648.3 - Notice to quit.
Section 648.4 - Notice terminating tenancy.
Section 648.5 - Venue— service of original notice—hearing.
Section 648.6 - Notice to lienholders.
Section 648.9 - Change of venue.
Section 648.10 - Service by publication.
Section 648.15 - How title tried.
Section 648.16 - Priority of assignment.
Section 648.17 - Remedy not exclusive.
Section 648.18 - Possession — bar.
Section 648.19 - No joinder or counterclaim — exception.
Section 648.20 - Order for removal.
Section 648.22 - Judgment — execution — costs.
Section 648.22A - Executions involving mobile homes and manufactured homes.
Section 648.22B - Cases where mobile or manufactured home is the subject of a foreclosure action.