657A.6A Receiver — prohibited acts.
Notwithstanding section 657A.10, it shall be unlawful, and a receiver may be held liable for actual damages as determined by a court, for entering a residential property that is not abandoned for the purpose of forcing, intimidating, harassing, or coercing a lawful occupant of the property to vacate in order to render the property vacant and abandoned, and it shall be unlawful to otherwise force, intimidate, harass, or coerce a lawful occupant of a residential property to vacate so the property may be deemed vacant and abandoned. A receiver who peacefully enters a property for the purpose of rendering the property vacant and abandoned shall be immune from liability if the receiver makes a good-faith effort to comply with this chapter and all terms of any applicable mortgage, lease, or other agreement related to the occupancy of the building.
2019 Acts, ch 105, §10
Referred to in §657A.10A, 657A.10B
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION
Section 657A.1A - Preliminary inspection of building.
Section 657A.3 - Interested persons — opportunity to abate public nuisance.
Section 657A.4 - Appointment of receiver.
Section 657A.5 - Determination of costs of abatement.
Section 657A.6 - Powers and duties of receiver.
Section 657A.6A - Receiver — prohibited acts.
Section 657A.7 - Priority of receiver’s mortgage.
Section 657A.8 - Assessment of costs.
Section 657A.9 - Discharge of receiver.
Section 657A.10 - Compensation and liability of receiver.
Section 657A.10A - Applicability.
Section 657A.10B - Petition by city or county for title to abandoned property.
Section 657A.10C - Petition for injunction.