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What Are Tenants' Rights and Responsibilities in Iowa? An Iowa tenant has the legal right to request a habitable unit to live in, make a written notice for repairs, and have due process before an eviction. If the landlord fails to comply with these terms, the tenant can seek legal help.

Month-to-month lease The tenancy continues until the tenant decides to vacate the unit or the landlord decides to evict the tenant. In order for one of the two previous scenarios to occur, a written notice must be given at least 30 days prior to when the next rent payment is due.

An Iowa month-to-month lease agreement has no end date that allows a landlord to rent to a tenant with the option to terminate the lease, at any time, with 30 days' notice. All other parts of the agreement are the same as a standard form.

An oral lease on a month-to-month unit allows you to move out with just a one month's notice. An oral lease also allows the landlord to refuse to continue to rent to you with one month notice. Additionally, a landlord can increase the rent with a written letter giving you a full rental period's notice.

Landlord's Duty to Find a New Tenant in Iowa 29(3)), your landlord must make reasonable efforts to re-rent your unit?no matter what your reason for leaving?rather than charge you for the total remaining rent due under the lease. So you may not have to pay much, if any additional rent, if you break your lease.

Iowa Code section 562A. 12 provides specific requirements for accepting and returning security deposits. When asking for a security deposit, the landlord cannot take more than two months' rent.