Make Notes On Legal Iowa Landlord Tenant Forms For Free

Take time to make the letter look official. Include a company or personal letterhead. If you do not have a letter head create one that includes your name, address and contact information such as phone number and email. Include the date in the top left corner. Include the tenant's name and address below the date.

Duties of Tenants (Iowa Code 562A.17) Properly use all appliances and facilities such as plumbing, heating, wiring, air conditioning; Not damage or abuse the apartment on purpose or carelessly, or knowingly allow someone else to do so; and. Avoid doing things that will disturb the neighbors' peace and quiet.

While your landlord is not required to update an apartment from a style standpoint, ing to Iowa Code section 562A. 15 your landlord is required to ?maintain a fit premises.? The Iowa Code provides a list of things that a landlord must do to meet the minimum requirements of the law.

(1) Comply with the requirements of applicable building and housing codes materially affecting health and safety. (2) Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition. (3) Keep all common areas of the premises in a clean and safe condition.

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.

Thirty-day notice to quit: You will receive this notice if you have a month-to-month lease or rental agreement that your landlord wants to end. Under this notice, you will have 30 days to move out of the rental unit (see Iowa Code Ann. § 562A. 34).