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You may be able to legally move out before the lease term ends in the following situations. You Are Starting Active Military Duty. ... The Rental Unit Is Unsafe or Violates Iowa Health or Safety Codes. ... Your Landlord Harasses You or Violates Your Privacy Rights.

Tenants also have a right to peaceful possession and privacy, although the Iowa Code does authorize landlords to enter the rental to inspect it and to make necessary or agreed upon repairs or improvements, so long as the landlord gives the tenant at least 24-hours' notice.

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.

Iowa is considered a landlord-friendly state because it doesn't impose any rent control policies and the notice requirements aren't as high as in other states; this allows the landlords to be more flexible with their rent and notice requirements.

Housing: to file a housing complaint, please contact Kerry Hainline, housing intake officer at the Commission at kerry.hainline@iowa.gov or (515) 242-5556 or 1-800-457-4416, ext 2-5556.

Either the landlord or the tenant must give the other at least 30 days notice in writing before ending the tenancy. The notice must be given at least 30 days before the next time rent is due. If the rent is due on the first day of the month, the tenancy can only be ended on the first day of the month.