Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 562A.17 (2026)

Tenant to maintain dwelling unit

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The tenant shall:

1. Comply with all obligations primarily imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of building and housing codes materially affecting health and safety.

2. Keep that part of the premises that the tenant occupies and uses as clean and safe as the condition of the premises permit.

3. Dispose from the tenant’s dwelling unit all ashes, rubbish, garbage, and other waste in a clean and safe manner.

4. Keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or used by the tenant as clean as their condition permits.

5. Use in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and other facilities and appliances including elevators in the premises.

6. Not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove a part of the premises or knowingly permit a person to do so. If damage, defacement, alteration, or destruction of property by the tenant is intentional, the tenant may be criminally charged with criminal mischief pursuant to chapter 716.

7. Act in a manner that will not disturb a neighbor’s peaceful enjoyment of the premises. [C79, 81, §562A.17] 2013 Acts, ch 97, §5 Referred to in §562A.27, 562A.28 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2022 · leading case: Umeka Lewis v. John J. Jaeger, Robert E. Boge, & the City of Dubuque, 818 N.W.2d 165 (Iowa 2012).
Umeka Lewis v. John J. Jaeger, Robert E. Boge, & the City of Dubuque, 818 N.W.2d 165 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 6× “28, which provides: If there is noncompliance by the tenant with section 562A.17, materially affecting health and safety, that can be remedied by repair or replacement of a damaged item or cleaning, and the tenant fails to comply as promptly as conditions require in case of…”
Mastland, Inc. v. Evans Furniture, Inc., 498 N.W.2d 682 (Iowa 1993). · cites it 6× “” This lease language tracks verbatim the language in Iowa Code section 562A.17(6) found in Article III — Tenant Obligations— of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Law [hereinafter Uniform Law].”
Lenora Caruso v. Apts. Downtown, Inc., 880 N.W.2d 465 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 2× “The tenant concedes, however, that under Iowa Code section 562A.17(6), a tenant has a duty to “[n]ot.”
State v. Mann, 463 N.W.2d 883 (Iowa 1990). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 562A.17(6). This restricted view of a tenant’s rights in the property echoes the law predating enactment of chapter 562A: This court has held that a tenant is entitled to put the premises to whatever lawful use he may choose, not materially differing from that for…”
Karen Cohen v. David Clark & 2800-1 LLC (Iowa 2020). · cites it 2× “She also alleged Clark, through the presence of his ESA, violated her quiet enjoyment of her unit under Iowa Code section 562A.17(7) (2017), Iowa’s landlord and tenant law.”
Sarah Barke v. D & D Real Est. Holdings, LLC (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “2d 886, 895 (Iowa 2011); accord Iowa Code § 562A.17(7) (establishing a tenant obligation to “[a]ct in a manner that will not disturb a neighbor’s peaceful enjoyment of the premises”).”
— Iowa Code § 562A.17(5) — 1 case
Umeka Lewis v. John J. Jaeger, Robert E. Boge, & the City of Dubuque, 818 N.W.2d 165 (Iowa 2012). “28, which provides: If there is noncompliance by the tenant with section 562A.17, materially affecting health and safety, that can be remedied by repair or replacement of a damaged item or cleaning, and the tenant fails to comply as promptly as conditions require in case of…”
— Iowa Code § 562A.17(6) — 3 cases
Mastland, Inc. v. Evans Furniture, Inc., 498 N.W.2d 682 (Iowa 1993). “” This lease language tracks verbatim the language in Iowa Code section 562A.17(6) found in Article III — Tenant Obligations— of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Law [hereinafter Uniform Law].”
Lenora Caruso v. Apts. Downtown, Inc., 880 N.W.2d 465 (Iowa 2016). “The tenant concedes, however, that under Iowa Code section 562A.17(6), a tenant has a duty to “[n]ot.”
State v. Mann, 463 N.W.2d 883 (Iowa 1990). “Iowa Code § 562A.17(6). This restricted view of a tenant’s rights in the property echoes the law predating enactment of chapter 562A: This court has held that a tenant is entitled to put the premises to whatever lawful use he may choose, not materially differing from that for…”
— Iowa Code § 562A.17(7) — 2 cases
Karen Cohen v. David Clark & 2800-1 LLC (Iowa 2020). “She also alleged Clark, through the presence of his ESA, violated her quiet enjoyment of her unit under Iowa Code section 562A.17(7) (2017), Iowa’s landlord and tenant law.”
Sarah Barke v. D & D Real Est. Holdings, LLC (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). “2d 886, 895 (Iowa 2011); accord Iowa Code § 562A.17(7) (establishing a tenant obligation to “[a]ct in a manner that will not disturb a neighbor’s peaceful enjoyment of the premises”).”
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