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Iowa Code § 562A.29 (2026)

Remedies for absence, nonuse and abandonment

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1. If the rental agreement requires the tenant to give notice to the landlord of an anticipated extended absence as provided in section 562A.20, and the tenant willfully fails to do so, the landlord may recover actual damages from the tenant.

2. During an absence of the tenant in excess of fourteen days, the landlord may enter the dwelling unit at times reasonably necessary.

3. If the tenant abandons the dwelling unit, the landlord shall make reasonable efforts to rent it at a fair rental. If the landlord rents the dwelling unit for a term beginning prior to the expiration of the rental agreement, it is deemed to be terminated as of the date the new tenancy begins. The rental agreement is deemed to be terminated by the landlord as of the date the landlord has notice of the abandonment, if the landlord fails to use reasonable efforts to rent the dwelling unit at a fair rental or if the landlord accepts the abandonment as a surrender. If the tenancy is from month-to-month, or week-to-week, the term of the rental agreement for this purpose shall be deemed to be a month or a week, as the case may be. [C79, 81, §562A.29] Referred to in §562A.19 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1996–2017 · leading case: D.R. Mobile Home Rentals v. Frost, 545 N.W.2d 302 (Iowa 1996).
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D.R. Mobile Home Rentals v. Frost, 545 N.W.2d 302 (Iowa 1996). · cites it 11× “This review represents our first opportunity to address a landlord’s duty to make reasonable efforts to rent a unit abandoned by a tenant under Iowa Code section 562A.29(3) (1993). We reverse and remand with directions.”
Umeka Lewis v. John J. Jaeger, Robert E. Boge, & the City of Dubuque, 818 N.W.2d 165 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 2× “We have upheld landlord entry under Iowa Code section 562A.29 for a limited purpose of assisting police in investigating a potential burglary.”
Daniel Kline, Frank Sories, & Amaris McCann v. Southgate Prop. Mgmt., LLC, 895 N.W.2d 429 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “On appeal, we reversed the judgment for rent because the landlord failed to prove it made any effort to rent the dwelling as required under Iowa Code section 562A.29(3) after the tenant abandoned it.”
Austin Hill Country Realty, Inc. v. Palisades Plaza, Inc., 948 S.W.2d 293 (Tex. 1997). “2d 833, 836 (1975) (commercial); Iowa Code § 562A.29(3) (1996) (residential); Harmsen v.”
In Re Vanzandt, 326 B.R. 737 (Bankr. S.D. Iowa 2004). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code section 562A.29 states in relevant part: "If the tenant abandons the dwelling unit, the landlord shall make reasonable efforts to rent it at a fair rental.”
Amended August 1, 2017 Daniel Kline, Frank Sories, & Amaris Mccann v. Southgate Prop. Mgmt., LLC (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “On appeal, we reversed the judgment for rent because the landlord failed to prove it made any effort to rent the dwelling as required under Iowa Code section 562A.29(3) after the tenant abandoned it.”
— Iowa Code § 562A.29(3) — 4 cases
D.R. Mobile Home Rentals v. Frost, 545 N.W.2d 302 (Iowa 1996). “This review represents our first opportunity to address a landlord’s duty to make reasonable efforts to rent a unit abandoned by a tenant under Iowa Code section 562A.29(3) (1993). We reverse and remand with directions.”
Daniel Kline, Frank Sories, & Amaris McCann v. Southgate Prop. Mgmt., LLC, 895 N.W.2d 429 (Iowa 2017). “On appeal, we reversed the judgment for rent because the landlord failed to prove it made any effort to rent the dwelling as required under Iowa Code section 562A.29(3) after the tenant abandoned it.”
Austin Hill Country Realty, Inc. v. Palisades Plaza, Inc., 948 S.W.2d 293 (Tex. 1997). “2d 833, 836 (1975) (commercial); Iowa Code § 562A.29(3) (1996) (residential); Harmsen v.”
Amended August 1, 2017 Daniel Kline, Frank Sories, & Amaris Mccann v. Southgate Prop. Mgmt., LLC (Iowa 2017). “On appeal, we reversed the judgment for rent because the landlord failed to prove it made any effort to rent the dwelling as required under Iowa Code section 562A.29(3) after the tenant abandoned it.”
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