Iowa Code » Chapter 562A — UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW

Iowa Code § 562A.6

General definitions

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Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent articles of this chapter which apply to specific articles or its parts, and unless the context otherwise requires, in this chapter: 1. “Building and housing codes” include a law, ordinance, or governmental regulation concerning fitness for habitation, or the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use, or appearance of a premises or dwelling unit. 2. “Business” includes a corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, and any other legal or commercial entity. 3. “Dwelling unit” means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place. 4. “Good faith” means honesty in fact in the conduct of the transaction concerned. 5. “Landlord” means the owner, lessor, or sublessor of the dwelling unit or the building of which it is a part, and it also means a manager of the premises who fails to disclose as required by section 562A.13. 6. “Owner” means one or more persons, jointly or severally, in whom is vested: a. All or part of the legal title to property; or b. All or part of the beneficial ownership and a right to present use and enjoyment of the premises, and the term includes a mortgagee in possession. 7. “Premises” means a dwelling unit and the structure of which it is a part and facilities and appurtenances of it and grounds, areas and facilities held out for the use of tenants generally or whose use is promised to the tenant. 8. “Presumption” means that the trier of fact must find the existence of the fact presumed unless and until evidence is introduced which would support a finding of its nonexistence. 9. “Reasonable attorney fees” means fees determined by the time reasonably expended by the attorney and not by the amount of the recovery on behalf of the tenant or landlord. 10. “Rent” means a payment to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement. 11. “Rental agreement” means an agreement written or oral, and a valid rule, adopted under section 562A.18, embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit and premises. 12. “Rental deposit” means a deposit of money to secure performance of a residential rental agreement, other than a deposit which is exclusively in advance payment of rent. 13. “Resident” means an occupant of a dwelling unit who is at least eighteen years of age. 14. “Roomer” means a person occupying a dwelling unit that lacks a major bathroom or kitchen facility, in a structure where one or more major facilities are used in common by occupants of the dwelling unit and other dwelling units. Major facility in the case of a bathroom means toilet, or either a bath or shower, and in the case of a kitchen means refrigerator, stove or sink.

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Tue Dec 09 22:01:02 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 562A (25, 0) §562A.6, UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW 4\n\n 15. “Single family residence” means a structure maintained and used as a single dwelling unit. Notwithstanding that a dwelling unit shares one or more walls with another dwelling unit, it is a single family residence if it has direct access to a street or thoroughfare and shares neither heating facilities, hot water equipment, nor any other essential facility or service with another dwelling unit. 16. “Tenant” means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of another. 17. “Transitional housing” means temporary or nonpermanent housing. [C79, 81, §562A.6] 95 Acts, ch 125, §3; 2013 Acts, ch 97, §2 Referred to in §135O.1, 331.301, 331.304, 364.3

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2022 · leading case: Elyse De Stefano v. Apts. Downtown, Inc.
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Elyse De Stefano v. Apts. Downtown, Inc. (2016) iowa · cites it 26× “See Iowa Code § 562A.6 (defining a rental deposit as “a deposit of money to secure performance of a residential rental agreement”).”
Cheryl Albaugh v. The Reserve (2019) iowa · cites it 20× “” Iowa Code § 562A.6(11). The crux of Albaugh’s claim against the Reserve concerning the IURLTA is that Voumard’s $64,975 entrance fee and $63,557 supplemental amount should be refunded to Voumard because they are improper rental deposits under the IURLTA.”
Lenora Caruso v. Apts. Downtown, Inc. (2016) iowa · cites it 4× “at ___ (quoting Iowa Code § 562A.6(9)), and that rent could be deducted from rental deposits under Iowa Code section 562A.”
Poyzer v. McGraw (1985) iowa · cites it 3× “She points out that, in order to qualify as a “tenant” under section 562A.6(13), plaintiff’s occupancy had to be under a “rental agreement.”
State v. Mann (1990) iowa · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 562A.6(13). Under the act, the landlord retains ownership of the premises.”
In Re Vanzandt (2004) iasb · cites it 2× “” The Claim for Rent Iowa Code section 562A.6(9) defines “rent” as “a payment to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement.”
Rokusek v. Jensen (1996) iowa · cites it 3× “” Iowa Code § 562A.6(10) (defining “[rjental agreement”).”
Elyse De Stefano v. Apts. Downtown, Inc. (2016) iowa · cites it 12× “See Iowa Code § 562A.6 (defining a rental deposit as “a deposit of money to secure performance of a residential rental agreement”).”
Amended July 26, 2016 Elyse De Stefano v. Apts. Downtown, Inc. (2016) iowa · cites it 12× “See Iowa Code § 562A.6 (defining a rental deposit as “a deposit of money to secure performance of a residential rental agreement”).”
Kristina Lewis v. Howard L. Allen Investments, Inc., Howard L. Allen, Metro Investments, and Yogurt & More, Inc. (2021) iowa · cites it 11× “The introductory paragraph preceding the list of definitions in section 562A.6 begins with an important limitation: words bear the definitions provided but “[s]ubject to additional definitions contained in subsequent articles of this chapter which apply to specific articles or…”
Mountain Queen Condominium Ass'n v. Haan (1988) colo “Although the Security Deposit Act does not discuss the concept of prepayment of rent, other legislative bodies have expressly recognized the distinction between advance rental payments and security deposits in statutes similar to the Security Deposit Act.”
Shelley Barnes and Cameron Barnes v. CDM Rentals, LLC (2022) iowactapp · cites it 7× “” Note, however, that the definitions in section 562A.6 apply “unless the context otherwise requires.”
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— Iowa Code § 562A.6(10) — 2 cases
Rokusek v. Jensen (1996) iowa “” Iowa Code § 562A.6(10) (defining “[rjental agreement”).”
Kristina Lewis v. Howard L. Allen Investments, Inc., Howard L. Allen, Metro Investments, and Yogurt & More, Inc. (2021) iowa “The introductory paragraph preceding the list of definitions in section 562A.6 begins with an important limitation: words bear the definitions provided but “[s]ubject to additional definitions contained in subsequent articles of this chapter which apply to specific articles or…”
— Iowa Code § 562A.6(11) — 2 cases
Cheryl Albaugh v. The Reserve (2019) iowa “” Iowa Code § 562A.6(11). The crux of Albaugh’s claim against the Reserve concerning the IURLTA is that Voumard’s $64,975 entrance fee and $63,557 supplemental amount should be refunded to Voumard because they are improper rental deposits under the IURLTA.”
Mary Jane Buck Lois Erbstein Donald and Lorraine Shirk and Maureen D. Wilson, Individually and as Trustee of the Maureen (2020) iowactapp
— Iowa Code § 562A.6(12) — 1 case
Cheryl Albaugh v. The Reserve (2019) iowa “” Iowa Code § 562A.6(11). The crux of Albaugh’s claim against the Reserve concerning the IURLTA is that Voumard’s $64,975 entrance fee and $63,557 supplemental amount should be refunded to Voumard because they are improper rental deposits under the IURLTA.”
— Iowa Code § 562A.6(13) — 2 cases
Poyzer v. McGraw (1985) iowa “She points out that, in order to qualify as a “tenant” under section 562A.6(13), plaintiff’s occupancy had to be under a “rental agreement.”
State v. Mann (1990) iowa “” Iowa Code § 562A.6(13). Under the act, the landlord retains ownership of the premises.”
— Iowa Code § 562A.6(16) — 1 case
Kristina Lewis v. Howard L. Allen Investments, Inc., Howard L. Allen, Metro Investments, and Yogurt & More, Inc. (2021) iowa “The introductory paragraph preceding the list of definitions in section 562A.6 begins with an important limitation: words bear the definitions provided but “[s]ubject to additional definitions contained in subsequent articles of this chapter which apply to specific articles or…”
— Iowa Code § 562A.6(4) — 4 cases
Elyse De Stefano v. Apts. Downtown, Inc. (2016) iowa “See Iowa Code § 562A.6 (defining a rental deposit as “a deposit of money to secure performance of a residential rental agreement”).”
State v. Mann (1990) iowa “” Iowa Code § 562A.6(13). Under the act, the landlord retains ownership of the premises.”
Elyse De Stefano v. Apts. Downtown, Inc. (2016) iowa “See Iowa Code § 562A.6 (defining a rental deposit as “a deposit of money to secure performance of a residential rental agreement”).”
Amended July 26, 2016 Elyse De Stefano v. Apts. Downtown, Inc. (2016) iowa “See Iowa Code § 562A.6 (defining a rental deposit as “a deposit of money to secure performance of a residential rental agreement”).”
— Iowa Code § 562A.6(5) — 2 cases
Rokusek v. Jensen (1996) iowa “” Iowa Code § 562A.6(10) (defining “[rjental agreement”).”
Kristina Lewis v. Howard L. Allen Investments, Inc., Howard L. Allen, Metro Investments, and Yogurt & More, Inc. (2021) iowa “The introductory paragraph preceding the list of definitions in section 562A.6 begins with an important limitation: words bear the definitions provided but “[s]ubject to additional definitions contained in subsequent articles of this chapter which apply to specific articles or…”
— Iowa Code § 562A.6(6)(a) — 1 case
Kristina Lewis v. Howard L. Allen Investments, Inc., Howard L. Allen, Metro Investments, and Yogurt & More, Inc. (2021) iowa “The introductory paragraph preceding the list of definitions in section 562A.6 begins with an important limitation: words bear the definitions provided but “[s]ubject to additional definitions contained in subsequent articles of this chapter which apply to specific articles or…”
— Iowa Code § 562A.6(7) — 1 case
Shelley Barnes and Cameron Barnes v. CDM Rentals, LLC (2022) iowactapp “” Note, however, that the definitions in section 562A.6 apply “unless the context otherwise requires.”
— Iowa Code § 562A.6(9) — 8 cases
Elyse De Stefano v. Apts. Downtown, Inc. (2016) iowa “See Iowa Code § 562A.6 (defining a rental deposit as “a deposit of money to secure performance of a residential rental agreement”).”
Lenora Caruso v. Apts. Downtown, Inc. (2016) iowa “at ___ (quoting Iowa Code § 562A.6(9)), and that rent could be deducted from rental deposits under Iowa Code section 562A.”
Poyzer v. McGraw (1985) iowa “She points out that, in order to qualify as a “tenant” under section 562A.6(13), plaintiff’s occupancy had to be under a “rental agreement.”
In Re Vanzandt (2004) iasb “” The Claim for Rent Iowa Code section 562A.6(9) defines “rent” as “a payment to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement.”
Lenora Caruso v. Apts. Downtown, Inc. (2016) iowa
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