Iowa Code § 648.3

Notice to quit

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1. Before action can be brought under any ground specified in section 648.1, except section 648.1, subsection 1, three days’ notice to quit must be given to the defendant in writing. However, a landlord who has given a tenant three days’ notice to pay rent and has terminated the tenancy as provided in section 562A.27, subsection 2, or section 562B.25,

Tue Dec 09 21:58:15 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 648 (21, 0) §648.3, FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER 2\n\nsubsection 2, if the tenant is renting the manufactured or mobile home or the land from the landlord, may commence the action without giving a three-day notice to quit. 2. A notice to quit required under subsection 1 shall be served on the defendant according to one or more of the following methods: a. Delivery evidenced by an acknowledgment of delivery that is signed and dated by a resident of the premises who is at least eighteen years of age. Delivery under this paragraph shall be deemed to provide notice to the defendant. b. Personal service pursuant to rule of civil procedure 1.305, Iowa court rules, for the personal service of original notice. c. Posting on the primary entrance door of the premises and mailing by both regular mail and certified mail, as defined in section 618.15, to the address of the premises or to the defendant’s last known address, if different from the address of the premises. A notice posted according to this paragraph shall be posted within the applicable time period for serving notice and shall include the date the notice was posted. 3. A notice to quit served by mail under this section is deemed completed four days after the notice is deposited in the mail and postmarked for delivery, whether or not the recipient signs a receipt for the notice. [C51, §2365; R60, §3955; C73, §3614; C97, §4210; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12265; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §648.3; 81 Acts, ch 183, §2] 84 Acts, ch 1054, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §15; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §80; 2010 Acts, ch 1017, §8, 11; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §165 Referred to in §562A.27A, 562A.29A, 562B.25A, 562B.27A Owner, landlord and tenant provisions, chapters 562, 562A, 562B

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 14 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1949–2025 · leading case: Petty v. Faith Bible Christian Outreach Center, Inc.

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Petty v. Faith Bible Christian Outreach Center, Inc. (1998) iowa · cites it 5× “See Iowa Code § 648.3 . He filed an FED action as a small claim on August 9, 1996.”

Roshek Realty Company v. Roshek Brothers Company (1957) iowa · cites it 6× “” As previously stated, plaintiff declared the lease forfeited as of May 9, 1956, by letter delivered to defendant the next day.”

Polk County v. Davis (1994) iowactapp · cites it 2× “In October 1992 the County initiated proceedings to remove Davis from the property by issuing a three-day notice to quit pursuant to Iowa Code section 648.3. When Davis did not vacate the premises, the County filed an FED petition.”

McCarter v. Uban (1969) iowa · cites it 2× “Olsen, owner and operator respectively of a combination gas station and grocery store in Cedar Falls, Iowa, after serving upon them a three-day notice to quit pursuant to section 648.3 of the Code. Prior thereto plaintiff had served a thirty-day notice to quit on defendant.”

Symonds v. Green (1992) iowa · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 648.3 (1991). In this case, Symonds served Green with a three-day notice to quit demanding that she vacate the premises.”

Garrison v. Fetters (1986) iowa · cites it 2× “27(2), and a three-day notice *552 to quit, Iowa Code, section 648.3. The tenants refused to vacate the premises, and this forcible entry action was filed on October 1, 1982, in the small claims division of the Polk County District Court.”

Town of Lakota v. Gray (1949) iowa · cites it 2× “It stands admitted, as alleged in the petition, that defendant *195 was in possession of plaintiff’s premises under a written lease expiring March 31, 1948; that on April 2 a three-day notice to quit was given pursuant to Code section 648.3; that thereafter “an action in…”

Van Emmerik v. Vuille (1958) iowa · cites it 2× “(Section 648.3, 1954 Code) This notice was not served on Marcia Vuille-Mons, one of the co-owners and who, with her husband, was in possession of the farm.”

In Re Vanzandt (2004) iasb · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 648.3 . “[W]ritten notice to cure in compliance with section 562A.”

Powell v. Grewing (1997) iowa “§§ 648.3 (notice to quit), .4 (notice to terminate).”

AD, LLC v. Paramo (2022) iowactapp · cites it 2× “00 per month attributable to principal 3 The record shows Casey attempted to serve Paramo with a notice to quit, which is a prerequisite to a forcible-entry-and-detainer action under Iowa Code section 648.3 (2019), but service was not accomplished.”

MIMG CLXXII Retreat on 6th, LLC v. Mackenzie Miller and Parties in Possession (2025) iowa · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 648.3 (1) (treating a three-day notice to pay rent plus lease termination as equivalent to a notice to quit).”

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— Iowa Code § 648.3(1) — 2 cases

Gary N. Porter and Lori Porter v. Richard L. Harden and Janice Harden (2016) iowactapp

Steven B. Bassman and Penny A. Bassman v. Denise Aaron (2014) iowactapp

— Iowa Code § 648.3(2) — 1 case

MIMG CLXXII Retreat on 6th, LLC v. Mackenzie Miller and Parties in Possession (2025) iowa “See Iowa Code § 648.3 (1) (treating a three-day notice to pay rent plus lease termination as equivalent to a notice to quit).”

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