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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

HF 534: Requiring the use of inventory checklists upon commencement of a residential tenancy and including applicability provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill amends Iowa’s “Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act” to require a landlord to use inventory checklists both at the commencement and termination of tenancy for each dwelling unit. At the commencement of the tenancy, the landlord shall furnish the tenant two blank copies of a commencement inventory checklist. The checklist must include all items in the dwelling unit or on the premises owned by the landlord including but not limited to carpeting, draperies, appliances, windows, furniture, walls, closets, shelves, paint, doors, plumbing fixtures, and electrical fixtures.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 3 against

For: City of Iowa City

Against: Greater Iowa Apartment Association; Home Builders Association of Iowa; Landlords of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 16, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF534