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Requiring the use of inventory checklists upon commencement of a residential tenancy and including applicability provisions
Topics:Courts & civil law
Same legislation: HF 534
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 2, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 3, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
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.
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The tenant then reviews the checklist, evaluates the condition of each item, records a description of each item’s condition on both copies of the checklist, returns one copy of the checklist to the landlord within seven days after receiving possession of the dwelling unit, and retains the second copy of the inventory checklist. Under the bill, inventory checklists must be retained by the landlord for a period of three years and a tenant shall, upon request, be provided a copy of the inventory checklist for the dwelling unit’s immediately preceding tenant. At the termination of the tenancy, the landlord is required to complete a termination inventory checklist by evaluating the condition of each item, recording a description of each item’s condition on both copies of the checklist, and delivering one copy of the checklist to the tenant if a portion of the tenant’s rental deposit was withheld. The bill applies to tenancies commenced under Code chapter 562A on or after July 1, 2021.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 3, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
- Sen. Zach Whiting R
- Sen. Joe Bolkcom D
- Sen. J. Taylor
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2291 Requiring the use of inventory checklists upon commencement of a residential tenancy and i…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2216 Requiring the use of inventory checklists upon commencement of a residential tenancy and i…88th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
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