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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2477: Relating to a city’s or county’s duty to enforce orders to vacate, and providing remedies

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill requires cities and counties to enforce an order to vacate an unsafe structure issued by the chief of a fire department or an authorized subordinate who is trained in fire prevention. An order to vacate a structure for health or safety concerns shall be enforced by the city or county within days of the written and oral order. The city or county shall assist all displaced persons in relocating to a different structure. An aggrieved owner or tenant affected by a city’s or county’s failure to enforce an order to vacate a structure may bring action for civil damages against the city or county.

Sponsors

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Cost

No fiscal note

In plain words

  1. February 13, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Local Government committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF2477