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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Sunday, November 8, 2026

HF 607: Relating to real estate licensee liability

Signed into law

What it does

This bill relates to real estate licensee liability. The bill prohibits a licensee providing brokerage services to a client from being in possession of the client’s real estate.6, relating to real estate acts, or pursuant to a written agreement.6. The bill provides that a licensee providing brokerage services shall generally not be liable for damage to a client’s real estate or a person harmed on or viewing the real estate except where the licensee is the direct and proximate cause of the damage, injury, accident, or harm.

Sponsors

Commerce committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Hubbell Realty Company; Iowa Association of Realtors; Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association (ICREA)

In plain words

  1. March 3, 2023Filed in the House
  2. March 9, 2023Passed the House, 96–0
  3. March 13, 2023Arrived in the Senate
  4. April 19, 2023Took the place of SF 536 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
  5. April 19, 2023Passed the Senate, 50–0
  6. May 3, 2023Sent to the Governor
  7. May 3, 2023Signed into law

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Sunday, November 8, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF607