562B.11 Prohibited provisions in rental agreements. 1. A rental agreement shall not provide that the tenant or landlord does any of the following: a. Agrees to waive or to forego rights or remedies under this chapter.b. Agrees to pay the other party’s attorney fees.c. Agrees to the exculpation or limitation of any liability of the other party arising under law or to indemnify the other party for that liability or the costs connected therewith. d. Agrees to a designated agent for the sale of tenant’s mobile home.e. Agrees to modify the mobile home, manufactured home, or modular home in a way that would substantially impair the ability of the tenant to move the home from the mobile homespace, unless such modification is required by federal law, including but not limited to themodel manufactured home installation standards, 24 C.F.R. pt. 3285, the manufactured homeconstruction and safety standards, 24 C.F.R. pt. 3280, or the manufactured home proceduraland enforcement regulations, 24 C.F.R. pt. 3282, or by state or local law, the manufacturer’sinstallation instructions, any requirement arising from the landlord’s financing of the homeor of the mobile home park or manufactured home .F.R. pt. 3282, or by state or local law, the manufacturer’sinstallation instructions, any requirement arising from the landlord’s financing of the homeor of the mobile home park or manufactured home community in which the home is located,or unless such modification is otherwise necessary for the safe and proper installation of thehome. 2. If the landlord receives rental assistance payments under a rental assistance agreement administered by the United States department of agriculture under the multifamily housingrental assistance program under Tit. V of the federal Housing Act of 1949, Pub. L. No.81-171, or receives housing assistance payments under a housing assistance paymentcontract administered by the United States department of housing and urban developmentunder the housing choice voucher program, the new construction program, the substantialrehabilitation program, or the moderate rehabilitation program under section 8 of theUnited States Housing Act of 1937, Pub. L. No. 75-412, a rental agreement shall not containa provision or impose a rule that requires a person to agree, as a condition of tenancy,to a prohibition or restriction on the lawful ownership, use, or possession a rental agreement shall not containa provision or impose a rule that requires a person to agree, as a condition of tenancy,to a prohibition or restriction on the lawful ownership, use, or possession of a firearm, afirearm component, or ammunition within the tenant’s specific rental unit. A landlord mayimpose reasonable restrictions related to the possession, use, or transportation of a firearm,a firearm component, or ammunition within common areas as long as those restrictions donot circumvent the purpose of this subsection. A tenant shall exercise reasonable care in thestorage of a firearm, a firearm component, or ammunition. This subsection does not applyto any prohibition or restriction that is required by federal or state law, rule, or regulation. 3. A provision prohibited by this section included in a rental agreement is unenforceable. If a landlord or tenant knowingly uses a rental agreement containing provisions known to beprohibited by this chapter, the other party may recover actual damages sustained. 4. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a rental agreement from requiring a tenant to maintain liability insurance which names the landlord as an insured as relates to ver actual damages sustained. 4. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a rental agreement from requiring a tenant to maintain liability insurance which names the landlord as an insured as relates to the mobilehome space rented by the tenant. [C79, 81, §562B.11]2013 Acts, ch 30, §179; 2021 Acts, ch 35, §25, 26; 2022 Acts, ch 1070, §12Referred to in §562B.17 Sat Dec 23 11:06:45 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 562B.11 (24, 0)
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