562B.7 General definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent sections of this chapter which apply to specific sections thereof, and unless the context otherwise requires, in this chapter: 1. 'Building and housing codes' include any law, ordinance, or governmental regulation concerning fitness for habitation, or the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy,use, or appearance of any manufactured home community or mobile home park, dwellingunit, or manufactured or mobile home space. 2. 'Business' includes a corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a jointor common interest, and any other legal or commercial entity which is a landlord, owner,manager, or constructive agent pursuant to section 562B.14. 3. 'Dwelling unit' excludes real property used to accommodate a manufactured or mobile home. 4. 'Landlord' means the owner, lessor, or sublessor of a manufactured home community or a mobile home park and it also means a manager of the manufactured home communityor a mobile home park who fails to disclose as required by section 562B.14. 5. sor of a manufactured home community or a mobile home park and it also means a manager of the manufactured home communityor a mobile home park who fails to disclose as required by section 562B.14. 5. 'Manufactured home community' means the same as land-leased community defined in sections 335.30A and 414.28A. 6. 'Mobile home' means any vehicle without motive power used or so manufactured or constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets and highwaysand so designed, constructed, or reconstructed as will permit the vehicle to be used as a placefor human habitation by one or more persons; but shall also include any such vehicle withmotive power not registered as a motor vehicle in Iowa. References in this chapter to 'mobilehome' include 'manufactured homes' and 'modular homes' as those terms are defined insection 435.1, if the manufactured homes or modular homes are located in a manufacturedhome community or a mobile home park. 7. 'Mobile home park' shall mean any site, lot, field or tract of land upon which three or more mobile homes, manufactured homes, or modular homes or a combination of anyof these homes are placed on developed spaces and ' shall mean any site, lot, field or tract of land upon which three or more mobile homes, manufactured homes, or modular homes or a combination of anyof these homes are placed on developed spaces and operated as a for-profit enterprise withwater, sewer or septic, and electrical services available. 8. 'Mobile home space' means a parcel of land for rent which has been designed to accommodate a mobile home and provide the required sewer and utility connections. 9. 'Owner' means one or more persons, jointly or severally, in whom is vested all or part of the legal title to property or all or part of the beneficial ownership and a right to present useand enjoyment of the manufactured home community or the mobile home park. The termincludes a mortgagee in possession. 10. 'Rent' means a payment to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement, including base rent, utilities, late fees, and other payments made by the tenant to thelandlord under the rental agreement. 11. 'Rental agreement' means agreements, written or those implied by law, and valid rules and regulations adopted under section 562B.19 embodying the terms and conditionsconcerning the use and occupancy of a mobile home t' means agreements, written or those implied by law, and valid rules and regulations adopted under section 562B.19 embodying the terms and conditionsconcerning the use and occupancy of a mobile home space. 12. 'Rental deposit' means a deposit of money to secure performance of a mobile home space rental agreement under this chapter other than a deposit which is exclusively inadvance payment of rent. 13. 'Tenant' means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a mobile home space to the exclusion of others. [C79, 81, §562B.7]94 Acts, ch 1110, §23; 97 Acts, ch 121, §32; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §13; 2022 Acts, ch 1070, §3, 6, 7 Referred to in §331.301, 364.32022 amendment to subsection 10 applies to rent increases first noticed under chapter 562B occurring on or after May 17, 2022; 2022 Acts, ch 1070, §7 Sat Dec 23 11:06:43 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 562B.7 (22, 0)
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