Bill Text: IA HSB184 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning self-storage facilities, including acceptances and defaults of rental agreements.(See HF 640.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-28 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 640. [HSB184 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HSB184-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
184
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
LUNDGREN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
self-storage
facilities,
including
1
acceptances
and
defaults
of
rental
agreements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
578A.3,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
An
occupant
shall
not
use
a
leased
space
for
residential
3
purposes.
An
occupant
who
uses
a
leased
space
for
residential
4
purposes
is
immediately
in
default
and
the
operator
may
limit
5
the
occupant’s
access
to
the
leased
space
to
the
hours
which
6
the
office
is
open
at
the
self-service
storage
facility
and
7
proceed
in
accordance
with
this
chapter.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
578A.6,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
9
follows:
10
578A.6
Right
Rental
agreement
——
right
to
deny
access
due
to
11
default.
12
1.
A
rental
agreement
may
be
a
written
or
oral
agreement.
13
If
a
written
rental
agreement
is
presented
to
a
potential
14
occupant
by
an
operator
and
if
the
potential
occupant
takes
15
possession
of
a
leased
space,
a
failure
by
the
occupant
16
to
execute
and
deliver
the
written
rental
agreement
to
the
17
operator
within
thirty
days
from
the
initial
date
of
occupancy
18
constitutes
acceptance
of
the
terms
of
the
written
rental
19
agreement.
20
2.
If
the
occupant
is
in
default
or
if
the
operator
does
21
not
renew
the
occupant’s
rental
agreement
,
the
operator
shall
22
have
deliver
to
the
occupant
a
written
notice
or
an
electronic
23
mail
notice,
if
consented
to
by
the
parties
in
accordance
with
24
section
578A.5,
subsection
5,
to
remove
personal
property
from
25
the
leased
space
within
fifteen
days.
During
the
fifteen-day
26
period,
the
operator
has
the
right
to
place
reasonable
27
restrictions
on
the
occupant’s
use
of
the
leased
space,
28
including
the
right
to
deny
or
limit
the
occupant
occupant’s
29
access
to
the
leased
space
to
the
hours
which
the
office
is
30
open
at
the
self-service
storage
facility
if
such
right
is
set
31
forth
in
the
rental
agreement.
32
3.
Any
personal
property
remaining
is
subject
to
lien
33
as
provided
in
section
578A.5
and
in
accordance
with
section
34
578A.7.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
takes
possession
of
4
a
leased
space
of
a
self-storage
facility
and
who
receives
a
5
written
rental
agreement
from
an
operator
but
fails
to
execute
6
and
deliver
the
written
agreement
within
30
days
is
considered
7
to
have
accepted
the
terms
of
the
written
rental
agreement.
If
8
an
occupant
is
in
default
or
if
the
operator
does
not
renew
9
the
occupant’s
rental
agreement,
the
operator
shall
deliver
to
10
the
occupant
a
written
notice
or
an
electronic
mail
notice,
if
11
consented
to
by
the
parties
in
accordance
with
Code
section
12
578A.5(5),
to
remove
personal
property
from
the
leased
space
13
within
15
days.
During
the
15-day
period,
the
operator
may
14
deny
or
limit
the
occupant’s
access
to
the
leased
space
to
the
15
hours
which
the
office
is
open
at
the
self-service
storage
16
facility
if
such
right
is
set
forth
in
the
rental
agreement.
17
Any
personal
property
remaining
is
subject
to
lien
as
provided
18
in
Code
section
578A.5
and
in
accordance
with
Code
section
19
578A.7.
20
The
bill
provides
that
an
occupant
who
uses
a
leased
space
21
for
residential
purposes
is
immediately
in
default
and
the
22
operator
may
limit
the
occupant’s
access
to
the
leased
space
to
23
during
office
hours
at
the
self-service
storage
facility
and
24
proceed
in
accordance
with
the
Code
chapter.
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