HF 640 — A bill for an act concerning self-storage facilities, including acceptances and defaults of rental agreements.

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Husele0,nctocrige-trefits,cuigcetnesdBE dfusornlaemns.IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

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KmRynl^«^Section Gvrorfoa578A.3, c:subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

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nAn ccpatoccupant halshall otnot euse a asdleased pcespace orfor sienilresidential pupse.purposes.

An cupntoccupant howho esuses aeseda aceleased rspace eidntalfor pupoesresidential spurposes meiaelyis nimmediately fultin ddefault heand prtorthe yoperator imtmay limit the cuat'soccupant’s cesaccess oto hethe esdleased paespace oto hethe urshours ichwhich the fceoffice sis pnopen tat hethe efsevieself-service toagestorage cliyfacility ndand prcedproceed nin coraneaccordance ithwith isthis aper.chapter.

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57A6Section RihtRntl578A.6, geeentCode —igt2025, ois eyamended cessto eread oas dealt.follows:

578A.6 Right Rental agreement —— right to deny access due to default.

A ntlrental gremntagreement ymay ebe a itenwritten ror aloral geeet.agreement.

If arttna enalwritten geeetrental sagreement reenedis opresented aoenialto ocupnta ypotential noccupant ertorby dan foperator heand tetilif cupntthe aespotential posesonoccupant ftakes aeaedpossession pc,of ra fleased nspace, xitngor cupntif reaisan osesinexisting foccupant heretains esdpossession pae,of aaiuethe yleased hespace, ocupnta ofailure ecteby ndthe lveroccupant eto ritenexecute naland geeentdeliver the written rental agreement to hethe eatroperator itinwithin hrythirty aysdays omfrom hethe iialinitial ror needrenewed daedate fof cupncyoccupancy nsittsconstitutes acptnceacceptance fof ethe emsterms fof hethe wrttnwritten etalrental remnt.agreement.

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If hethe cuatoccupant isnis efultin rdefault for a aonreason terother hnthan nnpymntnonpayment fof nt,rent, ror fif ethe praoroperator osdoes otnot newrenew ethe ocuat'soccupant’s ntlrental gremnt,teagreement praor, hllhvethe eivroperator oshall tehave ccpntdeliver aritento tcethe roccupant na lctoicwritten alnotice otc,or an electronic mail notice, if cnsntdconsented oto yby hethe rtesparties nin codaceaccordance ihwith etinsection 78.,578A.5, sbsctonsubsection ,5, oto moeremove esoalpersonal rpetyproperty rmfrom hethe asdleased sacespace tinwithin itenfifteen as.days.

DrigDuring hethe itendayfifteen-day rid,period, hethe oertroperator ashas hethe ghtright oto aeplace eaonblereasonable stitinsrestrictions non hethe ocuat'soccupant’s euse fof hethe esdleased pae,space, nluigincluding tethe ihtright oto eydeny or mtlimit heocupntocuan'sthe cessoccupant ooccupant’s eaccess esedto acethe oleased tespace orsto hchthe hehours fiewhich sthe pnoffice tis heopen efsevieat toaethe fciiyself-service fstorage uchfacility ghtif such right is set othforth nin hethe nalrental geeet.agreement.

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AnyIf rsnalthe oeryoccupant eminngis sin ujctdefault ofor innonpayment asof ovddrent, nthe ecionoperator 8.5may nddeny nthe codnceoccupant thaccess etinto 58.7.the leased space at the self-service storage facility if such right is set forth in the rental agreement.

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MGAN______________________________ ESON______________________________ CifPAT lekGRASSLEY ^theAMY useSINCLAIR AprvdSpeaker 226of KmrENODSthe VHouse ovro"'President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 640, Ninety-first General Assembly.

______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2026 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor