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House File 2629 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2629 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 981) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 12, 2026) A BILL FOR An Act relating to trespass, and providing penalties.
House File 2629 H-8215 Amend the amendment, H-8200, to House File 2629, as follows:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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2629 Section 1.
Section 716.7, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
NEW PARAGRAPH .
0a.
“Immediate family member” means a person’s spouse, children, parents or guardians, siblings, and grandparents, whether related by blood, adoption, or marriage.
NEW PARAGRAPH.
00a.
“Lawful authority” means the ability of a person to produce a deed or mortgage statement in the person’s name, a lease agreement that includes the name and signature of the property owner or an authorized representative of the property owner, a valid written or electronic agreement or communication authorizing the person to enter upon the property, or a receipt or other reliable evidence of a rent payment made to the property owner or an authorized representative of the property owner dated within the last sixty days.
NEW PARAGRAPH .
g.
“Squatting” means a person knowingly taking up residence at a property not open to the public without lawful authority.
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Section 716.7, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH .
(2A) Squatting, if all of the following are true:
(a) The person is not a current tenant at the property.
(b) The person does not have a valid agreement to occupy the property.
(c) The person is not an immediate family member of the owner of the property.
(d) The person acts without lawful authority in entering and residing on the property.
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Section 716.8, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION .
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a.
A person committing a trespass as provided in section 716.7, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2A), commits the following:
(1) For a first offense, a serious misdemeanor.
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2629 (2) For a second offense, an aggravated misdemeanor.
(3) For a third or subsequent offense, a class “D” felony.
b.
A person providing a false document in response to a request to produce a document proving lawful authority is, in addition to any other criminal offense, guilty of a fraudulent practice under section 714.8.
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