Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2352: A BILL FOR An Act relating to eviction procedures, including tenants who pose a clear and present danger, maximum durations for forcible entry and detainer actions, and including applicability provisions
Status: In committee, February 18, 2026
An Act relating to eviction procedures, including tenants who pose a clear and present danger, maximum durations for forcible entry and detainer actions, and including applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to eviction procedures, including tenants who pose a clear and present danger, maximum durations for forcible entry and detainer actions, and including applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, February 17, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to eviction procedures, including tenants who pose a clear and present danger, maximum durations for forcible entry and detainer actions, and including applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6119XS (3) lh/jh S.F. 2352 Section 1. Section 562A.27A, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 1. Notwithstanding section 562A.27 or 648.3, if a tenant has created or maintained a threat constituting a clear and present danger to the health or safety of other tenants, the landlord, the landlord's employee or agent, or other persons on or within one thousand feet of the landlord's property, the landlord, after the service of a single three days' written notice of termination and notice to quit stating the specific activity causing the clear and present danger, and setting forth the language of subsection 3 which includes certain exemption provisions available to the tenant, may file suit against the tenant for recovery of possession of the premises pursuant to chapter 648 or recover possession of the premises pursuant to subsection 4, in either case except as otherwise provided in subsection 3. The If the landlord files suit pursuant to chapter 648, the petition shall state the incident or incidents giving rise to the notice of termination and notice …
Sponsors
- Cherielynn Westrich (R, 13) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 314 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 301 .
Subjects: rental property, civil procedure, eviction, landlord and tenant, forcible entry and detainer
Common questions
- What is SF2352?
- SF2352 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to eviction procedures, including tenants who pose a clear and present danger, maximum durations for forcible entry and detainer actions, and including applicability provisions.
- What does SF2352 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to eviction procedures, including tenants who pose a clear and present danger, maximum durations for forcible entry and detainer actions, and including applicability provisions.
- What is the status of SF2352?
- In committee as of February 18, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 314 . (February 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2352?
- Cherielynn Westrich (R, 13).
- Where is the official record for SF2352?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2352&ga=91
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