Section 562A.5. Exclusions from application of chapter.

  Unless created to avoid the application of this chapter, the following arrangements are not governed by this chapter:

  1.  Residence at an institution, public or private, if incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious, or similar service.

  2.  Occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part, if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to the purchaser’s interest.

  3.  Occupancy by a member of a fraternal or social organization in the portion of a structure operated for the benefit of the organization.

  4.  Transient occupancy in a hotel, motel or other similar lodgings.

  5.  Occupancy by an employee of a landlord whose right to occupancy is conditional upon employment in and about the premises.

  6.  Occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit or a holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative.

  7.  Occupancy under a rental agreement covering premises used by the occupant primarily for agricultural purposes.

  8.  Occupancy in housing owned by a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to provide transitional housing for persons released from drug or alcohol treatment facilities and in housing for homeless persons.

[C79, 81, §562A.5]

95 Acts, ch 125, §2