Iowa Landlord Notice of Entry
Iowa Landlord Notice of Entry
Use this form for a planned, nonemergency entry only. Use a separate counsel-reviewed record for an emergency, court order, abandonment, surrender, or another lawful access route.
Iowa Entry Gate
Iowa Code § 562A.19 permits access for inspection, repairs, services, and specified showings. Except in an emergency or when impracticable, the landlord must give at least 24 hours' notice and enter only at reasonable times. Court-order, abandonment, and surrender routes are separate.
- Required notice: At least 24 hours unless emergency or impracticable
- Permitted entry time: Reasonable time
- Lease, local, subsidy, and program requirements checked: ☐ Yes
- Entry is not harassing or an abuse of access: ☐ Confirmed
1. Notice
Notice date: [__/__/____]
To tenant(s): [________________________________]
Rental premises/unit: [________________________________]
Landlord/property manager: [________________________________]
Notice is given that the landlord or authorized representatives intend to enter the dwelling unit as follows:
- Entry date: [__/__/____]
- Approximate start time: [________]
- Expected time window/duration: [________________________________]
- Persons expected to enter and roles: [________________________________]
2. Purpose and Scope
- ☐ Inspect specified condition: [________________________________]
- ☐ Make necessary or agreed repairs/improvements: [________________________________]
- ☐ Supply necessary or agreed services: [________________________________]
- ☐ Exhibit to permitted prospective/actual persons: [________________________________]
- ☐ Other expressly lawful purpose: [________________________________]
Areas to be entered and work/inspection scope:
[____________________________________________________________]
The entry will be limited to the stated purpose and scope. No emergency or no-notice authority is claimed by this form.
3. Coordination and Safeguards
- Tenant presence or coordination, if arranged: [________________________________]
- Pets, alarms, gates, accessibility, or health precautions: [________________________________]
- Contact for questions or a lawful scheduling request: [________________________________]
- Alternate date/time, if agreed: [________________________________]
- Authorized representative will carry identification: ☐ Yes
- Entry completion/condition record will be retained: ☐ Yes
4. Delivery Record
Delivered by: [NAME / ROLE]
- Method: ☐ Hand delivery to tenant ☐ Signed, dated acknowledgment by a dwelling resident age 18 or older ☐ Posting on primary entrance door with posting date written on the notice ☐ Both regular and certified mail to the dwelling or tenant's designated mailing address ☐ Another method resulting in actual receipt by tenant: [________]
- Delivery date/time: [________________________________]
- Recipient/address/account: [________________________________]
- If both mailings were used, postmark date and deemed completion date (four days later): [________________________________]
- Proof, acknowledgement, photo, or tracking retained: ☐ Yes
Landlord/agent signature and date: [________________________________]
Sources and References
About this template
- Last updated
- November 4, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 4, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Iowa Code § 562A.19
- Iowa Code § 562A.8(1)(a)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 4, 2026.
Iowa Code § 562A.19(3) (checked November 4, 2026): "Except in case of emergency or if it is impracticable to do so, the landlord shall give the tenant at least twenty-four hours’ notice of the landlord’s intent to enter and enter only at reasonable times."
Iowa Code § 562A.8(1)(a)(4) (checked November 4, 2026): "Mailing by both regular mail and certified mail, as defined in section 618.15, to the address of the dwelling unit or to an address provided by the tenant for mailing."
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