2009 Iowa Code
Title 14 - Property
Subtitle 2 - Real Property - Gifts
CHAPTER 562A - UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW
562A.22 - FAILURE TO DELIVER POSSESSION.

        562A.22  FAILURE TO DELIVER POSSESSION.
         1.  If the landlord fails to deliver possession of the dwelling
      unit to the tenant as provided in section 562A.14, rent abates until
      possession is delivered and the tenant shall:
         a.  Upon at least five days' written notice to the landlord,
      terminate the rental agreement and upon termination the landlord
      shall return all prepaid rent and security; or
         b.  Demand performance of the rental agreement by the landlord
      and, if the tenant elects, maintain an action for possession of the
      dwelling unit against the landlord or a person wrongfully in
      possession and recover the damages sustained by the tenant.
         2.  If a landlord's failure to deliver possession is willful and
      not in good faith, a tenant may recover from the landlord the actual
      damages sustained by the tenant and reasonable attorney's fees.  

         [C79, 81, § 562A.22]