Iowa Notice to Vacate

Iowa notice periods

Each period is the one LeaseCraft's record of the statute holds. Read it with the conditions under it: some periods are minimums and some apply unless the lease sets another. "Lease controls" means the record holds no statutory period for that situation, and "No pre-suit notice" means it holds no notice before filing. The source column shows the law and the date LeaseCraft read it on the official site (most recently 2026-09-27).

What the Iowa statute says

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 30 calendar days

• Written notice given at least thirty days prior to the periodic rental date specified in the notice (562A.34(2)); same for tenant.
• Landlord's notice must be served by a 562A.29A method.
• Tenancies with a term longer than month-to-month: at least thirty days before the end of the term specified in the notice (562A.34(3)).

Ending a week-to-week tenancy: 10 calendar days

• Week-to-week tenancy: written notice at least ten days prior to the termination date specified in the notice (562A.34(1)).

Tenant staying after the lease ends: 3 calendar days

• Tenant remaining after expiration or termination without consent: landlord may bring an action for possession (562A.34(4)); before filing, a three days' written notice to quit is required under 648.3 (except after a 562A.27(2) nonpayment notice).

Delivery, form and other Iowa rules

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No statewide good-cause requirement in ch. 562A; month-to-month terminable on 30 days' notice without cause (562A.34(2)).

Iowa Code § 562A.34 · read 2026-09-27

How the notice may be delivered

Iowa Code 562A.29A(1): notices under 562A.27(1),(2),(5), 562A.27A, 562A.34(1)-(3) and 648.3 SHALL be served by one or more of: (a) delivery evidenced by a signed, dated acknowledgment of a resident of the unit aged 18+; (b) personal service per Iowa R. Civ. P. 1.305; (c) posting on the primary entrance door AND mailing by both regular and certified mail to the unit or last known address. Mail service is deemed completed four days after deposit/postmark whether or not a receipt is signed (562A.29A(2)). Mail alone is not permitted.

Iowa Code § 562A.29A; § 648.3 · read 2026-09-27

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the date the tenant must leave and how the notice is delivered, and states the notice period plainly. You enter the period; where LeaseCraft has verified the Iowa period for ending a month-to-month tenancy, it refuses a shorter one.

Create a Iowa notice to vacate

A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant. Cities and counties can add rules. LeaseCraft is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

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