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Iowa month-to-month lease agreement
Written for Iowa law, checked October 1, 2026 General information, not legal advice
A month-to-month tenancy renews each month until the landlord or the tenant gives notice. Choose month-to-month as the lease type, or set a fixed-term lease to convert to month-to-month when its term ends.
Iowa rules that apply
- Month-to-month notice
- 30 days
- before the periodic rental date in the notice
- Iowa Code § 562A.34(2)
Ending a month-to-month tenancy
Either party may end a month-to-month tenancy by written notice given at least 30 days before the periodic rental date the notice specifies. Either party may end a week-to-week tenancy by written notice given at least 10 days before the termination date the notice specifies.
Iowa Code § 562A.34(2) Iowa Code § 562A.34(1)
More detail (2)
- Either party may end a tenancy with a term longer than month to month by written notice given at least 30 days before the end of the first or a later term that the notice specifies. Iowa Code § 562A.34(3)
- Your termination notice must be served in one of the ways section 562A.29A allows. Iowa Code § 562A.29A See Notice for unpaid rent on the Iowa page
The lease gives the tenant 30 days and the landlord the longer of 30 days or the period the landlord sets, and states the 10-day week-to-week and 30-day end-of-term notices.
Rent increase notice
Notify each tenant in writing of any rent increase at least 30 days before it takes effect. The effective date may not be sooner than the end of the original rental agreement or of any renewal or extension of it.
More detail (1)
- Plan delivery as well as the 30-day lead time. Iowa Code 562A.8 allows hand delivery, a signed and dated acknowledgment by an adult resident, personal service, both regular and certified mail, dated posting on the primary entrance door within the service period, or a method that results in actual receipt. Mail service is complete four days after deposit and postmark, whether or not the recipient signs. Keep the notice and delivery evidence; sending an email alone does not establish actual receipt. Termination notices have separate service rules under 562A.29A. Iowa Code 562A.8 and 562A.13(5)