# Iowa — Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state

For Iowa, presumption period is one year; what the presumption does is creates a presumption that the landlord’s conduct was in retaliation; example of a protected activity is The tenant has organized or become a member of a tenants’ union or similar organization; statute is Iowa Code § 562A.36, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Iowa _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Presumption period:** one year _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What the presumption does:** creates a presumption that the landlord’s conduct was in retaliation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Example of a protected activity:** The tenant has organized or become a member of a tenants’ union or similar organization _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** Iowa Code § 562A.36 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> In an action by or against the tenant, evidence of a good-faith complaint within one year prior to the alleged act of retaliation creates a presumption that the landlord’s conduct was in retaliation.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Example of a protected activity

> c. The tenant has organized or become a member of a tenants’ union or similar organization.

## Source

- https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/562A.36.pdf

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
Part of [Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state](https://referencesource.org/landlord-retaliation-presumption-period-by-state/).