{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-657a.6a","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 657A.6A","heading":"Receiver — prohibited acts.","body":"Notwithstanding section 657A.10, it shall be unlawful, and a receiver may be held liable for actual damages as determined by a court, for entering a residential property that is not abandoned for the purpose of forcing, intimidating, harassing, or coercing a lawful occupant of the property to vacate in order to render the property vacant and abandoned, and it shall be unlawful to otherwise force, intimidate, harass, or coerce a lawful occupant of a residential property to vacate so the property may be deemed vacant and abandoned. A receiver who peacefully enters a property for the purpose of rendering the property vacant and abandoned shall be immune from liability if the receiver makes a good-faith effort to comply with this chapter and all terms of any applicable mortgage, lease, or other agreement related to the occupancy of the building.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 657A - ABANDONED OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS — ABATEMENT BY REHABILITATION"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/657A.6A.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"5903e061ea1598eee49f02f774eea7bf3e043525528de2fb433fe2c7045b4c3f","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-657a.6","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-657a.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}