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Re: 30 day termination by Ellie on January 5, 2020 @17:52

                              
I will do that. She is month to month now,
Do I need to send her a letter we are canceling the first letter or justvsend her a proper 2nd letter for Feb 29? Do you recommend those companies that serve?
Thanks for your advice
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Re: 30 day termination by Garry on January 6, 2020 @00:22 [ Reply ]
No, you do not need to send a letter cancelling the first one. Iowa laws say that the LL can serve/post and mail the 3 day notice, and the 30 day notice, as long as you do it correctly, and adhere to the time frames involved. If you wish, you can use a private process server. It will probably cost you about $50, but it is a 3rd, disinterested party, who knows how to serve things properly. At least contact one of them, to get info on how the time frames work. Count at least 9 MAILING days, from the day you mail a 3 day notice, till the day you file the FE+D.

Keep copies of everything you send. Everything in the court system is electronic now, so you will need to scan in all your documents, including the receipts from the post office showing the official mailing dates of any 3 day, or 30 day notices. Your lease is the other doc you need to scan in.

Once you file a FE+D with the court system, then you MUST use either a private process server, or the Sheriffs dept of the county you are in.
Those FE+D papers are the ones that inform the T of the court date and time. You as the LL MUST show up for the FE+D hearing, or you will automatically lose. At that hearing, the judge will ask you questions first, mainly about your service of papers. If the judge likes all your answers, you have a 80% chance of winning at that point.
    Re: 30 day termination by Ellie on January 8, 2020 @12:41 [ Reply ]
    Thanks for uour advise Garry, I am glad to be in this forum and you are a LL in Iowa too I only have 2 years and a few units and a lot to learn. Can you please give me your advise I created new topic related with a side agreement and section 8. Thank you so much

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