Title VIII, TRANSPORTATION (Ch. 306 - 330B)

1. The department upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, shall forthwith suspend the license and registration and any nonresident’s operating privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered, except as hereinafter otherwise provided in this section and in …

A license, registration, and nonresident’s operating privilege shall remain suspended under section 321A.13 , and shall not be renewed, nor shall any such license or registration be subsequently issued in the name of the person, including any person not previously licensed, until…

1. Judgments referred to in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter only, be deemed satisfied when the following occur: a. When twenty thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or de…

1. A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which such judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying such judgment in installments and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment…

1. Whenever the department, under any law of this state, suspends or revokes the license of any person upon receiving record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail or revokes the license of any person pursuant to chapter 321J , the department shall also suspend the registration …

Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter may be given by filing any of the following: 1. A certificate of insurance as provided in section 321A.19 or section 321A.20 . 2. A bond as provided in section 321A.24 . 3. A certificate of deposit as provided in …

1. Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the department the written certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the person requ…

1. a. The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and may make rules necessary for its administration and shall provide for hearings upon request of persons aggrieved by orders or acts of the department under the provisions of sections 321A.4 throug…

1. The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle not registered in this state may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the department a written certificate or certificates of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state in which the motor vehicle,…

1. A “motor vehicle liability policy” as said term is used in this chapter shall mean an owner’s or an operator’s policy of liability insurance, certified as provided in section 321A.19 or section 321A.20 as proof of financial responsibility, and issued, except as otherwise provi…

When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy under section 321A.19 or section 321A.20 , the insurance so certified shall not be canceled or terminated until at least ten days after a notice of cancellation or termination of the insurance so certified s…

1. This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may be required by any other law of this state, and such policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform with the requirements of this chapter , may …

1. a. Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the bond of a surety company duly authorized to transact business within this state, or a bond with at least two individual sureties each owning real estate within this state, and together having equities equal in value …

1. Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by filing with the department fifty-five thousand dollars in the form of a certificate of deposit made payable to the department. The certificate of deposit shall be obtained from an Iowa financial institution in the amount of…

Whenever any person required to give proof of financial responsibility under this chapter is or later becomes an operator in the employ of any owner, or is or later becomes a member of the immediate family or household of the owner, the department shall accept proof given by such…

The department shall consent to the cancellation of a bond or certificate of insurance or the department shall return a certificate of deposit to the person entitled to the certificate of deposit upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibi…

Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under the provisions of this chapter no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the department shall for the purpose of this chapter , require other proof as required by this chapter and shall suspend the license and r…

1. The department shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation of a bond or certificate of insurance, or the department shall return to the person entitled thereto a certificate of deposit filed pursuant to this chapter as proof of financial responsibility, or the dep…

1. The department of transportation shall upon request furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of a person subject to chapter 321 or 321J , or this chapter . The abstract shall also fully designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of the …

This chapter shall not prevent the owner of a motor vehicle, the registration of which has been suspended under this chapter , from effecting a bona fide sale of such motor vehicle to another person whose rights or privileges are not suspended under this chapter nor prevent the r…

Any person whose license or registration has been suspended as provided in this chapter , or whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under this chapter , has been canceled or terminated, or who neglects to furnish other proof upon request of the department shall immediat…

1. Any person whose license or registration or nonresident’s operating privilege has been suspended, denied, or revoked under this chapter or continues to remain suspended or revoked under this chapter , and who, during such suspension, denial, or revocation, or during such conti…

This chapter does not apply to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, this state, or any political subdivision of this state or to any operator, except for section 321A.4 , while on official duty operating such motor vehicle. This chapter does not apply, except for section…

1. a. Any person in whose name more than twenty-five motor vehicles are registered may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the department as provided in paragraph “b” . b. The department may, upon the application of such a person, issu…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any action at law from relying for relief upon the other processes provided by law. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.36 ]

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.37 ]

This chapter may be cited as the “Motor Vehicle Financial and Safety Responsibility Act” . [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.38 ]

1. Whenever any dealer licensed under chapter 322 sells a motor vehicle at retail and the transaction does not include the sale of liability insurance coverage which will protect the purchaser under this chapter the purchase order or invoice evidencing the transaction shall conta…

The department shall suspend the license or any nonresident’s operating privilege of any person who willfully fails, refuses, or neglects to make reports of a traffic accident as required by the laws of this state. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.4 ] 92 Acts, …

1. The department shall, immediately or within sixty days after the receipt of a report of a motor vehicle accident within this state which has resulted in bodily injury or death or damage to the property of any one person in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars or mor…

The requirements as to security and suspension in section 321A.5 shall not apply: 1. To the operator or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in any accident wherein no injury or damage was caused to the person or property of anyone other than such operator or owner. 2. To the op…

If a person’s license and registration or nonresident’s operating privilege has been suspended as provided in section 321A.5 , that license and registration or privilege shall remain suspended and shall not be renewed and a new license or registration shall not be issued to that …

In case the operator or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident within this state has no license or registration, the operator or owner shall not be allowed a license or registration until the operator or owner has complied with the requirements of sections 321A.4 th…

1. The security required under sections 321A.4 through 321A.8 , this section , and sections 321A.10 and 321A.11 shall be in such form and in such amount as the department may require but in no case in excess of the limits specified in section 321A.5 in reference to the acceptable…