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

Prior to the issuance of any permit, the applicant for a permit shall be required to file proof of financial responsibility or post a bond with the permit-issuing authority. The amount of the bond shall be determined by the permit-issuing authority and shall be used as security f…

1. Permit-issuing authorities may charge the following fees: a. Fifty dollars for an annual permit issued pursuant to section 321E.8, subsection 1 . b. Four hundred dollars for an annual permit issued pursuant to section 321E.8, subsection 3 or 4 . c. Two hundred dollars for a mu…

The department may adopt and make available upon request to interested parties printed rules and regulations necessary for the movement by permit of vehicles and indivisible loads under the provisions of this chapter . No rule or regulation shall be adopted without prior notice t…

1. A person who violates a provision of a permit issued pursuant to this chapter or rules adopted under section 321E.15 , other than a provision relating to weight, shall be subject to a scheduled fine under section 805.8A, subsection 12 , paragraph “f” . 2. The fine for violatio…

Proof of imposition of a penalty for a violation of section 321.256 , 321.454 , 321.456 , 321.457 , 321.463 , 321.471 , 321.474 , or 321E.16 or any combination of penalties for violation of those sections with respect to the operation of one or more vehicles by any one permit hol…

In any proceeding brought under this chapter , the permit-issuing authority shall consider evidence relating to the nature and severity of the violations and the extent of the operations of any vehicles by or on behalf of the permit holder upon the public highways of this state, …

The permit-issuing authority may deny, change, suspend, or revoke any permit issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter for good cause. A decision of the department may be appealed in accordance with chapter 17A , and a decision of a local authority may be appealed in accor…

1. The department and local authorities may in their discretion and upon application and with good cause shown issue permits for the movement of special mobile equipment being temporarily moved on streets, roads, or highways and for vehicles with indivisible loads, or divisible l…

Whenever the permit-issuing authority finds from the evidence adduced at hearing that a permit holder has willfully operated or caused to be operated a vehicle or vehicles in violation of this chapter , the permit-issuing authority may enter an order suspending, modifying, or rev…

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A regarding oversize load signs, warning flags, vehicle length warning lights, and projecting-load lights. A vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight or combined gross weight exceeding eighty thousand pounds sha…

Use of the national system of interstate and defense highways under the provisions of this chapter shall be restricted by regulation and other appropriate action of the department in such a manner as to not be in conflict with the applicable provisions of 23 U.S.C. §127 . [C71, 7…

1. The department may issue annual permits for the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting divisible loads of raw forest products from fields to storage, processing, or other commercial facilities. The combined gross weight or gross weight on any one axle o…

1. During an emergency, the department may issue special permits pursuant to 23 U.S.C. §127(i) authorizing the transportation of divisible loads of relief supplies that exceed the weight limits established under section 321.463 on the interstate highway system if the president of…

Vehicles or a combination of vehicles with divisible loads in excess of the width, length, or height requirements of chapter 321 may be moved on the highways of this state if the department or permit-issuing authority determines there is a special or emergency situation which war…

A permit-issuing authority may issue annual permits authorizing a raw milk transporter to transport by motor truck raw milk to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station. The combined gross weight or gross weight on any axle or group of axles of the motor truck …

1. Notwithstanding section 321E.8 , the department may issue annual permits for the operation of vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting fluid milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station, exceeding the weight limitation of section 321.4…

1. a. Permits issued under this chapter shall be issued by the authority responsible for the maintenance of the system of highways or streets. However, the department may issue permits on primary road extensions in cities in conjunction with movements on the rural primary road sy…

1. A permit-issuing authority may issue annual permits for the operation of compacted rubbish vehicles and vehicles which transport compacted rubbish from a rubbish collection point to a landfill area, exceeding the weight limitation of section 321.463 but not exceeding twenty th…

The movement of structures and other indivisible loads on dolly axles shall be subject to the same weight limits that apply to all other indivisible loads. However, when an indivisible load is moved and the transverse dolly axles under the load have a clear inside spacing of five…

1. The operator of an escort vehicle serving as an escort in the movement of vehicles and loads of excess size and weight under permits required by this chapter shall have a driver’s license as defined in section 321.1 valid for the operation of the escort vehicle. 2. The departm…

1. The gross weight on any axle of any vehicle or combination of vehicles traveling under a permit issued in accordance with this chapter shall not exceed the maximum axle load prescribed in section 321.463 , except for the following: a. Cranes being temporarily moved on streets,…

Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section 321E.2 , annual permits shall be issued in accordance with the following provisions: 1. Vehicles with indivisible loads, or manufactured or mobile homes including appurtenances, having an overall width not to exceed s…

Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section 321E.2 , single-trip permits, which may include a round trip to and from a job or delivery site, shall be issued in accordance with the following provisions: 1. The maximum height, width, length, and weight of vehicle…

Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section 321E.2 , a multi-trip permit shall be issued for operation of vehicles, in accordance with the following: 1. Vehicles with indivisible loads having an overall length not to exceed one hundred twenty feet, an overall w…

Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section 321E.2 , a multi-trip permit shall be issued for operation of vehicles in accordance with the following provisions: 1. Vehicles with an indivisible load having an overall length not to exceed two hundred twenty-five f…