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

Every all-terrain vehicle operated during the hours of darkness shall display a lighted headlight and taillight. Every all-terrain vehicle shall be equipped with brakes. 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §56 ; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §43 Referred to in §805.8B(2A)(c) For applicable scheduled fines…

1. A person shall not drive or operate an all-terrain vehicle: a. At a rate of speed greater than reasonable or proper under all existing circumstances. b. In a careless, reckless, or negligent manner so as to endanger the person or property of another or to cause injury or damag…

1. A person who violates this chapter or a rule of the commission or director of transportation is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 2. Chapter 232 shall have no application in the prosecution of offenses which are committed in violation of this chapter , and which constitute simpl…

Upon conviction for a violation of section 321I.14, subsection 1 , paragraph “e” , “f” , or “g” , the defendant, in addition to any other penalty including the criminal penalty provided in section 321I.15 , shall be subject to civil remedies as follows: 1. a. The court may assess…

The commission shall furnish all-terrain vehicle dealers with pasteboard cards bearing the words “registration applied for” and space for the date of purchase. An unregistered all-terrain vehicle sold by a dealer shall bear one of these cards which entitles the purchaser to opera…

The department may authorize the holding of organized special events as defined in this chapter within this state. The department shall adopt rules relating to the conduct of special events held under department permits and designating the equipment and facilities necessary for t…

A person who has received a visual or audible signal from a peace officer to come to a stop shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the signal, interfere with or endanger the officer or any other person or vehicle, increase speed, or attempt to …

The owner and operator of an all-terrain vehicle are liable for any injury or damage occasioned by the negligent operation of the all-terrain vehicle. The owner of an all-terrain vehicle shall be liable for any such injury or damage only if the owner was the operator of the all-t…

1. The commission may adopt rules for the following purposes: a. Registration and titling of all-terrain vehicles. b. Use of all-terrain vehicles as far as game and fish resources or habitats are affected. c. Use of all-terrain vehicles on public lands under the jurisdiction of t…

1. The owner of a rented all-terrain vehicle shall keep a record of the name and address of each person renting the all-terrain vehicle, its registration certificate, the departure date and time, and the expected time of return. The records shall be preserved for six months. 2. T…

A person under twelve years of age shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle, including an off-road motorcycle, on a designated riding area or designated riding trail or on public land or public ice unless one of the following applies: 1. The person is taking a prescribed educatio…

1. A manufacturer, distributor, or dealer owning an all-terrain vehicle required to be registered under this chapter may operate the all-terrain vehicle for purposes of transporting, testing, demonstrating, or selling it without the all-terrain vehicle being registered, except th…

1. The state, its political subdivisions, and the owners or tenants of property adjoining public lands or the right-of-way of a public highway and their agents and employees owe no duty of care to keep the public lands, ditches, or land contiguous to a highway or roadway under th…

Prior owners of land on which an all-terrain vehicle recreational riding area is established, maintained, or operated owe no duty of care to keep the land safe for entry or use by persons operating an all-terrain vehicle or to give any warning of a dangerous condition, use, struc…

1. The commission shall provide, by rules adopted pursuant to section 321I.2 , for the establishment of certified courses of instruction to be conducted throughout the state for the safe use and operation of all-terrain vehicles. The curriculum shall include instruction in the la…

1. A person twelve years of age or older but less than eighteen years of age shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle on public land, public ice, a designated riding trail, or land purchased with all-terrain vehicle registration funds in this state without obtaining a valid educa…

A peace officer may stop and inspect an all-terrain vehicle operated, parked, or stored on public streets, highways, public lands, public ice, or designated riding trails of the state to determine if the all-terrain vehicle is registered, numbered, or equipped as required by this…

A person who receives a warning memorandum for an all-terrain vehicle shall stop using the all-terrain vehicle as soon as possible and shall not operate it on public streets, highways, public lands, public ice, or designated riding trails of the state until the all-terrain vehicl…

1. a. The county recorder shall collect a writing fee of two dollars for each privilege under this chapter . b. Writing fees collected or retained by the county recorder under this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund of the county. 2. a. A license agent shall collect a…

1. Each all-terrain vehicle used on public land, public ice, or a designated riding trail of this state shall be currently registered. A person shall not operate, maintain, or give permission for the operation or maintenance of an all-terrain vehicle on public land, public ice, o…

1. This chapter and other applicable laws of this state shall govern the operation, equipment, numbering, and all other matters relating to an all-terrain vehicle when the all-terrain vehicle is operated or maintained in this state. However, this chapter does not prevent the adop…

1. The owner of an all-terrain vehicle acquired on or after January 1, 2000, other than an all-terrain vehicle used exclusively as a farm implement or a motorcycle previously issued a title pursuant to chapter 321 , shall apply to the county recorder of the county in which the ow…

1. The county recorder shall charge a ten dollar fee to issue a certificate of title, a transfer of title, a duplicate, or a corrected certificate of title. 2. If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if there…

1. If ownership of an all-terrain vehicle is transferred by operation of law, such as by inheritance, order in bankruptcy, insolvency, replevin, or execution sale, the transferee, within thirty days after acquiring the right to possession of the all-terrain vehicle, shall mail or…

1. A security interest created in this state in an all-terrain vehicle is not perfected until the security interest is noted on the certificate of title. a. To perfect the security interest, an application for security interest must be presented along with the original title. The…

1. The department may assign a distinguishing number to an all-terrain vehicle when the serial number on the all-terrain vehicle is destroyed or obliterated and issue to the owner a special decal bearing the distinguishing number which shall be affixed to the all-terrain vehicle …

1. The commission shall establish by rule a recordkeeping system and other administrative procedures necessary to administer this section . 2. A person who pleads guilty to or is convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter while the person’s registration privilege i…

1. The owner of each all-terrain vehicle required to be registered shall register it annually with the department through a county recorder. The department shall develop and maintain an electronic system for the registration of all-terrain vehicles pursuant to this chapter . The …

1. A nonresident wishing to operate an all-terrain vehicle, other than an all-terrain vehicle registered pursuant to this chapter , on public land, public ice, or a designated riding trail of this state shall obtain a user permit from the department. A user permit shall be issued…

The owner shall display the registration decal or nonresident user permit decal on an all-terrain vehicle in the manner prescribed by rules of the commission. 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §49 ; 2007 Acts, ch 141, §31 Referred to in §321I.4 , 805.8B(2A)(e) For applicable scheduled fines, s…

1. a. Every all-terrain vehicle registration certificate and registration decal issued expires at midnight December 31 unless sooner terminated or discontinued in accordance with this chapter or rules of the commission. After the first day of September each year, an unregistered …

1. A county recorder or license agent shall remit to the commission the all-terrain vehicle fees collected by the recorder or license agent in the manner and time prescribed by the department. 2. The department shall remit the fees, including user fees collected pursuant to secti…

Registration shall not be required for the following described all-terrain vehicles: 1. All-terrain vehicles owned by the United States, this state, or another state, or by a governmental subdivision thereof, and used for enforcement, search and rescue, or official research and s…