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

1. Upon certification, subject to penalty for perjury, by the peace officer that there existed reasonable grounds to believe that the person had been operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 321J.2 , that there existed one or more of the necessary conditions for chemical…

1. Notice of revocation of a person’s noncommercial driver’s license or operating privilege served pursuant to section 321J.9 or 321J.12 shall include a form accompanied by a preaddressed envelope on which the person served may indicate by a checkmark if the person only wishes to…

Judicial review of an action of the department may be sought in accordance with the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A . Notwithstanding the terms of that chapter, a petition for judicial review may be filed in the district court in the county where the a…

Upon the trial of a civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed by a person while operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 321J.2 or 321J.2A , evidence of the alcohol concentration or the presence of a controlled substance or…

If a person refuses to submit to a chemical test, proof of refusal is admissible in any civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 321J.2 or 321J.2A . 86 Acts, ch…

1. If the department revokes a person’s driver’s license or nonresident operating privilege under this chapter , the department shall assess the person a civil penalty of two hundred dollars. The money collected by the department under this section shall be transmitted to the tre…

1. The period of time a person is required to maintain an ignition interlock device under section 321J.17 or 321J.20 shall be extended by an additional sixty days per occurrence for any of the following occurrences detected by an ignition interlock device: a. Ten or more violatio…

This chapter does not limit the introduction of any competent evidence bearing on the question of whether a person was under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or a controlled substance or other drug, including the results of chemical tests of specimens of blood, breath, or u…

When it has been finally determined under this chapter that a nonresident’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been revoked or denied, the department shall give information in writing of the action taken to the official in charge of traffic control or public s…

1. The department of public safety, the governor’s traffic safety bureau, the state department of transportation, the governor, and the attorney general shall cooperate in an ongoing public education campaign to inform the citizens of this state of the dangers and the specific le…

1. A person commits the offense of operating while intoxicated if the person operates a motor vehicle in this state in any of the following conditions: a. While under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or other drug or a combination of such substances. b. While having an alco…

1. The department may, on application, issue a temporary restricted license to a person whose noncommercial driver’s license is revoked under this chapter , or revoked or suspended under chapter 321 solely for violations of this chapter , or who has been determined to be a habitu…

1. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A establishing criteria to waive the requirement to install an ignition interlock device under this chapter if a person has a verifiable medical condition, as determined in accordance with the rules, that makes the person …

1. A person whose driver’s license or nonresident operating privilege has been suspended, denied, revoked, or barred due to a violation of this chapter and who drives a motor vehicle while the license or privilege is suspended, denied, revoked, or barred commits a serious misdeme…

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Approved provider” means a provider of a course for drinking drivers offered outside this state which has been approved by the department of education. b. “Course for drinking drivers” means an approved cours…

The general assembly finds and declares as follows: 1. Drivers often do not realize the consequences of drinking alcohol or using other drugs, and driving a motor vehicle. 2. Prompt intervention is needed to protect society, including drivers, from death or serious long-term inju…

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Appropriate victim” means a victim whose condition demonstrates the results of a motor vehicle accident involving intoxicated drivers without being excessively traumatic to the participant, as determined by t…

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Participant” means a person whose driver’s license or operating privilege has been revoked for a violation of section 321J.2A . b. “Program” means a substance use disorder awareness program, licensed under ch…

1. A person who is under the age of twenty-one shall not operate a motor vehicle while having an alcohol concentration, as defined under section 321J.1 , of .02 or more. The driver’s license or nonresident operating privilege of a person who is under the age of twenty-one and who…

1. A peace officer shall make a reasonable effort to identify a person under the age of eighteen who violates section 321J.2 or 321J.2A and, if the person is not referred to juvenile court, the law enforcement agency of which the peace officer is an employee shall make a reasonab…

1. a. In addition to orders issued pursuant to section 321J.2, subsections 3, 4, and 5 , and section 321J.17 , the court shall order any defendant convicted under section 321J.2 to follow the recommendations proposed in the substance use disorder evaluation for appropriate substa…

1. If a defendant is convicted of a violation of section 321J.2 and the defendant’s driver’s license or nonresident operating privilege has not been revoked under section 321J.9 or 321J.12 for the occurrence from which the arrest arose, the department shall revoke the defendant’s…

1. For purposes of this section : a. “Immobilized” means the installation of a device in a motor vehicle that completely prevents a motor vehicle from being operated, or the installation of an ignition interlock device of a type approved by the commissioner of public safety. b. “…

1. When a peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that either of the following have occurred, the peace officer may request that the operator provide a sample of the operator’s breath for a preliminary screening test using a device approved by the commissioner of public s…

1. A person who operates a motor vehicle in this state under circumstances which give reasonable grounds to believe that the person has been operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 321J.2 or 321J.2A is deemed to have given consent to the withdrawal of specimens of the p…

A person who is dead, unconscious, or otherwise in a condition rendering the person incapable of consent or refusal is deemed not to have withdrawn the consent provided by section 321J.6 , and the test may be given if a licensed physician, physician assistant, or advanced registe…

1. A person who has been requested to submit to a chemical test shall be advised by a peace officer of the following: a. If the person refuses to submit to the test, the person’s driver’s license or nonresident operating privilege will be revoked by the department as required by …

1. If a person refuses to submit to the chemical testing, a test shall not be given, but the department, upon the receipt of the peace officer’s certification, subject to penalty for perjury, that the officer had reasonable grounds to believe the person to have been operating a m…