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

1. The department shall have full authority to prescribe reasonable rules for the administration and enforcement of this chapter , which shall be in addition to and not inconsistent with this chapter . All rules shall be filed and entered by the department in its office in an ind…

1. A person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter for which a penalty is not specifically provided is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not…

1. All provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that the practice or commission of fraud in the sale, barter, or disposition of motor vehicles at retail in this state may be prohibited and prevented, and irresponsible, unreliable, or dishonest persons ma…

A copy of every retail installment contract shall be furnished to the buyer at the time of the execution of the contract. An acknowledgment by the buyer contained in the body of the retail installment contract of the delivery of a copy thereof shall be conclusive proof of deliver…

If dual-interest insurance on the motor vehicle is purchased by the holder it shall, within thirty days after execution of the retail installment contract, send or cause to be sent to the buyer a policy or policies or certificate of insurance, written by an insurance company auth…

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other existing law, a retail installment transaction may include a finance charge not in excess of the following rates: a. Class 1. Any new motor vehicle designated by the manufacturer by a year model not earlier than the year in which the…

1. For purposes of this section , “documentary fee” means a fee that may be charged to a customer by a motor vehicle dealer for the preparation of documents related to an application for motor vehicle registration and an application for issuance of a certificate of title, and the…

As used in this chapter and unless a different meaning appears from the context: 1. “At retail” means to dispose of a motor vehicle to a person who will devote it to a consumer use. 2. “Autocycle” means as defined in section 321.1 . 3. “Completed motor vehicle” means a motor vehi…

Sections 537.2503 and 537.3402 notwithstanding, if the holder of a retail installment contract in connection with the purchase or sale of a vehicle, at the request of the buyer, renews the loan or extends the scheduled due date of all or any part of an installment or installments…

The extension of credit by a retail seller to a retail buyer, pursuant to a retail installment contract, of the amount actually paid or to be paid by the retail seller to discharge a purchase-money security interest, as provided in section 554.9103 , on a motor vehicle traded in …

Any retail buyer having reason to believe that the provisions of this chapter relating to the buyer’s installment contract have been violated may file with the department a written complaint setting forth the details of such alleged violation and the department, upon the receipt …

1. The state department of transportation and the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, papers, books, records, and other evidence in any matter over which the respective depart…

A manufacturer, except an alien manufacturer represented by an importer, shall not engage in business as a manufacturer in this state or employ, appoint, or maintain distributors or wholesalers or dealers, without a license as provided in this chapter . However, new motor vehicle…

1. A person shall not engage in business as a wholesaler of new motor vehicles in this state without a license as provided in this chapter . 2. Prior to the issuance of such license, the department, at a minimum, and in addition to any other information the department deems neces…

A distributor or wholesaler of new motor vehicles shall not sell or offer for sale a new motor vehicle at retail unless licensed as a new motor vehicle dealer. A licensed distributor or wholesaler of a new motor vehicle shall not register or title a new motor vehicle held for sal…

1. Application for license shall be made to the department by a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler, in a form and containing information as the department requires and shall be accompanied by the required license fee. The license shall be granted or refused within thirty da…

1. A person shall not engage in this state in the business of selling at retail new motor vehicles of any make or represent or advertise that the person is engaged or intends to engage in such business in this state unless the person is authorized to do so by a contract in writin…

The licenses of manufacturers and distributors shall specify the location of the office and must be conspicuously displayed at such location. In case such location be changed, the department shall endorse the change of location on the license without charge if it be within the sa…

The department may deny the application of any person for a license as a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler, if after reasonable notice and a hearing the department determines that such applicant has violated any provision of this chapter and may revoke or suspend any such …

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair the obligations of a contract or to prevent a licensee under this chapter from requiring performance of a written contract entered into with another licensee under this chapter , nor shall the requirement of such performance co…

1. The provisions of the Iowa consumer credit code, chapter 537 , shall apply to a consumer credit sale in which a licensed motor vehicle dealer participates or engages, and any violation of that code shall be a violation of this chapter . 2. Chapter 537, article 2, parts 5 and 6…

1. A person shall not sell or offer for sale at retail a new car, multipurpose vehicle, or pickup, as those terms are defined in section 321.1 , without a label securely affixed to the windshield or side window containing the manufacturer’s clear and legible endorsement disclosin…

A person in the business of selling motorcycles or autocycles under chapter 322D is not required to maintain regular business hours at the dealer’s principal place of business or other place of business. 97 Acts, ch 69, §1 ; 2016 Acts, ch 1098, §22

1. Each person before engaging in this state in the business of selling at retail motor vehicles or representing or advertising that the person is engaged or intends to engage in such business in this state shall file in the office of the department an application for license as …

1. a. The license fee for a motor vehicle dealer for a two-year period or part thereof is the sum of seventy dollars for the licensee’s principal place of business in each city or township and an additional twenty dollars for a two-year period or part thereof for each car lot whi…

1. The department may deny the application of a person for a license as a motor vehicle dealer and refuse to issue a license to the person if, after reasonable notice and a hearing, the department determines any of the following: a. The applicant made a material false statement i…

1. If the department grants the application of any person for a license as a motor vehicle dealer, it shall evidence the granting thereof by a final order and shall issue to the person a license in such form as may be prescribed by the department, which license shall include the …

1. An applicant for a license as a used motor vehicle dealer shall complete a minimum of eight hours of prelicensing education program courses pursuant to this section prior to submitting an application to the department. 2. A person seeking renewal of a used motor vehicle dealer…

A licensed motor vehicle dealer may sell a used motor truck on a consignment basis if all of the following conditions apply: 1. The dealer is licensed to sell used motor vehicles. 2. The motor truck offered for sale has a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand one or …

1. Each motor vehicle dealer licensee shall promptly file with the department from time to time during the period of the license, statements supplemental to the statements contained in the application for license whenever any change shall occur in the licensee’s personnel or in t…

1. The department may revoke or suspend the license of a retail motor vehicle dealer if, after notice and hearing by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, it finds that the licensee has been guilty of an act which would be a ground for the denial of a license und…