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

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…

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Alcohol concentration” means the number of grams of alcohol per any of the following: a. One hundred milliliters of blood. b. Two hundred ten liters of breath. c. Sixty-seven milliliters of urine. 2. “Alcoholic be…

1. Refusal to consent to a test under section 321J.6 does not prohibit the withdrawal of a specimen for chemical testing pursuant to a search warrant issued in the investigation of a suspected violation of section 707.5 or 707.6A if all of the following grounds exist: a. A traffi…

1. Notwithstanding section 321J.10 , if a person is under arrest for an offense 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 , and that arrest results from an accident that causes a dea…

1. Only a licensed physician, licensed physician assistant as defined in section 148C.1 , medical technologist, or registered nurse, acting at the request of a peace officer, may withdraw a specimen of blood for the purpose of determining the alcohol concentration or the presence…

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 …