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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
May 19,2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
Senate File 2088, an Act relating to transportation, including the administration and
regulation of matters associated with the operation, registration, and titling of motor
vehicles and the Mississippi river parkway commission, making penalties applicable, and
including apphcability provisions
The above Senate File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely,
Kim Reynolds I
Govemor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES, IOWA 50319 515.281.5211 WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV
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Senate Pile 2088
AN ACT
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION
AND REGULATION OF MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION,
REGISTRATION, AND TITLING OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION, MAKING PENALTIES
APPLICABLE, AND INCLUDING APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
CHAUFFEUR'S INSTRUCTION PERMITS
Section 1. Section 321.1, subsection 20A, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
20A. ^Driver's license" means any license or permit issued
to a person to operate a motor vehicle on the highways of
this state, including but not limited to a restricted work,
special minor's restricted, temporary restricted, or temporary
license and an instruction, chauffour'o instruction^ commercial
learner's, or temporary permit. For purposes of license
suspension, revocation, bar, disqualification, cancellation, or
denial under this chapter and chapters 321A, 321C, and 321J,
'^driver's license" includes any privilege to operate a motor
vehicle.
Sec. 2. Section 321.180, subsection 3, Code 2026, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 3. Section 321.180, subsection 4, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
4. The instruction permitT—chauffour'a instruction permit.
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and commercial learner's permit are subject to suspension or
revocation for the same reasons and in the same manner as
suspension or revocation of a driver's license.
Sec. 4. Section 321.191, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Instruction permits. The fee for an instruction
permit, other than a special instruction permit, chauffeur'3
instruction permit, or commercial learner's permit, is six
dollars. The fee for a special instruction permit is ten
dollars. The fee for a ohauffcur's instruction permit or
commercial learner's permit is twelve dollars.
Sec. 5. Section 321.196, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Except as otherwise provided, if the licensee is between
the ages of seventeen years eleven months and seventy-eight
years on the date of issuance of the license, a driver's
license, other than an instruction permit, chauffeur'9
instruction permit, or commercial learner's permit issued
under section 321.180, expires eight years from the licensee's
birthday anniversary occurring in the year of issuance, but
not to exceed the licensee's eightieth birthday. If the
licensee is under the age of seventeen years eleven months
or age seventy-eight or over, the license is effective for a
period of two years from the licensee's birthday anniversary
occurring in the year of issuance, h licensee whose license is
restricted due to vision or other physical deficiencies may be
required to renew the license every two years. If a licensee
is a foreign national who is temporarily present in this state,
the license shall be issued only for the length of time the
foreign national is authorized to be present as verified by the
department, not to exceed two years.
Sec. 6. Section 321J.1, subsection 7, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
7. '^Driver's license" means any license or permit issued
to a person to operate a motor vehicle on the highways of this
state, including but not limited to a driver's, commercial
driver's, temporary restricted, or temporary license and an
instruction, chauffeur's instruction^ commercial learner's, or
temporary permit.
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Sec. 7. Section 321M.1, subsection 5, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
5. ^Driver's license" means any license or permit issued
to a person to operate a motor vehicle on the highways of this
state, including but not limited to a driver's, commercial
driver's, temporary restricted, or temporary license and an
instruction, chauffeur's instruction, commercial learner's, or
temporary permit.
Sec. 8. CHAUFFEUR'S INSTRUCTION PERMIT VALIDITY. A
chauffeur's instruction permit issued before the effective
date of this division of this Act shall remain valid until the
expiration date listed on the permit. Until the expiration
of the permit, the permittee may continue to operate a motor
vehicle in accordance with section 321.180, subsection 3, Code
2026.
DIVISION II
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTS
Sec. 9. Section 321.266, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2026, are
amended to read as follows:
2. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting
in injury to or death of any person, or total property damage
to an apparent extent of one five thousand five hundred dollars
or more, or the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident
regardless of injury, death, or property damage if the vehicle
does not have financial liability coverage in effect, shall—
submit a written report of the accident to the department
within seventy-two hours after the accident-?—forward q written
report of the accident to the department. However, such report
is not required when the accident is investigated by a law
enforcement agency.
3. Every law enforcement officer who, in the regular course
of duty, investigates a motor vehicle accident of which report
must be made as required in subsections 1 and 2, either at
the time of and at the scene of the accident or thereafter
by interviewing participants or witnesses^, shall, within
tvyonty-four hours after completing ouch investigation, forward
submit a written report of such accident to the department.
Sec. 10. Section 321.271, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2026,
are amended to read as follows:
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1. All accident reports filed by a driver of a vehicle
involved in an accident as required under section 321.266 shall
be in writing. The report must be in an electronic format and
submitted in a manner approved by the department. The report
shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and
shall be for the confidential use of the department, except
that upon the request of any person involved in the accident,
the person's insurance company or its agent, or the attorney
for such person, the department shall disclose the identity
and address of other persons involved in the accident and may
disclose the name of the insurance companies with whom the
other persons have liability insurance. The department, upon
written request of the person making the report, shall provide
the person with a copy of that person's report. The written
report filed with the department shall not be admissible in or
used in evidence in any civil or criminal case arising out of
the facts on which the report is based.
2. All written reports filed by a law enforcement officer
as required under section 321.266, or by an officer's or
emergency responder's employer under section 321.267A, shall
be in writing. The report must be in an electronic format and
submitted in a manner approved by the department. A report
filed pursuant to section 321.266 shall be made available to
any party to an accident, the party's insurance company or
its agent, the party's attorney, the federal motor carrier
safety administration, or the attorney general, on written
request to the department and the payment of a fee of four
dollars for each copy. If a copy of an investigating officer's
report of a motor vehicle accident filed with the department
is retained by the law enforcement agency of the officer
who filed the report, a copy shall be made available to any
party to the accident, the party's insurance company or its
agent, the party's attorney, the federal motor carrier safety
administration, other law enforcement agencies, or the attorney
general, on written request and the payment of a fee. However,
the attorney general and the federal motor carrier safety
administration shall not be required by the department or the
law enforcement agency to pay a fee for a copy of a report filed
by a law enforcement or investigating officer.
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Sec. 11. Section 321A.5, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows;
1. The department shall, immediately or within sixty days
after the receipt of a report of a motor vehicle accident
within this state which has resulted in bodily injury or
death to any person, or property damage to the property of any
one person in the amount of ene five thousand five hundred
dollars or more, suspend the license of each operator and all
registrations of each owner of a motor vehicle in any manner
involved in the accident, and if the operator is a nonresident
the privilege of operating a motor vehicle within this state,
and if the owner is a nonresident the privilege of the use
within this state of any motor vehicle owned by the owner,
unless the operator or owner or both shall deposit security
in a sum which shall be sufficient in the judgment of the
department to satisfy any judgment or judgments for damages
resulting from the accident as may be recovered against the
operator or owner; provided notice of the suspension shall be
sent by the department to the operator and owner not less than
ten days prior to the effective date of the suspension and
shall state the amount required as security.
Sec. 12. Section 3211.11, Code 2026, is amended to read as
follows:
3211.11 Accident reports.
If an all-terrain vehicle is involved in an accident
resulting in injury or death to anyone any person, or property
damage amounting to ©ae five thousand five hundred dollars or
more, either the operator or someone acting for the operator
shall immediately notify the county sheriff or another law
enforcement agency in the state. If the accident occurred on
public land, public ice, or a designated riding trail under the
jurisdiction of the commission, the operator shall file with
the commission a report of the accident, within seventy-two
hours, containing information as the commission may require.
All other accidents shall be reported as required under section
321.266.
Sec. 13. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
on and after March 1, 2027, or the date the department of
transportation submits to the Iowa administrative code editor
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for publication in the Iowa administrative bulletin a statement
by the director of transportation that the applicable phase
of the department of transportation's new records system is
implemented, whichever is earlier. The department shall also
forward a copy of the statement to the Iowa Code editor.
DIVISION III
ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS FOR DRIVER'S LICENSES AND NONOPERATOR'S
IDENTIFICATION CARDS
Sec. 14. Section 321.189, subsection 3, Code 2026, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 15. Section 321.190, Code 2026, is amended by adding
the following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION. 3. Renewal. A person may renew a
nonoperator's identification card and, if eligible pursuant to
rules adopted by the department, may do so electronically. The
department shall renew a nonoperator's identification card upon
payment of the required fee.
NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Rules. The department shall adopt rules
pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
Sec. 16. Section 321.195, Code 2026, is amended to read as
follows:
321.195 Replacement of driver's licenses and nonoperator's
identification cards.
1. ft Prior to the expiration of a driver's license or
nonoperator's identification card, a person may apply for a
replacement, and may do so electronically if eligible pursuant
to rules adopted by the department. The fee of ten dollars
shall be charged for the replacement of a driver's license or
nonoperator's identification card is ten dollars.
2. If a person's driver's license or nonoperator's
identification card contains inaccurate information, the
person shall return the driver's license or nonoperator's
identification card to the department and the department
shall issue a replacement license or identification card, as
applicable.
^ If a driver's license or nonoperator's identification
card issued under this chapter is lost or destroyed, the person
to whom the license or card was issued must furnish proof
satisfactory to the department that the driver's license or
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nonoperator's identification card has been lost or destroyed in
order to obtain a replacement.
4. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
to administer this section.
Sec. 17- APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
on and after March 1, 2027, or the date the department of
transportation submits to the Iowa administrative code editor
for publication in the Iowa administrative bulletin a statement
by the director of transportation that the applicable phase
of the department of transportation's new records system is
implemented, whichever is earlier. The department shall also
forward a copy of the statement to the Iowa Code editor.
DIVISION IV
RECORDS SYSTEM
Sec. 18. Section 321.1, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 059A. ^Records system" means the records
system described in section 321.31.
Sec. 19. Section 321.24, subsections 2 and 9, Code 2026, are
amended to read as follows:
2. The county treasurer shall maintain in the county record
records system information contained on the registration
receipt. The information shall be accessible by registration
number and shall be open for public inspection during
reasonable business hours. Copies Information the department
requires shall be sent to the department in the manner and at
the time the department directs.
9. The county treasurer or the department, as applicable,
shall maintain in the county or department records system the
information contained on the certificate of title and the name
and address of the previous owner. The information must be
accessible by title certificate number for a period of three
years from the date of notification of cancellation of title
or date that a new title has been issued as provided in this
chapter. Copies Information the department requires shall
be sent to the department in the manner and at the time the
department directs. The department shall designate a uniform
system of title numbers to indicate the county of issuance.
Sec. 20. Section 321.31, Code 2026, is amended to read as
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follows:
321.31 Records system.
A state and county records systom shall bo maintained in the
following manner;
1. Gtatc records ayatcm.
s-r The department shall install and maintain a records
system which for use by the department and county treasurers.
The records system must contain records of vehicle
registrations and certificates of title, and information
from those documents, including the registration certificate
number, the dates of perfection and cancellation of security
interests, as applicable, information from the registration
receipt, any supporting documents, the name and address of
the vehicle owner, current and previous registration number,
vehicle identification number, make, model, style, date of
purchase, registration certificato number, maximum gross
weight, weight, list price or value of the vehicle as fixed by
the department, fees paid, date of payment, and the name and
address of the previous owner. The records system must contain
records relating to the department's duties under section
307.27. The records system must may also contain a record of
the certificate of title including such other information as
the department deems necessary. The information to be kept in
the records system shall be entered within forty-eight hours
after receipt insofar as is practical practicable. The records
system shall constitute constitutes the permanent record of
ownership of each vehicle titled under the laws of this state.
b-r 2^ The department may make photostatic, microfilm, or
other photographic copies, including electronic copies, of
certificates of title, registration receipts, or other records,
reports_£_ or documents which are required to be retained by
the department. When copies have been made, the department
may destroy the original records in such manner as prescribed
by the director. The photostatic, microfilm, or other
photographic copies, when no longer of use, may be destroyed in
the manner prescribed by the director, subject to the approval
of the state records commission. Photostatic, microfilm,—ot
other photographic copies Copies of records shall be admissible
in evidence when duly certified and authenticated by the
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officer having custody and control of the copies of records.
Records of vehicle certificates of title may be destroyed seven
years after the date of issue or five years after the date of
issuance if the vehicle's registration has been delinquent for
five or more consecutive years.
er- ^ The director shall maintain & in the records
system a record of delinquent accounts owed to the state
using information provided through the computerized data bank
established in section 421.17. The department and county
treasurers shall use the information maintained in the records
system to determine if applicants for renewal of registration
have delinquent accounts, charges, fees, loans, taxes, or
other indebtedness owed to or being collected by the state as
provided pursuant to section 421.65. The director and the
director of revenue shall establish procedures for updating
the delinquent accounts records to add and remove accounts, as
applicable.
•2-!—County rccorda aystcm,
a-i—Each county troaouror's office shall maintain a county
records system for vohiclo registration and cortificatG
of title documonta.—The records system must consist of
information from the CGrtificate of title,—including the
date of porfoction and cancellation of security intGrosta,'
information from the registration receipt, and the name and
address of the previous owner,—The information shall be
maintained in a manner approved by the department.
b~.—Records of vehicle certificates of title for vehicles
that are delinquent for five or more consecutive years may be
destroyed by the county treasurer.—Automated files, optical
disks, microfiche records, and photostatic, microfilm or other
photographic copies of records shall be admissible in evidence
when duly certified and authenticated by the officer having
custody and control of the records.
Sec. 21. Section 321.40, subsections 4, 6, 7, and 8, Code
2026, are amended to read as follows:
4. The county treasurer shall refuse to renew the
registration of a vehicle registered to a person when notified
by the department through the distributed tcloprocGSsing
network records system that the person has not paid restitution
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as defined under section 910.1, subsection 10, to a clerk
of the court located within the state. Each clerk of court
shall, on a daily basis, notify the department through the Iowa
court information system of the full name and social security
number of all persons who owe delinquent restitution and whose
restitution obligation has been satisfied or canceled. This
subsection does not apply to the transfer of a registration or
the issuance of a new registration.
6. a. The department or the county treasurer shall refuse
to renew the registration of a vehicle registered to the
applicant if the department or the county treasurer knows that
the applicant has a delinquent account, charge, fee, loan,
taxes, or other indebtedness owed to or being collected by the
state, from information provided pursuant to sections 421.17
and 421.65. An applicant may contest this action by initiating
a contested case proceeding with the agency that referred the
debt for collection pursuant to section 421.65. The department
of revenue and the department of transportation shall notify
the county treasurers through the distributed teleprocessing
network records system of persons who owe such a delinquent
account, charge, fee, loan, taxes, or other indebtedness.
b, A county treasurer, in cooperation with the department
of revenue, may collect from a person applying for renewal of
a vehicle registration delinquent taxes, including penalties
and interest owed to the state, and nontax liabilities being
collected by the central collection unit of the department
of revenue pursuant to section 421.17, subsection 27. The
applicant may remit full payment of the balance owed including
applicable penalties and interest, along with a processing
fee of five dollars, to the county treasurer at the time of
registration renewal. Upon full payment of the required
balance owed including applicable penalties and interest, the
processing fee, and the vehicle registration fee, the county
treasurer shall issue the registration to the person. A county
treasurer collecting on behalf of the department of revenue
shall update the vehicle registration records through the
distributed tcloprocGSsing network records system on a daily
basis for all persons who have paid taxes or other balances
owed pursuant to this subsection. A county treasurer shall
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forward all funds collected for the department of revenue to
the department of revenue.
7. a. The department or the county treasurer shall
refuse to renew the registration of a vehicle registered
to an applicant if the department or the county treasurer
knows that the applicant has not paid a civil penalty imposed
on the applicant pursuant to section 321N.3, subsection
3. An applicant may contest this action by initiating a
contested case proceeding with the department. The department
shall notify the county treasurers through the distributed
tolGprocosaing network records system of persons who have not
paid such civil penalties.
b. The county treasurer of the county of an applicant's
residence and in which the applicant's vehicle is registered,
in cooperation with the department, may collect a civil
penalty imposed on the applicant pursuant to section 321N.3,
subsection 3, when the applicant applies for renewal of a
vehicle registration. The applicant may remit full payment of
the civil penalty, along with a processing fee of five dollars,
to the county treasurer at the time of registration renewal.
Upon full payment of the civil penalty, the processing fee,
and the vehicle registration fee, the county treasurer shall
issue the registration to the applicant. A county treasurer
collecting a civil penalty on behalf of the department pursuant
to this subsection shall update the vehicle registration
records through the distributed teleprocoaoing network records
system on a daily basis for all applicants who have paid civil
penalties pursuant to this subsection. A county treasurer
shall forward all funds collected on behalf of the department
to the department.
8. The county treasurer shall refuse to renew the
registration of a vehicle registered to an applicant if the
county treasurer knows that the applicant has one or more
uncontested, delinquent parking tickets issued pursuant
to section 321.236, subsection 1, paragraph owing to
the county, or owing to a city with which the county has
an agreement authorized under section 331.553. However, a
county treasurer may renew the registration if the treasurer
determines that an error was made by the county or city in
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identifying the vehicle involved in the parking violation or
if the citation has been dismissed as against the owner of the
vehicle pursuant to section 321.484. This subsection does
not apply to the transfer of a registration or the issuance
of a new registration. Notwithstanding section 28E.10, a
county treasurer may- shall utilize the dopartmont'o vchiclG
rogiatration and titling records system to facilitate the
purposes of this subsection.
Sec. 22. Section 321.46, subsections 2 and 5, Code 2026, are
amended to read as follows:
2. Upon filing the application for a new initial
registration and a new title, the applicant shall pay a title
fee of thirty dollars, an annual registration fee prorated
for the remaining unexpired months of the registration year,
and a fee for new registration if applicable. A manufacturer
applying for a certificate of title pursuant to section
322G.12 shall pay a title fee of twenty dollars. However, a
title fee shall not be charged to a manufactured or mobile
home retailer applying for a certificate of title for a used
mobile home or manufactured home, titled in Iowa, as required
under section 321.45, subsection 4. The county treasurer, if
satisfied of the genuineness and regularity of the application,
and in the case of a mobile home or manufactured home, that
taxes are not owing under chapter 435, and that applicant has
complied with all the requirements of this chapter, shall issue
a new certificate of title and, except for a mobile home,
manufactured home, or a vehicle returned to and accepted by a
manufacturer as described in section 322G.12, a registration
card to the purchaser or transferee, shall cancel the prior
registration for the vehicle, and shall forward the nocossary
copies to the dopartmont use the records system to update the
necessary information on the date of issuance!—as prescribed
in section 321.24. Mobile homes or manufactured homes titled
under chapter 448 that have been subject under section 446.18
to a public bidder sale in a county shall be titled in the
county's name, with no fee, and the county treasurer shall
issue the title.
5. The seller or transferor may file an affidavit on forms
prescribed and provided by the department with any county
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treasurer certifying the sale or transfer of ownership of the
vehicle and the assignment and delivery of the certificate of
title for the vehicle. Upon receipt of the affidavit, the
county treasurer shall file the affidavit with the copy of the
registration receipt for the vehicle on file in the treasurer's
office and on that day the treasurer shall note receipt of
the affidavit in the vehicle registration and titling records
system. Upon filing the affidavit, it shall be presumed
that the seller or transferor has assigned and delivered the
certificate of title for the vehicle. For a leased vehicle,
the lessor licensed pursuant to chapter 321F or the lessee may
file an affidavit as provided in this subsection certifying
that the lease has expired or been terminated and the date that
the leased vehicle was surrendered to the lessor.
Sec. 23. Section 321.47, subsection 2, paragraph a. Code
2026, is amended to read as follows:
a. The persons entitled under the laws of descent and
distribution to the possession and ownership of a vehicle
owned in whole or in part by a decedent who died intestate,
upon filing an affidavit stating the name and date of death
of the decedent, the right to possession and ownership of
the persons filing the affidavit, and that there has been no
administration of the decedent's estate, which instrument must
also contain an agreement by the affiant to indemnify creditors
of the decedent who would be entitled to levy execution upon
the motor vehicle to the extent of the value of the motor
vehicle, shall, upon complying with the other title transfer
requirements of this chapter, be issued a registration card
for the decedent's interest in the vehicle and a certificate
of title to the vehicle. If a decedent died testate, and
either the will is not probated or is admitted to probate
without administration, the persons entitled to the possession
and ownership of a vehicle owned in whole or in part by the
decedent may file an affidavit and, upon complying with the
other title transfer requirements of this chapter, shall be
issued a registration card for the decedent's interest in
the vehicle and a certificate of title to the vehicle. The
affidavit must contain the same information and indemnity
agreement as is required in cases of intestacy under this
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subsection. For a death occurring before January 1, 2025, a
requirement of chapter 450 shall not be considered satisfied by
the filing of the affidavit provided for in this subsection.
If, from upon review of the records in the office of tho county
trQaouror system, there appear to be any liens on the vehicle,
the certificate of title must contain a statement of the liens
unless the application is accompanied by proper evidence of
the satisfaction or extinction of such liens. Evidence of
extinction includes but is not limited to an affidavit of the
applicant stating that a security interest was foreclosed as
provided in chapter 554, article 9, part 6. The department
shall waive the certificate of title fee and surcharge required
under sections 321.20, 321.20A, 321.23, 321.46, 321.52, and
321.52A if the person entitled to possession and ownership of
a vehicle, as provided in this subsection, is the surviving
spouse of a decedent.
Sec. 24. Section 321.50, subsections 3, 5, and 6, Code 2026,
are amended to read as follows:
3. Upon receipt of the application, the certificate of
title, if any, and the required fee, the county treasurer shall
note the security interest and the date of perfection of the
security interest on the certificate of title. The county
treasurer shall also note the security interest and the date
of perfection of the security interest in the county records
system. Upon receipt of a certificate of title issued by a
foreign jurisdiction, on which a security interest has been
noted, the county treasurer shall note the security interest
and the date the security interest was noted on the foreign
certificate of title, if available, or if not, the date of
issuance of the foreign certificate of title, on the face of
the new certificate of title. The county treasurer shall also
note the security interest and the date that was noted on the
certificate of title in the county records system. The county
treasurer shall then deliver the certificate of title to the
first secured party as shown thereon.
5. a. Except as provided in section 321.48, subsection
1, paragraph , when a security interest is discharged, the
holder shall note a cancellation of the security interest
on the face of the certificate of title over the holder's
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signature or may note the cancellation of the security interest
on a separate, notarized release form or letter. The holder
shall deliver the certificate of title and the form or letter,
if applicable, to any county treasurer. In the case of a
security interest that has been delivered by electronic means,
the holder shall notify the department or the county treasurer,
in a manner prescribed by the department, of the release of
the security interest. The county treasurer shall immediately
note the cancellation of the security interest on the face of
the certificate of title, if applicable, and in the county
records system. The county treasurer shall on the same day
deliver the certificate of title, if applicable, and the
separate, notarized release form or letter, if applicable,
to the then first secured party or, if there is no such
person, to the person as directed by the owner, in writing,
on a form prescribed by the department or, if there is no
person designated, then to the owner. The cancellation of
the security interest shall be noted on the certificate of
title by the county treasurer without charge. The holder of a
security interest discharged by payment who fails to release
the security interest within fifteen days after being requested
in writing to do so shall forfeit to the person making the
payment the sum of twenty-five dollars.
b. If a lien has been released by the lienholder but has
not been sent to the county of record for clearance of the
lien, any county may note the release on the face of the title
and shall notify the county of record that the lien has been
released as of the specified date and make entry upon the
computer records system. Notification to the county of record
shall be made by an automated statewide in the records system
or by sending a photocopy of the released title to the county
of record.
c. When a security interest is discharged, the lienholder
shall note the cancellation of the security interest on
the face of the title and, if applicable, may note the
cancellation of the security interest on a form prescribed
by the department and deliver a copy of the form in lieu of
the title to the department or to any county treasurer. The
form may be delivered by electronic means. The department or
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county treasurer, as applicable, shall note the release of the
security interest upon in the otatcwidc computGr records system
and the county^a records, A copy of the form, if used, shall be
attached to the title by the lienholder, if the title is held
by the lienholder, and shall be evidence of the release of the
security interest. If the title is held by the lienholder, the
lienholder shall deliver the title to the first lienholder,
or if there is no such person, to the person as designated by
the owner, or if there is no such person designated, to the
owner. If a certificate of title has not been issued, upon
release of a security interest, the lienholder shall notify the
department or the county treasurer, in a manner prescribed by
the department, of the release of the security interest.
d. For purposes of this subsection, a security interest
noted on an Iowa certificate of title and appearing in the
statowido computer records system and the county^a records
shall be presumed to be discharged upon presentation of a
valid certificate of title subsequently issued by a foreign
jurisdiction on which the security interest is no longer noted.
6. Notwithstanding subsection 5, when an application for
registration and issuance of a certificate of title is made
by the means described in section 321.20, subsection 2, and
the application includes a certificate of title upon which a
security interest has been discharged by the secured party
and the cancellation of the security interest is noted by the
secured party on the certificate of title above the secured
party's signature, the county treasurer shall not require any
other notation of the cancellation of the security interest on
the face of the certificate of title, and the county treasurer
shall update such release on the applicable program or computer
records system. A dealer licensed under chapter 322 or chapter
322C is authorized to sell such a vehicle pursuant to section
321.48, subsection 1, paragraph ,
Sec. 25. Section 321.153, subsection 2, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
2. The distributed teleprocessing network records system
shall be used in the collection, receipting, accounting, and
reporting of any fee collected through the registration renewal
or title process, with sufficient time and financial resources
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provided for implementation.
Sec. 26. Section 321.198, subsection 3, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
3. A person whose period of validity of the person's
driver's license is extended under this section may file an
application in accordance with rules adopted by the department
to have the person's record of issuance of a driver's license
retained in the department's record records system during the
period for which the driver's license remains valid. If a
person has had the record of issuance of the person's driver's
license removed from the department's records system, the
person shall have the person's record of driver's license
issuance reentered by the department upon request if the
request is accompanied by a letter from the applicable person's
commanding officer verifying the military service.
Sec. 27. Section 331.553, subsection 8, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
8. Pursuant to an agreement under chapter 28E, collect
delinquent parking fines on behalf of a city in conjunction
with renewal of motor vehicle registrations pursuant to section
321.40. If the agreement provides for a fee to be paid to or
retained by the county treasurer from the collection of parking
fines, such fees shall be credited to the county general fund.
Fines collected pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted
biannually to the city. Notwithstanding section 28E.10, a
county treasurer may- shall utilize the state department of
transportation's vehicle registration and titling records
system described in section 321.31 to facilitate the purposes
of this subsection.
Sec. 28. TRANSITION. County treasurers shall continue
to perform all duties related to the county records system
described in section 321.31, subsection 2, Code 2026, and shall
retain and maintain the records contained in the county records
system prior to the applicability of this division of this Act.
Sec. 29. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
on and after December 1, 2028, or the date the department of
transportation submits to the Iowa administrative code editor
for publication in the Iowa administrative bulletin a statement
by the director of transportation that the applicable phase
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of the department of transportation's new records system is
implemented, whichever is earlier. The department shall also
forward a copy of the statement to the Iowa Code editor,
DIVISION V
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
Sec. 30. Section 321.11, subsections 2 and 4, Code 2026, are
amended to read as follows:
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, personal information
shall not be disclosed to a requester, except as provided in
18 U.S.C. §2721, unless the person whose personal information
is requested has provided express written consent allowing
disclosure of the person's personal information. As used in
this section, "^personal information" means information that
identifies a person, including a person's photograph, social
security number, driver's license number, name, address,
telephone number, electronic mail address, and medical or
disability information, but does not include information on
vehicular accidents, driving violations, and driver's status
or a person's zip code.
4. The department shall not release personal information
that is in the form of a person's photograph or digital image
or a digital reproduction of a person's photograph, or the
person's telephone number or electronic mail address, to a
person other than an officer or employee of a law enforcement
agency, an employee of a federal or state agency or political
subdivision in the performance of the employee's official
duties, a contract employee of the department of inspections,
appeals, and licensing in the conduct of an investigation, or a
licensed private investigation agency or a licensed security
service or a licensed employee of either, regardless of whether
a person has provided express written consent to disclosure of
the information. The department may collect reasonable fees
for copies of records or other services provided pursuant to
this section or section 22.3, 321.10, or 622.46.
Sec. 31. NEW SECTION. 321.16A Electronic communications.
1. As used in this section:
a. ^Document" means information that the department is
required or authorized to provide to a person, and that is
eligible, as determined by the department, to be delivered
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by electronic communication. '^Document^ includes but is
not limited to a notification, reminder, or other piece of
correspondence, other than a notice of a sanction.
b, ^Electronic communication" means a document provided
electronically by the department and includes any of the
following;
(1) Sending a document to an electronic mail address or
telephone number at which the recipient has specifically given
consent to receive documents.
(2) Posting a document on an electronic network provided by
the department that is accessible via the internet, a mobile
application, computer, mobile device, tablet, or any other
electronic device, or on the department's internet site, along
with a separate electronic mail notification of the posting
sent to the address at which the recipient has consented to
receive notification or by any other delivery method to which
the recipient has given consent.
c, "^Notice of a sanction" means notice of bar, cancellation,
denial, disqualification, downgrade, revocation, or suspension
delivered by the department under section 252J.8, this chapter,
or chapter 321A, 321E, 321F, 321H, 321J, 321L, 321N, 322, 322A,
322C, 325A, 326, 327B, or 452A.
d, "^Recipient" means a person who receives electronic
communication from the department under section 252J.8, this
chapter, or chapter 321A, 321E, 321F, 321H, 321J, 321L, 321N,
322, 322A, 322C, 325A, 326, 327B, or 452A.
2. a. Subject to the requirements and limitations of
this section and except as expressly prohibited by law, the
department may use electronic communication to deliver a
document, other than a notice of a sanction, to a recipient.
The department may also use electronic means to store and
present a document delivered by electronic communication.
b. The department may use electronic communication to
deliver a document to a recipient if all of the following
occur:
(1) The recipient has affirmatively consented to such
method of delivery and has not withdrawn the consent.
(2) The recipient, before giving consent, is provided with
clear and conspicuous information concerning the rights of the
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recipient and additional information, in accordance with rules
adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A, including
the use and protection of the recipient's personal information,
as defined in section 321.11.
(3) The recipient consents, or confirms consent, to
receive electronic communication in a manner that reasonably
demonstrates that the recipient can access electronic
communications in the method that the department will use for
electronic communications.
3. The department shall not use electronic communication
to deliver notice of a sanction. Notice of a sanction must be
delivered in accordance with section 321.16. This subsection
does not prohibit the department from using electronic
communication to send a courtesy copy of a notice of a sanction
by electronic means if the recipient has consented to receive
courtesy copies of a notice of a sanction, and if the copy is
available for electronic communication.
4. This section does not affect requirements of content or
timing of any notice or document required under applicable law.
5. a, A withdrawal of consent by a recipient does not
affect the legal effectiveness, validity, or enforceability
of a document delivered by electronic communication to the
recipient prior to the withdrawal of consent.
b, A withdrawal of consent is effective within a reasonable
period of time after the department receives notice of the
withdrawal.
6. This section does not apply to a document electronically
delivered by the department prior to the effective date of this
division of this Act if, before the effective date of this
division of this Act, the recipient received or consented to
receive a document in an electronic form otherwise allowed by
law.
7. The department may deliver a document by any other
delivery method permitted by law other than by electronic
communication if either of the following occurs:
a. The department attempted to use electronic communication
to deliver a document to a recipient and has a reasonable basis
for believing that the document has not been received.
b. The department becomes aware that the electronic mail
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address or telephone number provided by the recipient is no
longer valid.
8. The department is authorized to collect telephone
numbers and electronic mail addresses on any department
application. Telephone numbers and electronic mail addresses
collected pursuant to this subsection shall be used and
disclosed only as authorized under this section or section
321.11.
9. The department's use of a recipient's telephone number or
electronic mail address for electronic communication shall not
constitute a disclosure under section 321.11.
10. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
to administer this section.
Sec. 32. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
on and after December 1, 2028, or the date the department
of transportation submits to the Iowa administrative code
editor for publication in the Iowa administrative bulletin a
statement by the director of transportation that the department
of transportation's electronic communications system is
implemented, whichever is earlier. The department shall also
forward a copy of the statement to the Iowa Code editor.
DIVISION VI
MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION
Sec. 33. Section 308.1, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The Mississippi river parkway planning commission shall
must be composed of ten members appointed by the governor,
five members to be appointed for two-year—terms beginning
July 1,—1950/ and five members to be appointed including one
member each from Allamakee county, Clayton county, Clinton
county, Des Moines county, Dubuque county, Jackson county. Lee
county, Louisa county, Muscatine county, and Scott county,
for four-year terms beginning July 1, 1950. In addition_j_ ^
the above members there shall must be seven four advisoryj,^ ex
officio members who shall be as follows:
a. One member from the state department of transportation
i). One member from the natural resource commission.
c. One member from the state soil conservation and water
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quality eommitteG. One member from the economic development
authority, whose primary responsibility includes tourism under
section 15.108, subsection 5.
d. One member from the state historical society of Iowa.
—One member from the faculty of the landocapo
architectural division of the Iowa state university of sciGnce
and technology.
St—One member from the economic development authority.
g. One member from the environmental protection commiooion.
Sec. 34. Section 308.1, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION. lA. The parkway commission shall submit a
report regarding the economic impact of the great river road
on this state on or before December 15 each year to the general
assembly and to the governor.
NEW SUBSECTION. IB. The parkway commission may establish a
technical committee to advise the commission. If established,
members of the committee must include at least one employee
each from the departments of transportation and agriculture
and land stewardship, from the consumer protection division
of the office of the attorney general, and from the economic
development authority, designated by the applicable head of the
entity. The commission may request any other state agency to
designate an employee to serve on the committee.
AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLE^
President of the Senate Speaker of/^he House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2088, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Sec^tary of Me Senat(
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor