2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Vehicles
CHAPTER 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
321.109 - MOTOR VEHICLE FEE -- TRANSIT FEE.

        321.109  MOTOR VEHICLE FEE -- TRANSIT FEE.
         1. a.  The annual fee for all motor vehicles including
      vehicles designated by manufacturers as station wagons, 1993 and
      subsequent model year multipurpose vehicles, and 2010 and subsequent
      model year motor trucks with an unladen weight of ten thousand pounds
      or less, except motor trucks registered under section 321.122,
      business-trade trucks, special trucks, motor homes, ambulances,
      hearses, motorcycles, motorized bicycles, and 1992 and older model
      year multipurpose vehicles, shall be equal to one percent of the
      value as fixed by the department plus forty cents for each one
      hundred pounds or fraction thereof of weight of vehicle, as fixed by
      the department.  The weight of a motor vehicle, fixed by the
      department for registration purposes, shall include the weight of a
      battery, heater, bumpers, spare tire, and wheel.  Provided, however,
      that for any new vehicle purchased in this state by a nonresident for
      removal to the nonresident's state of residence the purchaser may
      make application to the county treasurer in the county of purchase
      for a transit plate for which a fee of ten dollars shall be paid.
      And provided, however, that for any used vehicle held by a registered
      dealer and not currently registered in this state, or for any vehicle
      held by an individual and currently registered in this state, when
      purchased in this state by a nonresident for removal to the
      nonresident's state of residence, the purchaser may make application
      to the county treasurer in the county of purchase for a transit plate
      for which a fee of three dollars shall be paid.  The county treasurer
      shall issue a nontransferable certificate of registration for which
      no refund shall be allowed; and the transit plates shall be void
      thirty days after issuance.  Such purchaser may apply for a
      certificate of title by surrendering the manufacturer's or importer's
      certificate or certificate of title, duly assigned as provided in
      this chapter.  In this event, the treasurer in the county of purchase
      shall, when satisfied with the genuineness and regularity of the
      application, and upon payment of a fee of twenty dollars, issue a
      certificate of title in the name and address of the nonresident
      purchaser delivering the title to the owner.  If there is a security
      interest noted on the title, the county treasurer shall mail to the
      secured party an acknowledgment of the notation of the security
      interest.  The county treasurer shall not release a security interest
      that has been noted on a title issued to a nonresident purchaser as
      provided in this paragraph.  The application requirements of section
      321.20 apply to a title issued as provided in this subsection, except
      that a natural person who applies for a certificate of title shall
      provide either the person's social security number, passport number,
      or driver's license number, whether the license was issued by this
      state, another state, or another country.  The provisions of this
      subsection relating to multipurpose vehicles are effective for all
      1993 and subsequent model years.  The annual registration fee for
      multipurpose vehicles that are 1992 model years and older shall be in
      accordance with section 321.124.
         b.  The annual registration fee for a vehicle, otherwise
      subject to paragraph "a", with permanently installed equipment
      manufactured for and necessary to assist a person with a disability
      who is either the owner or a member of the owner's household in entry
      and exit of the vehicle or for such a vehicle if the vehicle's owner
      or a member of the vehicle owner's household uses a wheelchair as the
      only means of mobility shall be sixty dollars.  For purposes of this
      paragraph, "uses a wheelchair" does not include use of a
      wheelchair due to a temporary injury or medical condition.
         2.  Dealers may, in addition to other provisions of this section,
      purchase from the department in-transit permits, for which a fee of
      two dollars per permit shall be paid at time of purchase.  One such
      permit shall be displayed on each vehicle purchased from a dealer by
      a nonresident for removal to the state of the nonresident's
      residence, and one such permit shall also be displayed on each
      vehicle not currently registered in Iowa and purchased by an Iowa
      dealer for removal to the dealer's place of business in this state.
      The permits shall be void fifteen days after issuance by the selling
      dealer.  Each permit shall contain the following information:
         a.  The words "in-transit" in bold type.
         b.  The dealer's license number.
         c.  The date issued.
         d.  The purchaser's name and address.
         e.  The word "Iowa" in bold type.
         f.  The words "good for fifteen days after the date of
      issuance".
         g.  Other information the director requires.
         The sales invoice verifying the sale shall be in the possession of
      the driver of the vehicle in transit and shall be signed by the owner
      or an authorized individual of the issuing dealership.
         Motor vehicles brought into the state on a transit sticker for the
      purpose of installation of special equipment may also be subject to
      the provisions of this subsection.
         3.  The owner of an unregistered motor vehicle or motor vehicle
      for which the registration is delinquent may make application to the
      county treasurer of the county of residence or, if the unregistered
      or delinquent motor vehicle is purchased by a nonresident of the
      state, to the county treasurer in the county of purchase, for a
      temporary thirty-day permit for a fee of twenty-five dollars.  The
      permit shall authorize the motor vehicle to be driven or towed upon
      the highway, but shall not authorize a motor truck or truck tractor
      to haul or tow a load.  The permit fee shall not be considered a
      registration fee or exempt the owner from payment of all other fees,
      registration fees, and penalties due.  If the annual registration fee
      for the motor vehicle is delinquent, the annual registration fee and
      penalty shall continue to accrue until paid.  The permit fee shall
      not be prorated, refunded, or used as credit as provided under
      section 321.46.  The permit shall be displayed in the upper left-hand
      corner of the rear window of all motor vehicles, except motorcycles.
      Permits issued for a motorcycle shall be attached to the rear of the
      motorcycle.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C24, 27, 31, 35, § 4908; C39, § 5008.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
      66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.109] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         84 Acts, ch 1305, § 60; 88 Acts, ch 1007, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1019, §
      1, 8; 92 Acts, ch 1222, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1232, § 401, 412; 93 Acts,
      ch 165, § 1; 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 96 Acts, ch 1152, § 4; 2004
      Acts, ch 1013, §20, 35; 2005 Acts, ch 8, §12, 13; 2006 Acts, ch 1068,
      §16, 41; 2008 Acts, ch 1042, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1113, §3, 11, 20, 21,
      88
         Referred to in § 312.2, 321.17, 321.34, 321.105A, 321.110,
      321.113, 321.115A, 321.122, 321.124, 331.557