2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Vehicles
CHAPTER 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
321.115 - ANTIQUE VEHICLES -- MODEL YEAR PLATES PERMITTED.

        321.115  ANTIQUE VEHICLES -- MODEL YEAR PLATES
      PERMITTED.
         1. a.  A motor vehicle twenty-five years old or older may be
      registered as an antique vehicle.  The annual registration fee is the
      fee provided in section 321.113, 321.122, or 321.124.
         b.  The owner of a motor truck, truck tractor, road tractor,
      or motor home that is twenty-five years old or older who desires to
      use the vehicle exclusively for exhibition or educational purposes at
      state or county fairs, or at other places where the vehicle may be
      exhibited for entertainment or educational purposes, may register the
      vehicle as a "limited use" vehicle in accordance with sections 321.58
      through 321.62.  The "limited use" registration under this paragraph
      permits driving of the vehicle upon the public roads to and from
      state and county fairs or other places of entertainment or education
      for exhibition or educational purposes and to and from service
      stations for the purpose of receiving necessary maintenance, or for
      the purposes of transporting, testing, demonstrating, or selling the
      vehicle.
         c.  The owner of a motor vehicle registered under this
      subsection may display authentic Iowa registration plates from the
      model year of the motor vehicle, furnished by the person and approved
      by the department, in lieu of the current and valid Iowa registration
      plates issued for the vehicle, provided that the current and valid
      Iowa registration plates and the registration card issued for the
      vehicle are simultaneously carried within the vehicle and are
      available for inspection to any peace officer upon the officer's
      request.
         2.  The sale of a motor vehicle twenty years old or older which is
      primarily of value as a collector's item and not as transportation is
      not subject to chapter 322, and any person may sell such a vehicle at
      retail without a license as required under chapter 322.
         3.  Truck tractors and semitrailers used in combination for
      exhibition and educational purposes may be registered and driven
      according to the provisions of subsection 1.  Truck tractors and
      semitrailers registered under this section shall not be used to haul
      loads.
         4.  A person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of
      a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under
      section 805.8A, subsection 2, paragraph "b".  
         Sectionstory: Early Form
         [C35, § 4911-f1; C39, § 5008.11; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,
      73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.115] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         85 Acts, ch 101, § 1; 88 Acts, ch 1204, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1175, §
      31; 97 Acts, ch 104, §13; 2000 Acts, ch 1203, §6; 2001 Acts, ch 137,
      §5; 2006 Acts, ch 1068, §17; 2007 Acts, ch 143, §12, 35; 2008 Acts,
      ch 1113, §120, 131; 2008 Acts, ch 1124, §35, 37; 2008 Acts, ch 1191,
      §136
         Referred to in § 321.24, 321.52, 321.438, 331.557, 805.8A(2b)

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