2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Vehicles
CHAPTER 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
321.174 - OPERATORS LICENSED -- OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.

        321.174  OPERATORS LICENSED -- OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL
      MOTOR VEHICLES.
         1.  A person, except those expressly exempted, shall not operate
      any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless the person has
      a driver's license issued by the department valid for the vehicle's
      operation.
         2.  A person operating a commercial motor vehicle shall not have
      more than one driver's license.  A nonresident may operate a
      commercial motor vehicle in Iowa if the nonresident has been issued a
      license by another state, a nonresident commercial driver's license,
      or a driver's license issued by a foreign jurisdiction which the
      federal highway administration has determined to be issued in
      conformity with the federal commercial driver testing and licensing
      standards, if the license, commercial driver's license, or driver's
      license is valid for the vehicle operated.  A person who operates a
      commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this state without
      having been issued a driver's license valid for the vehicle operated
      commits a simple misdemeanor.
         3.  A licensee shall have the licensee's driver's license in
      immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and
      shall display the same upon demand of a judicial magistrate, district
      associate judge, district judge, peace officer, or examiner of the
      department.  However, a person charged with violating this subsection
      shall not be convicted and the citation shall be dismissed by the
      court if the person produces to the clerk of the district court,
      prior to the licensee's court date indicated on the citation, a
      driver's license issued to that person and valid for the vehicle
      operated at the time of the person's arrest or at the time the person
      was charged with a violation of this section.  Upon dismissal, the
      court or clerk of court shall assess the costs of the action against
      the defendant named on the citation.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C31, 35, § 4960-d2, -d29; C39, § 5013.01, 5013.15; C46, 50,
      54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 321.174, 321.190; C77, 79, § 321.174,
      321.189; C81, § 321.174] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         90 Acts, ch 1230, §20; 98 Acts, ch 1073, §9; 2004 Acts, ch 1120,
      §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1144, §4
         Referred to in § 321.176, 805.8A(4c)
         For applicable scheduled fines, see § 805.8A, subsection 4,
      paragraph c