2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Vehicles
CHAPTER 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
321.215 - TEMPORARY RESTRICTED LICENSE.

        321.215  TEMPORARY RESTRICTED LICENSE.
         1. a.  The department, on application, may issue a temporary
      restricted license to a person whose noncommercial driver's license
      is suspended or revoked under this chapter, allowing the person to
      drive to and from the person's home and specified places at specified
      times which can be verified by the department and which are required
      by any of the following:
         (1)  The person's full-time or part-time employment.
         (2)  The person's continuing health care or the continuing health
      care of another who is dependent upon the person.
         (3)  The person's continuing education while enrolled in an
      educational institution on a part-time or full-time basis and while
      pursuing a course of study leading to a diploma, degree, or other
      certification of successful educational completion.
         (4)  The person's substance abuse treatment.
         (5)  The person's court-ordered community service
      responsibilities.
         (6)  The person's appointments with the person's parole or
      probation officer.
         b.  However, a temporary restricted license shall not be
      issued to a person whose license is revoked pursuant to a court order
      issued under section 901.5, subsection 10, or under section 321.209,
      subsections 1 through 5 or subsection 7; to a juvenile whose license
      has been suspended or revoked pursuant to a dispositional order under
      section 232.52, subsection 2, paragraph "a", for a violation of
      chapter 124 or 453B or section 126.3; to a juvenile whose license has
      been suspended under section 321.213B; or to a person whose license
      has been suspended pursuant to a court order under section 714.7D.  A
      temporary restricted license may be issued to a person whose license
      is revoked under section 321.209, subsection 6, only if the person
      has no previous drag racing convictions.  A person holding a
      temporary restricted license issued by the department under this
      section shall not operate a motor vehicle for pleasure.
         2. a.  Upon conviction and the suspension or revocation of a
      person's noncommercial driver's license under section 321.209,
      subsection 5 or 6; section 321.210; 321.210A; or 321.513; or upon
      revocation pursuant to a court order issued under section 901.5,
      subsection 10; or upon the denial of issuance of a noncommercial
      driver's license under section 321.560, based solely on offenses
      enumerated in section 321.555, subsection 1, paragraph "c", or
      section 321.555, subsection 2; or a juvenile, whose license has been
      suspended or revoked pursuant to a dispositional order under section
      232.52, subsection 2, paragraph "a", for a violation of chapter
      124 or 453B, or section 126.3; or upon suspension of a driver's
      license pursuant to a court order under section 714.7D, a person may
      petition the district court having jurisdiction over the residence of
      the person for a temporary restricted license to operate a motor
      vehicle for the limited purpose or purposes specified in subsection
      1.  The petition shall include a current certified copy of the
      petitioner's official driving record issued by the department.  The
      application may be granted only if all of the following criteria are
      satisfied:
         (1)  The temporary restricted license is requested only for a case
      of extreme hardship or compelling circumstances where alternative
      means of transportation do not exist.
         (2)  The license applicant has not made an application for a
      temporary restricted license in any district court in the state which
      was denied.
         (3)  The temporary restricted license is restricted to the limited
      purpose or purposes specified in subsection 1 at times specified in
      the license.
         (4)  Proof of financial responsibility is established as defined
      in chapter 321A.  However, such proof is not required if the driver's
      license was suspended under section 321.210A or 321.513 or revoked
      pursuant to a court order issued under section 901.5, subsection 10.

         b.  If the district court determines that a temporary
      restricted license is necessary, the court shall order the department
      to issue a temporary restricted license to the applicant.  The court
      shall forward a record of each application for a temporary restricted
      license to the department, together with the results of the
      disposition of the request by the court.
         3.  The temporary restricted license shall be canceled upon
      conviction of a moving traffic violation or upon a violation of a
      term of the license.  A "moving traffic violation" does not
      include a parking violation as defined in section 321.210.
         4.  The temporary restricted license is not valid to operate a
      commercial motor vehicle if a commercial driver's license is required
      for the person's operation of the commercial motor vehicle.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C31, 35, § 4960-d43, -d44; C39, § 5014.15; C46, 50, 54, 58,
      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.215] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         84 Acts, ch 1022, § 6; 84 Acts, ch 1219, § 26; 90 Acts, ch 1230, §
      58; 93 Acts, ch 16, § 7--9; 95 Acts, ch 55, §10; 95 Acts, ch 143, §1;
      96 Acts, ch 1152, § 17; 96 Acts, ch 1218, § 63--65; 98 Acts, ch 1073,
      §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1133, §8--10; 2001 Acts, ch 132, §9; 2002 Acts, ch
      1050, §33; 2005 Acts, ch 8, §27; 2005 Acts, ch 141, §1, 2; 2007 Acts,
      ch 196, §3
         Referred to in § 321.212, 321.213, 321.213A, 321.560, 321.561