2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Vehicles
CHAPTER 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
321.18 - VEHICLES SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION -- EXCEPTION.

        321.18  VEHICLES SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION --
      EXCEPTION.
         Every motor vehicle, trailer, and semitrailer when driven or moved
      upon a highway shall be subject to the registration provisions of
      this chapter except:
         1.  Any such vehicle driven or moved upon a highway in conformance
      with the provisions of this chapter relating to manufacturers,
      transporters, dealers, or nonresidents as contemplated by section
      321.53 and chapter 326, or under a temporary registration permit
      issued by the department as hereinafter authorized.
         2.  Any such vehicle which is driven or moved upon a highway only
      for the purpose of crossing such highway from one property to
      another.
         3.  Any implement of husbandry.
         4.  Any special mobile equipment as herein defined.
         5.  Any vehicle which is used exclusively for interplant purposes,
      in the operation of an industrial or manufacturing plant, consisting
      of a single unit comprising a group of buildings separated by
      streets, alleys, or railroad tracks, and which vehicle is used solely
      to transport materials from one part of the plant to another or from
      an adjacent railroad track to the plant and in so doing incidentally
      using said streets or alleys for not more than one thousand feet.
         6.  Any vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from
      overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
         7.  Any school bus in this state used exclusively for the
      transportation of pupils to and from school or a school function or
      for the purposes provided in section 285.1, subsection 1, and section
      285.10, subsection 9, or used exclusively for the transportation of
      children enrolled in a federal head start program.  Upon application
      the department shall, without charge, issue a registration
      certificate and registration plates.  The plates shall be attached to
      the front and rear of each bus exempt from registration under this
      subsection.
         8.  Any mobile home or manufactured home and any temporary
      undercarriage used solely for transporting manufactured homes,
      modular homes, or other portable buildings used or intended to be
      used for human occupancy.
         9.  A motor home purchased by a nonresident at a rally in this
      state pursuant to section 322E.2, which is driven on a highway solely
      for the purpose of removing the motor home from the state.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C24, 27, 31, 35, § 4864; C39, § 5001.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
      66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.18; 82 Acts, ch 1251, § 4] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         95 Acts, ch 118, §4; 99 Acts, ch 188, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 153, § 17;
      2006 Acts, ch 1068, § 8; 2007 Acts, ch 131, §1, 6; 2009 Acts, ch 130,
      §21
         Referred to in § 321.20B, 322E.2, 331.557, 423.1, 423B.2, 452A.17
      

         Footnotes

         For the period beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2012,
      new subsection 9 applies only to motor home manufacturers' club
      rallies held annually on the grounds of the county fair in Clay
      county; reporting of violations; 2007 Acts, ch 131, §6