2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Vehicles
CHAPTER 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
321.25 - APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AND TITLE -- CARDS ATTACHED.

        321.25  APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AND TITLE --
      CARDS ATTACHED.
         A vehicle may be operated upon the highways of this state without
      registration plates for a period of forty-five days after the date of
      delivery of the vehicle to the purchaser from a dealer if a card
      bearing the words "registration applied for" is attached on the rear
      of the vehicle.  The card shall have plainly stamped or stenciled the
      registration number of the dealer from whom the vehicle was purchased
      and the date of delivery of the vehicle.  In addition, a dealer
      licensed to sell new motor vehicles may attach the card to a new
      motor vehicle delivered by the dealer to the purchaser even if the
      vehicle was purchased from an out-of-state dealer and the card shall
      bear the registration number of the dealer that delivered the
      vehicle.  A dealer shall not issue a card to a person known to the
      dealer to be in possession of registration plates which may be
      attached to the vehicle.  A dealer shall not issue a card unless an
      application for registration and certificate of title has been made
      by the purchaser and a receipt issued to the purchaser of the vehicle
      showing the fee paid by the person making the application.  Dealers'
      records shall indicate the agency to which the fee is sent and the
      date the fee is sent.  The dealer shall forward the application by
      the purchaser to the county treasurer or state office within thirty
      calendar days from the date of delivery of the vehicle.  However, if
      the vehicle is subject to a security interest and has been offered
      for sale pursuant to section 321.48, subsection 1, the dealer shall
      forward the application by the purchaser to the county treasurer or
      state office within thirty calendar days from the date of the
      delivery of the vehicle to the purchaser.
         The department shall, upon request by any dealer, furnish
      "registration applied for" cards free of charge.  Only cards
      furnished by the department shall be used.  Only one card shall be
      issued in accordance with this subsection for each vehicle purchased.
      

         Section History: Early Form

         [S13, § 1571-m10; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 4880; C39, § 5001.09;
      C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 321.25; C77, § 321.25--321.27;
      C79, 81, § 321.25] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         83 Acts, ch 82, § 1; 93 Acts, ch 47, § 1; 97 Acts, ch 108, §4; 99
      Acts, ch 13, §5; 2000 Acts, ch 1016, §3
         Referred to in § 321.46, 331.557, 805.8A(2c)
         For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8A, subsection 2,
      paragraph c