Fiscal Note
Fiscal Services Division
SF 2278 – Motor Vehicle Registration by Nonresidents (LSB5821SV)
Staff Contact: Garry Martin (515.281.4611) garry.martin@legis.iowa.gov
Fiscal Note Version – New
Description
Senate File 2278 allows nonresidents who own residential real property or land suitable for
farming in Iowa who are registering a vehicle that is used primarily at that property to apply for
registration of the vehicle by using the owner’s driver’s license number or nonoperator’s
identification card number issued by another state. A nonresident who applies for registration
and issuance of a certificate of title is required to provide reasonable proof that the nonresident
owns such property in Iowa.
Background
Under current law, a person registering and titling a vehicle in Iowa must supply the person’s
Iowa driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card number on the application. In the case
of a nonresident owner, the nonresident can apply to register a vehicle in Iowa by supplying the
personal information of the primary owner of the vehicle, including the primary user’s Iowa
driver’s license number of nonoperator’s identification card number.
Assumptions
The Department of Transportation (DOT) will incur a one-time contract cost for information
technology (IT) programming to update the DOT’s system. System updates are related to
document collection and validation and maintaining Department of Public Safety access to
vehicle information. The work will be performed by outside contractors.
Fiscal Impact
The estimated total one-time cost to the DOT to update the IT programming and testing is
approximately $216,000 in FY 2025.
Source
Department of Transportation
/s/ Jennifer Acton
March 12, 2024
Doc ID 1446605
The fiscal note for this Bill was prepared pursuant to Joint Rule 17 and the Iowa Code. Data used in developing this
fiscal note is available from the Fiscal Services Division of the Legislative Services Agency upon request.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 321.20