Senate File 444 - Enrolled
Senate File 444
AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES, INCLUDING THE SURRENDER OR TRANSFER
OF REGISTRATION PLATES AND CARDS TO A COUNTY TREASURER,
DOCUMENTARY FEES CHARGED BY MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS, AND MOTOR
VEHICLE FRANCHISE OBLIGATIONS.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 321.26, subsection 2, Code 2021, is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 2. The county treasurer may adjust the renewal or
4 expiration date of vehicles registered in the county when
5 deemed necessary to equalize the number of vehicles registered
6 in each twelve-month period or for the administrative
7 efficiency of the county treasurer’s office. The adjustment
8 shall be accomplished by delivery of a written notice to the
9 vehicle owner of the adjustment and allowance of a credit
10 for the remaining months of the unused portion of the annual
11 registration fee, rounded to the nearest whole dollar, which
12 amount shall be deducted from the annual registration fee due
13 at the time of registration. Upon receipt of the notification
14 the owner shall, within thirty days, surrender the registration
15 card and registration plates to the a county treasurer of
16 the county where the vehicle is registered, except that the
17 registration plates shall not be surrendered if validation
18 stickers or other emblems are used to designate the month and
19 year of expiration of registration. Upon payment of the annual
20 registration fee, less the credit allowed for the remaining
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21 months of the unused portion of the annual registration
22 fee, the county treasurer of the county where the vehicle is
23 registered shall issue a new registration card and registration
24 plates, validation stickers, or emblems which indicate the
25 month and year of expiration of registration.
26 Sec. 2. Section 321.34, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended
27 to read as follows:
28 1. Plates issued. The county treasurer upon receiving
29 application, accompanied by proper fee, for registration of a
30 vehicle shall issue to the owner one registration plate for
31 a motorcycle, motorized bicycle, autocycle, truck tractor,
32 trailer, or semitrailer and two registration plates for every
33 other motor vehicle. The registration plates, including
34 special registration plates, shall be assigned to the owner of
35 a vehicle. When the owner of a registered vehicle transfers or
1 assigns ownership of the vehicle to another person, the owner
2 shall remove the registration plates from the vehicle. The
3 owner shall forward the plates to the a county treasurer where
4 the vehicle is registered or the owner may have the plates
5 assigned to another vehicle within thirty days after transfer,
6 upon payment of the fees required by law. The owner shall
7 immediately affix registration plates retained by the owner to
8 another vehicle owned or acquired by the owner, providing the
9 owner complies with section 321.46. The department shall adopt
10 rules providing for the assignment of registration plates to
11 the transferee of a vehicle for which a credit is allowed under
12 section 321.46, subsection 6.
13 Sec. 3. Section 321.47, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended
14 to read as follows:
15 3. Whenever ownership of a vehicle is transferred under the
16 provisions of this section, the registration plates shall be
17 removed and forwarded to the a county treasurer, of the county
18 where the vehicle is registered or to the department if the
19 vehicle is owned by a nonresident. Upon transfer the vehicle
20 shall not be operated upon the highways of this state until the
21 person entitled to possession of the vehicle applies for and
22 obtains registration for the vehicle.
23 Sec. 4. Section 322.19A, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended
24 by striking the subsection.
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25 Sec. 5. Section 322A.5, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended
26 by adding the following new paragraph:
27 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. The franchiser shall provide to the
28 franchisee a list of time allowances for the performance of
29 warranty services. Time allowances for the performance of
30 warranty services, including diagnostic services, shall be
31 reasonable and adequate for the services to be performed.
______________________________ ______________________________
JAKE CHAPMAN PAT GRASSLEY
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 444, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 321.26, 321.46, 322.19A, 322A.5
Enrolled: 321.26, 321.46, 322.19A, 322A.5