Senate File 490 - Enrolled
Senate File 490
AN ACT
RELATING TO PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE A COPY OF A WRITTEN
ACCIDENT REPORT FILED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 321.271, subsection 2, Code 2023, is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 2. All written reports filed by a law enforcement officer
4 as required under section 321.266 shall be made available to
5 any party to an accident, the party’s insurance company or
6 its agent, the party’s attorney, the federal motor carrier
7 safety administration, or the attorney general, on written
8 request to the department and the payment of a fee of four
9 dollars for each copy. If a copy of an investigating officer’s
10 report of a motor vehicle accident filed with the department
11 is retained by the law enforcement agency of the officer
12 who filed the report, a copy shall be made available to any
13 party to the accident, the party’s insurance company or its
14 agent, the party’s attorney, the federal motor carrier safety
15 administration, other law enforcement agencies, or the attorney
16 general, on written request and the payment of a fee. However,
17 the attorney general and the federal motor carrier safety
18 administration shall not be required by the department or the
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19 law enforcement agency to pay a fee for a copy of a report filed
20 by a law enforcement or investigating officer.
______________________________ ______________________________
AMY SINCLAIR 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 490, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2023 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor