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1 1 Section 1. Section 321.484, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
1 2 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 The owner of a vehicle shall not be held responsible for a
1 4 violation of a provision regulating the stopping, standing, or
1 5 parking of a vehicle, whether the provision is contained in
1 6 this chapter, or chapter 321L, or an ordinance or other
1 7 regulation or rule, if the owner establishes that at the time
1 8 of the violation the vehicle was in the custody of an
1 9 identified person other than the owner pursuant to a lease as
1 10 defined in chapter 321F or pursuant to a rental agreement as
1 11 defined in section 516D.3. The furnishing to the clerk of the
1 12 district court where the charge is pending of a copy of the
1 13 lease prescribed by section 321F.6 or rental agreement that
1 14 was in effect for the vehicle at the time of the alleged
1 15 violation shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle was
1 16 in the custody of an identified person other than the owner
1 17 within the meaning of this paragraph, and the charge against
1 18 the owner shall be dismissed. The clerk of the district court
1 19 then shall cause a uniform citation and complaint to be issued
1 20 against the lessee or renter of the vehicle, and the citation
1 21 shall be served upon the defendant by ordinary mail directed
1 22 to the defendant at the address shown in the lease or rental
1 23 agreement.
1 24 EXPLANATION
1 25 This bill amends a provision in Code section 321.484,
1 26 relating to the liability of owners of vehicles for certain
1 27 stopping, standing, or parking violations committed by a
1 28 person other than the owner, to exempt the owner if the owner
1 29 establishes that the vehicle was in the custody of a person
1 30 other than the owner at the time of the violation pursuant to
1 31 a rental agreement. The citation and complaint will then be
1 32 issued to the renter of the vehicle. Currently, Code section
1 33 321.484 contains the same exemption for leased vehicles.
1 34 LSB 6219HH 78
1 35 nh/cf/24
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