The department shall suspend the motor vehicle license of a person who, upon conviction of violating a law regulating the operation of a motor vehicle, has failed to pay the criminal fine or penalty, surcharge, or court costs, as follows:
1. Upon the failure of a person to timely pay the fine, penalty, surcharge, or court costs the clerk of the district court shall notify the person by regular mail that if the fine, penalty, surcharge, or court costs remain unpaid after sixty days from the date of mailing, the clerk will notify the department of the failure for purposes of instituting suspension procedures.
2. Upon the failure of a person to pay the fine, penalty, surcharge, or court costs within sixty days notice by the clerk of the district court as provided in subsection 1, the clerk shall report the failure to the department.
3. Upon receipt of a report of a failure to pay the fine, penalty, surcharge, or court costs from the clerk of the district court, the department shall in accordance with its rules, suspend the person's motor vehicle license until the fine, penalty, surcharge, or court costs are paid, unless the person proves to the satisfaction of the department that the person cannot pay the fine, penalty, surcharge, or court costs.
85 Acts, ch 197, § 3; 86 Acts, ch 1019, § 1
Referred to in § 321.12, 321.212, 321.215, 321.218, 321A.17, 602.8102(50A)
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