The director of transportation shall certify three abstracts of the conviction record as maintained in the department of transportation of any person who appears to be an habitual offender, to the county attorney of the county in which such person resides, or to the attorney general if such person is not a resident of this state. The county attorney or attorney general, upon receiving the abstract from the director, shall file a petition against the person named therein in the district court of the state of Iowa in the county wherein such person resides or, in the case of a nonresident, in the district court in Polk county. The petition shall request the court to determine whether or not the person named therein is an habitual offender.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.556]
Referred to in § 331.756(58), 602.8106
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