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321J.20 Temporary restricted license.

1. The department may, on application, issue a temporary restricted license to a person whose motor vehicle license is revoked under this chapter allowing the person to drive to and from the person's home and specified places at specified times which can be verified by the department and which are required by the person's full-time or part-time employment, continuing health care or the continuing health care of another who is dependent upon the person, continuing education while enrolled in an educational institution on a part-time or full-time basis and while pursuing a course of study leading to a diploma, degree, or other certification of successful educational completion, substance abuse treatment, and court- ordered community service responsibilities if the person's motor vehicle license has not been revoked under 321J.4, 321J.9, or 321J.12 within the previous six years and if any of the following apply:

a. The person's motor vehicle license is revoked under section 321J.4, subsection 1, 2, 4, or 6.

b. The person's motor vehicle license is revoked under section 321J.9 and the person has entered a plea of guilty on a charge of a violation of section 321J.2 which arose from the same set of circumstances which resulted in the person's motor vehicle license revocation under section 321J.9 and the guilty plea is not withdrawn at the time of or after application for the temporary restricted license.

c. The person's motor vehicle license is revoked under section 321J.12.

However, a temporary restricted license may be issued if the person's motor vehicle license is revoked under section 321J.9, and the revocation is a second revocation under this chapter, and the first three hundred and sixty days of the revocation have expired.

2. This section does not apply to a person whose license was revoked under section 321J.4, subsection 3 or 5, or to a person whose license is suspended or revoked for another reason.

3. A person holding a temporary restricted license issued by the department under this section shall not operate a motor vehicle for pleasure.

4. A person holding a temporary restricted license issued by the department under this section shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle on a highway if a commercial driver's license is required for the person's operation of the commercial motor vehicle. However, this subsection does not apply if the temporary restricted license was issued as a result of a violation of this chapter while the person was operating a vehicle other than a commercial motor vehicle.

5. A person holding a temporary license issued by the department under this chapter shall be prohibited from operating a school bus.

Section History: Recent form

86 Acts, ch 1220, § 20; 90 Acts, ch 1230, § 87, 88


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