Any peace officer is authorized to stop any vehicle to require exhibition of the driver's motor vehicle license, to serve a summons or memorandum of traffic violation, to inspect the condition of the vehicle, to inspect the vehicle with reference to size, weight, cargo, log book, bills of lading or other manifest of employment, tires and safety equipment, or to inspect the registration certificate, the compensation certificate, travel order, or permit of the vehicle.
All peace officers as defined in section 801.4, subsection 11, paragraphs "a", "b", "c", and "h" may, having reasonable grounds that equipment violations exist, conduct spot inspections.
The department may designate employees under the supervision of the department's administrator of motor vehicles to conduct spot inspections.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.492]
84 Acts, ch 1305, § 69; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1936
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