1. If a person refuses to submit to the chemical testing, a test shall not be given, but the department, upon the receipt of the peace officer's certification, subject to penalty for perjury, that the officer had reasonable grounds to believe the person to have been operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 321J.2 or 321J.2A, that specified conditions existed for chemical testing pursuant to section 321J.6, and that the person refused to submit to the chemical testing, shall revoke the person's motor vehicle license and any nonresident operating privilege for the following periods of time:
a. Two hundred forty days if the person has no previous revocation within the previous six years under this chapter; and
b. Five hundred forty days if the person has one or more previous revocations within the previous six years under this chapter.
2. A person whose motor vehicle license or nonresident operating privileges are revoked for two hundred forty days under subsection 1, paragraph "a", shall not be eligible for a temporary restricted license for at least ninety days after the effective date of the revocation. A person whose motor vehicle license or nonresident operating privileges are revoked for five hundred forty days under subsection 1, paragraph "b", shall not be eligible for a temporary restricted license for at least one year after the effective date of the revocation.
3. If the person is a resident without a license or permit to operate a motor vehicle in this state, the department shall deny to the person the issuance of a license or permit for the same period a license or permit would be revoked, and deny issuance of a temporary restricted license for the same period of ineligibility for receipt of a temporary restricted license, subject to review as provided in this chapter.
4. The effective date of revocation shall be ten days after the department has mailed notice of revocation to the person by certified mail or, on behalf of the department, a peace officer offering or directing the administration of a chemical test may serve immediate notice of intention to revoke and of revocation on a person who refuses to permit chemical testing. If the peace officer serves that immediate notice, the peace officer shall take the Iowa license or permit of the driver, if any, and issue a temporary license effective for only ten days. The peace officer shall immediately send the person's license to the department along with the officer's certificate indicating the person's refusal to submit to chemical testing.
86 Acts, ch 1220, §9; 95 Acts, ch 48, §16
Referred to in § 321J.4, 321J.6, 321J.8, 321J.10, 321J.13, 321J.20, 907.3, 912.1
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