321A.7  Duration of suspension.

The license and registration and nonresident's operating privilege suspended as provided in section 321A.5 shall remain so suspended and shall not be renewed nor shall any such license or registration be issued to such person until:

1.  Such person shall deposit or there shall be deposited on the person's behalf the security required under section 321A.5; or

2.  Twelve months after such accident, provided the department has not been notified by any party to the action or an attorney for any party that an action for damages arising out of such accident has been instituted within one year from the date of the accident; or

3.  Evidence satisfactory to the department has been filed with the department of a release from liability, or a final adjudication of nonliability, or a warrant for confession of judgment, or a duly acknowledged written agreement, in accordance with section 321A.6, subsection 4; provided, however, in the event there shall be any default in the payment of any installment under any confession of judgment, then, upon notice of such default, the department shall forthwith suspend the license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege of such person defaulting which shall not be restored unless and until the entire amount provided for in said confession of judgment has been paid; and provided, further, that in the event there shall be any default in the payment of any installment under any duly acknowledged written agreement, then, upon notice of such default, the department shall forthwith suspend the license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege of such person defaulting which shall not be restored unless and until

a.  Such person deposits and thereafter maintains security as required under section 321A.5 in such amount as the department may then determine, or

b.  Twelve months after such security was required, provided the department has not been notified by any party to the action or an attorney for any party that an action upon such an agreement has been instituted in a court in this state within one year after such security was required.

Section History: Early form

  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321A.7]

Section History: Recent form

  92 Acts, ch 1175, § 43

Internal References

  Referred to in § 321A.2, 321A.8-321A.11


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