321.115  Antique vehicles -- model year plates permitted.

1.  A motor vehicle twenty-five years old or older, whose owner desires to use the motor vehicle exclusively for exhibition or educational purposes at state or county fairs, or other places where the motor vehicle may be exhibited for entertainment or educational purposes, shall be given a registration for a registration fee of five dollars per annum permitting the driving of the motor vehicle upon the public roads to and from state and county fairs or other places of entertainment or education for exhibition or educational purposes and to and from service stations for the purpose of receiving necessary maintenance.

2.  The sale of a motor vehicle twenty years old or older which is primarily of value as a collector's item and not as transportation is not subject to chapter 322 and any person may sell such a vehicle at retail or wholesale without a license as required under chapter 322.

3.  The owner of a motor vehicle which is registered under subsection 1, may display a registration plate from or representing the model year of the motor vehicle, furnished by the person, in lieu of a current and valid Iowa registration plate issued to the vehicle, provided that any replaced current and valid Iowa registration plate and the registration card issued to the vehicle are simultaneously carried within the vehicle and are available for inspection to any peace officer upon the officer's request.

4.  Truck tractors and semitrailers used in combination for exhibition and educational purposes as described in subsection 1 may be registered, exhibited, and driven according to the provisions of subsection 1. Subsection 3 shall not apply to vehicles registered in accordance with this subsection.

5.  A person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 2, paragraph "b".

Section History: Early form

  [C35, § 4911-f1; C39, § 5008.11; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.115]

Section History: Recent form

  85 Acts, ch 101, § 1; 88 Acts, ch 1204, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1175, § 31; 97 Acts, ch 104, §13; 2000 Acts, ch 1203, §6; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5


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