321G.3  Registration required — penalties.
  1.  Each snowmobile used on public land or ice of this state shall be currently registered. A person shall not operate, maintain, or give permission for the operation or maintenance of a snowmobile on public land or ice unless the snowmobile is registered in accordance with this chapter or applicable federal laws or the snowmobile displays a current annual user permit decal issued for the snowmobile as provided in section 321G.4A.
  2.  A registration certificate and registration decal shall be assigned, without payment of fee, to snowmobiles owned by the state of Iowa or its political subdivisions. The registration decal shall be displayed on the snowmobile as required under section 321G.5. A registration certificate shall be assigned, without payment of a registration fee, for a snowmobile which is exempt from registration but is being titled, upon payment of a writing fee as provided in section 321G.27 and an administrative fee. A registration decal shall not be issued and the registration shall not expire while the snowmobile is exempt. The application for registration and the registration certificate shall indicate the reason for exemption from the registration fee.
  3.  A violation of subsection 1 or 2 is punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection 2, paragraph “a”. When the scheduled fine is paid, the violator shall submit proof to the department that a valid registration or user permit has been obtained by providing a copy of the registration or user permit to the department within thirty days of the date the fine is paid. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321G.3]
86 Acts, ch 1031, §2; 89 Acts, ch 244, §5; 2002 Acts, ch 1027, §3; 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §4; 2005 Acts, ch 138, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 141, §4