321I.3  Registration required — penalties.
  1.  Each all-terrain vehicle 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 an all-terrain vehicle on public land or ice unless the all-terrain vehicle is registered in accordance with this chapter or applicable federal laws or the all-terrain vehicle displays a current annual user permit decal issued for the all-terrain vehicle as provided in section 321I.5.
  2.  A registration certificate and registration decal shall be assigned, without payment of fee, to all-terrain vehicles owned by the state of Iowa or its political subdivisions. The registration decal shall be displayed on the all-terrain vehicle as required under section 321I.6. A registration certificate shall be assigned, without payment of a registration fee, for an all-terrain vehicle which is exempt from registration but is being titled, upon payment of a writing fee as provided in section 321I.29 and an administrative fee. A registration decal shall not be issued and the registration shall not expire while the all-terrain vehicle 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 2A, 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.
2004 Acts, ch 1132, §46; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §62; 2007 Acts, ch 141, §28