321G.3  Registration and user permit required — penalties.
  1.  Each snowmobile used on public land, public ice, or a designated snowmobile trail 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, public ice, or a designated snowmobile trail unless the snowmobile is registered in accordance with this chapter or applicable federal laws or in accordance with an approved numbering system of another state and the evidence of registration is in full force and effect. A snowmobile must also be issued a user permit in accordance with this chapter.
  2.  A violation of subsection 1 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 and user permit have been obtained by providing a copy of the registration and 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; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §6

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