761—511.4(321E) Permits. Permits issued shall be in writing or in electronic format and may be either single-trip, multitrip, annual, annual oversize/overweight, annual raw forest products, compacted rubbish, emergency interstate, annual fluid milk products or all-systems permits.
	511.4(1) Methods of issuance.
	a. 	Permits for movement on the primary road system may be obtained in person, by facsimile, online, or by mail at the address in subrule 511.2(1).
	b. 	Reserved.
	511.4(2) Forms.
	a. 	Applications for permits for movement on the primary road system shall be made online or in the form and manner prescribed by the department.
	b. 	Any applications to other permit-issuing authorities made upon department forms shall be sufficient and accepted as properly made by these authorities.
	c. 	Subject to the preceding paragraph, permit-issuing authorities may adopt, amend or modify these forms provided that the amended or modified forms adequately identify the applicant, the hauling vehicle and load, the manner and extent that the vehicle with load exceeds the statutory size and weight limits, the route, and the authorization of the issuing authority. However, the load for a multitrip permit does not have to be identified but the vehicle and load cannot exceed either the weight per axle or the total weight identified on the multitrip permit. Axle spacings cannot change.
	511.4(3) Validity.
	a. 	Annual, annual oversize/overweight, annual raw forest products, compacted rubbish, annual fluid milk products and all-systems permits shall expire one year from the date of issuance.
	b. 	A single-trip permit shall be effective for five days.
	c. 	The validity of a multitrip permit shall not exceed 60 calendar days.
	d. 	Emergency interstate permits issued under Iowa Code section 321E.29B as enacted by 2021 Iowa Acts, House File 382, shall be effective for 30 calendar days. However, the permit shall not exceed the expiration of the applicable governor’s proclamation of disaster emergency issued under Iowa Code section 29C.6 in conjunction with the presidential declaration allowing interstate travel under the Stafford Act or the expiration of the declaration of major disaster under the Stafford Act, whichever expires first.
	511.4(4) Duplicate permit. If a permit is lost or destroyed before it has expired, a duplicate permit may be issued at the discretion of the permit-issuing authority. The expiration date on the duplicate permit shall be the same as on the original permit.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 321E.2 and 321E.3 and section 321E.29B as enacted by 2021 Iowa Acts, House File 382.
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