House File 846 - Enrolled House File 846 AN ACT RELATING TO TITLE FEES FOR SNOWMOBILES, ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES, AND VESSELS OF SURVIVING SPOUSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 321G.31, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 1. If ownership of a snowmobile is transferred by operation of law, such as by inheritance, order in bankruptcy, insolvency, replevin, or execution sale, the transferee, within thirty days after acquiring the right to possession of the snowmobile, shall mail or deliver to the county recorder of the transferee’s county of residence satisfactory proof of ownership as the county recorder requires, together with an application for a new certificate of title, and the required fee. However, if the transferee is the surviving spouse of the deceased owner, the county recorder shall waive the required fee. Sec. 2. Section 321I.33, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 1. If ownership of an all-terrain vehicle is transferred by operation of law, such as by inheritance, order in bankruptcy, insolvency, replevin, or execution sale, the transferee, within thirty days after acquiring the right to possession of the all-terrain vehicle, shall mail or deliver to the county recorder of the transferee’s county of residence satisfactory proof of ownership as the county recorder requires, together
House File 846, p. 2 with an application for a new certificate of title, and the required fee. However, if the transferee is the surviving spouse of the deceased owner, the county recorder shall waive the required fee. Sec. 3. Section 462A.82, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 1. If ownership of a vessel is transferred by operation of law, such as by inheritance, order in bankruptcy, insolvency, replevin, execution sale, or in compliance with section 578A.7 , the transferee, within thirty days after acquiring the right to possession of the vessel by operation of law, shall mail or deliver to the county recorder satisfactory proof of ownership as the county recorder requires, together with an application for a new certificate of title, and the required fee. A title tax is not required on these transactions. However, if the transferee is the surviving spouse of the deceased owner, the county recorder shall waive the required fee. ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House ______________________________ JAKE CHAPMAN President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 846, Eighty-ninth General Assembly. ______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor