SF 490 (LSB 1867SV (3) 90)

RELATING TO PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE A COPY OF A  WRITTEN ACCIDENT REPORT FILED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.271, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  All written reports filed by a law enforcement officer as required under section 321.266 shall be made available to any party to an accident, the party’s insurance company or its agent, the party’s attorney, the federal motor carrier safety administration, or the attorney general, on written request to the department and the payment of a fee of four dollars for each copy. If a copy of an investigating officer’s report of a motor vehicle accident filed with the department is retained by the law enforcement agency of the officer who filed the report, a copy shall be made available to any party to the accident, the party’s insurance company or its agent, the party’s attorney, the federal motor carrier safety administration, other law enforcement agencies, or the attorney general, on written request and the payment of a fee. However, the attorney general and the federal motor carrier safety administration shall not be required by the department or the 

law enforcement agency to pay a fee for a copy of a report filed by a law enforcement or investigating officer.

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AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate

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PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 490, Ninetieth General Assembly.

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W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate

Approved _______________, 2023

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor