SF 2025 (LSB 5129XS (3) 91)

SENATE FILE 2025

BY  ROWLEY

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to information required for nonresidents who apply for vehicle registration and issuance of a certificate of title.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.20, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   f.  (1)  If Except as provided in subparagraph (2), if the vehicle is owned by a nonresident but is subject to issuance of an Iowa certificate of title or registration, the application shall must also contain the full legal name, Iowa driver’s license number or Iowa nonoperator’s identification card number, date of birth, bona fide residence, and mailing address of the primary user of the vehicle. If the primary user is a firm, association, or corporation, the application shall must contain the bona fide business address and federal employer identification number of the primary user. The primary user’s name and address shall not be printed on the registration receipt or the certificate of title.
   (2)  If the vehicle is owned by a nonresident who owns real property in this state, the vehicle is used primarily at the Iowa property, and the vehicle is subject to issuance of an Iowa certificate of title or registration, the application must include reasonable proof, as determined by the department, that the nonresident owns the property, and may contain the owner’s driver’s license number or nonoperator’s identification card number issued by another state in lieu of both the primary user’s information required under subparagraph (1) and the owner’s Iowa driver’s license number or Iowa nonoperator’s identification card number required under paragraph “a”. The department shall adopt rules regarding acceptable proof of ownership of the property required under this subparagraph.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current law requires an owner of a vehicle to apply for registration and issuance of a certificate of title if the vehicle is required to be registered. The application must include information about the owner, the vehicle, nonowner interests in the vehicle, if applicable, the amount of the fee for new registration, and other information as may reasonably be required by the department of transportation (DOT). In particular, the owner’s full legal name, social security number or Iowa driver’s license number or Iowa nonoperator’s identification card number, date of birth, bona fide residence, and mailing address are required.
   In addition, if the vehicle is owned by a nonresident but still subject to issuance of a certificate of title or registration in Iowa, the application must also contain the full legal name, Iowa driver’s license number or Iowa nonoperator’s identification card number, date of birth, bona fide residence, and mailing address of the primary user of the vehicle.
   This bill provides for alternative application information required for certain nonresidents. Nonresidents who own real property in Iowa that are registering a vehicle that is used primarily at that property may instead apply using the owner’s driver’s license number or nonoperator’s identification card number issued by another state in lieu of both the primary user’s information and the Iowa’s driver’s license number or nonoperator’s identification card number required under current law. A nonresident who applies for registration and issuance of a certificate of title under the bill is required to provide reasonable proof that the nonresident owns such property in Iowa. The DOT must adopt rules regarding acceptable proof of property ownership.