§ 321.461 — Trailers and towed vehicles

Iowa § 321.461

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VIII: TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 321: MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD

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1. When one vehicle is towing another the drawbar or other connection shall not exceed
fifteen feet from one vehicle to the other except the connection between any two vehicles
transportingpoles,pipe,machinery,orotherobjectsofstructuralnaturewhichcannotreadily
be dismembered.
2. If the towing vehicle is a motor truck and the towed vehicle is a single trailer with a

single point of articulation at the hitch connection, the drawbar or other connection shall not
exceed twenty-one feet. The length of the drawbar or other connection shall be measured
from the centerline of the hitch assembly on the towing vehicle to the front of the body
of the towed vehicle. A vehicle which has a drawbar or other connection which measures
between fifteen and twenty-one feet in length shall have at least one yellow reflector visible
on each vertical face of the drawbar or other connection, located near the midpoint between
the towing and the towed vehicle. A vehicle which has a drawbar or other connection which
measures between fifteen and twenty-one feet in length shall have affixed to the rear of the
towed vehicle a sign indicating that the vehicle is a towed vehicle.

Legislative History

[C39, §5035.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.461]