§ 321I.35 — Vehicle identification number

Iowa § 321I.35

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VIII: TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 321I: ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES

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1. The department may assign a distinguishing number to an all-terrain vehicle when the
serial number on the all-terrain vehicle is destroyed or obliterated and issue to the owner
a special decal bearing the distinguishing number which shall be affixed to the all-terrain
vehicle in a position to be determined by the department. The all-terrain vehicle shall be
registered and titled under the distinguishing number in lieu of the former serial number.
Every all-terrain vehicle shall have a vehicle identification number assigned and affixed as
required by the department.
2. The commission shall adopt, by rule, the procedures for application and for issuance
of a vehicle identification number for homebuilt all-terrain vehicles.
3. A person shall not destroy, remove, alter, cover, or deface the manufacturer’s vehicle
identification number, the plate or decal bearing it, or any vehicle identification number the
department assigns to an all-terrain vehicle without the department’s permission.
4. A person other than a manufacturer who constructs or rebuilds an all-terrain vehicle
for which there is no legible vehicle identification number shall submit to the department
an affidavit which describes the all-terrain vehicle. In cooperation with the county recorder,
the department shall assign a vehicle identification number to the all-terrain vehicle. The
applicant shall permanently affix the vehicle identification number to the all-terrain vehicle
inamannerthatsuchalteration, removal, orreplacementofthevehicleidentificationnumber
would be obvious.