Iowa § 321P.3 Use limited

Iowa Statutes

§ 321P.3 — Use limited

Iowa § 321P.3

Title VIIITRANSPORTATION

Ch. 321PAUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT

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Iowa Code § 321P.3 (2026).

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1.A local authority shall not use an automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement to issue a citation for a traffic violation unless the violation is for exceeding the speed limit by more than ten miles per hour.

2.A local authority with a population of twenty thousand or less based on the most recent federal decennial census shall not use a mobile system to issue a citation for a traffic violation. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A otherwise authorizing and regulating the operation of mobile systems, taking into consideration a mobile system’s mobility, flexible usage, and the needs of a local authority to control traffic speed to address critical traffic safety issues at a location. However, the rules shall not authorize the use of a mobile system other

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1. A local authority shall not use an automated or remote system for traffic law
enforcement to issue a citation for a traffic violation unless the violation is for exceeding the
speed limit by more than ten miles per hour.
2. A local authority with a population of twenty thousand or less based on the most
recent federal decennial census shall not use a mobile system to issue a citation for a traffic
violation. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A otherwise authorizing
and regulating the operation of mobile systems, taking into consideration a mobile system’s
mobility, flexible usage, and the needs of a local authority to control traffic speed to address
critical traffic safety issues at a location. However, the rules shall not authorize the use of
a mobile system other than in neighborhoods, construction zones, school zones, including
collegiate zones, and locations where traffic enforcement is difficult or dangerous to enforce
by alternative methods.
3. Alocalauthority, regardlessofitspopulation, mayissueawarningmemorandumtothe
owner of a vehicle that was operated in violation of a traffic law if the violation was detected
by an automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement, including a mobile system.