§ 326.2 — Definitions

Iowa § 326.2

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VIII: TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 326: REGISTRATION RECIPROCITY

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Commercial vehicle” means any vehicle which is operated in interstate commerce or
combined intrastate and interstate commerce and used for the transportation of persons for
hire, compensation or profit, or designed or used primarily for the transportation of property.
2. “Department” means the department of transportation.
3. “Director” means the director of transportation or the director’s designee.
4. “International registration plan” or “plan” means the registration reciprocity agreement
among states of the United States, the District of Columbia, and provinces of Canada
providing for payment of apportionable fees on the basis of total distance operated in all
jurisdictions, in effect on January 1, 2011, or as later amended, published by international
registration plan, inc., and available on the plan’s internet site.
5. “Registration fee” means the annual motor vehicle registration fee imposed pursuant
to section 321.105, unless otherwise specified.
6. “Trip” for purposes of section 326.23 means:
a. A one-way movement from one point originating outside this state and destined for
another point outside this state.
b. A round-trip movement between two points within this state.
c. A round-trip movement originating in this state or destined for a point within this state.

7. The terms “combination” or “combination of vehicles”, “gross weight”, “highway”,
“motor vehicle”, “nonresident”, “owner”, “person”, “semitrailer”, “trailer”, “truck tractor”, and
“vehicle” mean as defined in section 321.1.

Legislative History

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §326.2]