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Iowa Code §321.174(1) and (2) are hereby adopted by reference. All amendments to Iowa Code §321.174(1) and (2) shall automatically modify this section.
"1. A person, except those expressly exempted, shall not operate any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless the person has a driver’s license issued by department valid for the vehicle's operation.
2. a. A person operating a commercial motor vehicle shall not have more than one driver’s license. A nonresident may operate a commercial motor vehicle in Iowa if the nonresident has been issued a license by another state, a nonresident commercial driver's license, or a driver’s license issued by a foreign jurisdiction which the federal highway administration has determined to be issued in conformity with the federal commercial driver testing and licensing standards, if the license, commercial driver's license, or driver’s license is valid for the vehicle operated.
b. A person who operates a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this state without having been issued a driver’s license valid for the vehicle operated commits a simple misdemeanor.
A person who operates a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this state after the person’s commercial driver’s license has been downgraded to a noncommercial status pursuant to section 321.207 commits a simple misdemeanor."
The scheduled fine for violation of this section is two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(Ord. #4247; 8/18/97; ’99 Rev.; Ord. #5007, 9/13/10; 2011 Rev.) [Iowa Code §321.174]
A licensee shall have the licensee's driver’s license in immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the same, upon demand of a judicial magistrate, district associate judge, district judge, peace officer, or examiner of the State of Iowa Department of Transportation. However, a person charged with violating this section shall not be convicted and the citation shall be dismissed by the court if the person produces in court, within a reasonable time, a driver’s license issued to that person and valid for the vehicle operated at the time of the person's arrest or at the time the person was charged with a violation of this section. Upon dismissal, the court or clerk of court shall assess the costs of the action against the defendant named on the citation.
The scheduled fine for violation of this section is one hundred dollars ($100.00).
('91 Rev.; Ord. #4247, 8/18/97; ’99 Rev.; ’07 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.174(3)]
It is a simple misdemeanor for any person:
1. To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in the person's possession a canceled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered driver’s license or nonoperator's identification card.
2. To lend that person's driver’s license or nonoperator's identification card to another person or knowingly permit the use of the license by another.
3. To display or represent as one's own a driver’s license or nonoperator's identification card not issued to that person.
4. To fail or refuse to surrender to the department upon its lawful demand driver’s license or nonoperator's identification card which has been suspended, revoked, or canceled.
5. To permit an unlawful use of a driver’s license or nonoperator's identification card issued to that person.
('91 Rev.; '96 Rev.; ’99 Rev.) (Nonoperator's identification card added to this section by 76th G.A., effective 7/1/96) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.216]
DRIVING WHILE LICENSE DENIED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED.
Repealed as the Iowa Legislature made this a serious misdemeanor as of 7/1/95.
('91 Rev.; '95 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.218(1) (1997)]
A person shall not operate a motor vehicle upon the streets of this city with an expired motor vehicle license. The scheduled fine for violation of this section is Thirty Dollars ($30.00). (Ord. #4247, 8/18/97; ’99 Rev.; Ord. #4552, 5/20/02) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.174A]
No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person is then duly licensed hereunder or, in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed under the laws of the state or country of residence except a nonresident whose home state or country does not require that an operator be licensed. ('91 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.222]
Every person renting a motor vehicle to another shall keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle so rented, the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is rented, the number of the license of said latter person and the date and place when and where the license was issued. The record shall be open to inspection by any peace officer. ('91 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.224]
A person shall not rent a motor vehicle to another person without inspecting the driver’s license of the person to whom the vehicle is to be rented and doing all of the following:
1. A comparison and verification of the signature on the driver’s license with the signature of such person written in the inspecting person's presence.
2. A comparison and verification of the person to whom the motor vehicle is to be rented with the photograph and other identification information on the person's driver’s license.
3. A determination that the driver’s license of the person to whom the vehicle is to be rented is valid for operating the vehicle to be rented.
('91 Rev.; ’99 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.223]
A person shall not cause or knowingly permit the person's child or ward under the age of eighteen years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when the minor is not authorized under this Code. The scheduled fine for a violation is $200.00. ('91 Rev.; ’00 Rev.; 03 Rev.; Ord. #5007, 9/13/10) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.219]
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