Iowa Code § 321.191 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.191
Fees for driver’s licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) The fee for an instruction permit, other than a special instruction permit, chauffeur’s instruction permit, or commercial learner’s permit, is six dollars. The fee for a special instruction permit is ten dollars. The fee for a chauffeur’s instruction permit or commercial learner’s permit is twelve dollars.

(2) The fee for a noncommercial driver’s license, other than a class D driver’s license or any type of instruction permit, is four dollars per year of license validity.

(3) The fee for a noncommercial class D driver’s license is eight dollars per year of license validity.

(4) The fee for a commercial driver’s license, other than a commercial learner’s permit, for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle is eight dollars per year of license validity.

(5) An additional fee of two dollars per year of license validity is required to issue a license valid to operate a motorcycle.

(6) Notwithstanding subsection 2, the fee for a special minor’s restricted license issued to a minor under section 321.194 or a restricted work license issued to a minor under section 321.178, subsection 2, is eight dollars.

(7) The fee for a double or triple trailer endorsement, tank vehicle endorsement, or hazardous materials endorsement is five dollars for each endorsement. The fee for a passenger endorsement or a school bus endorsement is ten dollars. The fee for removal of an air brake, full air brake, manual transmission, tractor-trailer, or passenger vehicle restriction on a commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit is ten dollars. Fees imposed under this subsection for endorsements or removal of restrictions are valid for the period of the license. Upon renewal of a commercial driver’s license, no fee is payable for retaining endorsements or the removal of a restriction for those endorsements or restrictions which do not require the taking of either a knowledge or a driving skills test for renewal.

(8) The fee for reinstatement of a driver’s license shall be twenty dollars for a license which is, after notice and opportunity for hearing, canceled, suspended, revoked, or barred. However, reinstatement of the privilege suspended under section 321.210, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3), shall be without fee. The fee for reinstatement of the privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle after a period of disqualification shall be twenty dollars.

(9) (a) If an applicant wishes to upgrade a license class privilege, the fee charged shall be prorated on full-year fee increments of the new license in accordance with rules adopted by the department. The expiration date of the new license shall be the expiration date of the currently held driver’s license. The fee for a commercial driver’s license endorsement, the removal of a restriction, or a commercial learner’s permit shall not be prorated.

(9) (b) As used in this subsection, “to upgrade a license class privilege” means to add any privilege to a valid driver’s license. The addition of a privilege includes converting from a noncommercial to a commercial license, converting from a noncommercial class C to a class D license, converting an instruction or learner’s permit to a class license, adding any privilege to a section 321.189, subsection 7, license, adding an instruction or learner’s permit privilege, adding a section 321.189, subsection 7, license to an instruction or learner’s permit, and adding any privilege relating to a driver’s license issued to a minor under section 321.194 or 321.178.

(10) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, the department shall not charge the following fees for a driver’s license to the following applicants:

(10) (a) The fees set forth under subsections 2 and 5 to an applicant who is a veteran with a permanent service-connected disability rating of one hundred percent, as certified by the United States department of veterans affairs.

(10) (b) The fees set forth under subsections 3 and 4 to an applicant who is on federal active duty or state active duty, as those terms are defined in section 29A.1, or who was issued an honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions from such service.

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