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IA Code § 321.269 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.269 - Accident report forms.

321.269 Accident report forms.   1. The department shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, and other suitable agencies or individuals, forms for accident reports required hereunder, which reports shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a traffic accident the cause, condition then existing, and the persons and vehicles involved.   2. Every required accident report shall be made on a form approved by the department if said form is available.  [C39, §5020.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.269]  Referred to in §321.228, 321.517
IA Code § 321.271 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.271 - Reports confidential — without prejudice — exceptions.

321.271 Reports confidential — without prejudice — exceptions.   1. All accident reports filed by a driver of a vehicle involved in an accident as required under section 321.266 shall be in writing. The report shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the department, except that upon the request of any person involved in the accident, the person’s insurance company or its agent, or the attorney for such person, the department shall disclose the identity and address of other persons involved in the accident and may disclose the name of the insurance companies with whom the other persons have liability insurance. The department, upon written request of the person making the report, shall provide the person with a copy of that person’s report. The written report filed with the department shall not be admissible in or used in evidence in any civil or criminal case arising out of the facts on which the report is based.   2. All written reports filed by a law enforcement officer as required under section 321.266 shall be made available to any party to an accident, the party’s insurance company or its agent, the party’s attorney, the federal motor carrier safety administration, or the attorney general, on written request to the department and the payment of a fee of four dollars for each copy. If a copy of an investigating officer’s report of a motor vehicle accident filed with the department is retained by the law enforcement agency of the officer who filed the report, a copy shall be made available to any party to the accident, the party’s insurance company or its agent, the party’s attorney, the federal motor carrier safety administration, or the attorney general, on written request and the payment of a fee. However, the attorney general and the federal motor carrier safety administration shall not be required by the department or the law enforcement agency to pay a fee for a copy of a report filed by a law enforcement or investigating officer.   3. Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2, the date, time, specific location, and immediate facts and circumstances surrounding a crime or incident shall not be kept confidential under this section, except in those unusual circumstances where disclosure would plainly and seriously jeopardize an investigation or pose a clear and present danger to the safety of an individual.  [C39, §5020.11; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.271; 81 Acts, ch 14, §25]  83 Acts, ch 72, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1054, §1, 2; 98 Acts, ch 1073, §7; 2001 Acts, ch 32, §18; 2003 Acts, ch 8, §16  Referred to in §321.228, 321.273, 321.517
IA Code § 321.272 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.272 - Tabulation of reports.

321.272 Tabulation of reports.   The department shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports and shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents.  [C39, §5020.12; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.272]  Referred to in §321.228, 321.517
IA Code § 321.273 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.273 - City may require reports.

321.273 City may require reports.   Any incorporated city or other municipality may by ordinance require that the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident shall also file with a designated city department a report of such accident or a copy of any report herein required to be filed with the department. All such reports shall be for the confidential use of the city department and subject to the provisions of section 321.271.  [C39, §5020.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.273]  Referred to in §321.228, 321.517
IA Code § 321.274 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.274 - Accidents in cities over 15,000.

321.274 Accidents in cities over 15,000. Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1178, §16.
IA Code § 321.277 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.277 - Reckless driving.

321.277 Reckless driving.   1. A person who drives any vehicle in such manner as to indicate either a willful or a wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.   2. A person who is convicted of reckless driving shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [C73, §4071; C97, §5039; S13, §1571-m19; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5028; C39, §5022.04, 5022.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §321.283, 321.284; C66, 71, 73, §321.283; C75, 77, 79, 81, §321.277]  2019 Acts, ch 59, §92  Referred to in §321.228, 321.233, 321.241, 321N.3, 707.6A, 915.80
IA Code § 321.277A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.277A - Careless driving.

321.277A Careless driving.   A person commits careless driving if the person intentionally operates a motor vehicle on a public road or highway in any one of the following ways:   1. Creates or causes unnecessary tire squealing, skidding, or sliding upon acceleration or stopping.   2. Simulates a temporary race.   3. Causes any wheel or wheels to unnecessarily lose contact with the ground.   4. Causes the vehicle to unnecessarily turn abruptly or sway.  97 Acts, ch 147, §2  Referred to in §805.8A(6)(c)  For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8A, subsection 6
IA Code § 321.278 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.278 - Drag racing prohibited.

321.278 Drag racing prohibited.   1. a. A person shall not do any of the following:   (1) Engage in any motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed on any street or highway of this state.   (2) Aid or abet any motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed on any street or highway of this state.   b. A passenger shall not be considered as aiding and abetting.   c. As used in this section, “motor vehicle speed contest” or “exhibition of speed” means one or more persons competing in speed in excess of the applicable speed limit in vehicles on the public streets or highways.   2. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [C66, 71, 73, §321.284; C75, 77, 79, 81, §321.278]  2018 Acts, ch 1026, §112  Referred to in §707.6A, 707.8, 805.8A(5)(c)
IA Code § 321.279 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.279 - Eluding or attempting to elude pursuing law enforcement vehicle.

321.279 Eluding or attempting to elude pursuing law enforcement vehicle.   1. a. The driver of a motor vehicle commits a serious misdemeanor if the driver willfully fails to bring the motor vehicle to a stop or otherwise eludes or attempts to elude a marked official law enforcement vehicle driven by a uniformed peace officer after being given a visual and audible signal to stop. The signal given by the peace officer shall be by flashing red light, or by flashing red and blue lights, and siren. For purposes of this section, “peace officer” means those officers designated under section 801.4, subsection 11, paragraphs “a”, “b”, “c”, “f”, “g”, and “h”.   b. The driver of a motor vehicle who commits a second or subsequent violation under this subsection is, upon conviction, guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.   2. a. The driver of a motor vehicle commits an aggravated misdemeanor if the driver willfully fails to bring the motor vehicle to a stop or otherwise eludes or attempts to elude a marked official law enforcement vehicle that is driven by a uniformed peace officer after being given a visual and audible signal as provided in this section and in doing so exceeds the speed limit by twenty-five miles per hour or more.   b. The driver of a motor vehicle who commits a violation under this subsection and who has previously committed a violation under this subsection or subsection 3 is, upon conviction, guilty of a class “D” felony.   3. a. The driver of a motor vehicle commits a class “D” felony if the driver willfully fails to bring the motor vehicle to a stop or otherwise eludes or attempts to elude a marked official law enforcement vehicle that is driven by a uniformed peace officer after being given a visual and audible signal as provided in this section, and in doing so exceeds the speed limit by twenty-five miles per hour or more, and if any of the following occurs:   (1) The driver is participating in a public offense, as defined in section 702.13, that is a felony.   (2) The driver is in violation of section 321J.2.   (3) The driver is in violation of section 124.401.   (4) The offense results in bodily injury to a person other than the driver.   b. The driver of a motor vehicle who commits a second or subsequent violation under this subsection is, upon conviction, guilty of a class “C” felony.  [C81, §321.279]  94 Acts, ch 1069, §1; 99 Acts, ch 31, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §153; 2008 Acts, ch 1147, §3; 2020 Acts, ch 1028, §1; 2020 Acts, ch 1121, §65, 70  Referred to in §321.209, 321.555, 321J.2, 707.6A, 907.3  Section amended
IA Code § 321.280 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.280 - Assaults and homicide.

321.280 Assaults and homicide.   A conviction of the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall not be a bar to a prosecution for an assault or for a homicide committed by any person in operating motor vehicles.  [S13, §1571-m30; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5091; C39, §5022.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.280]  Referred to in §321.228, 321.233
IA Code § 321.281 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.281 - Actions against bicyclists.

321.281 Actions against bicyclists.   1. A person operating a motor vehicle shall not steer the motor vehicle unreasonably close to or toward a person riding a bicycle on a highway, including the roadway or the shoulder adjacent to the roadway.   2. A person shall not knowingly project any object or substance at or against a person riding a bicycle on a highway.   3. A person who violates this section commits a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph “k”.  2010 Acts, ch 1193, §143  Referred to in §805.8A(14)(k)
IA Code § 321.284 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.284 - Open containers in motor vehicles — drivers.

321.284 Open containers in motor vehicles — drivers.   1. A driver of a motor vehicle upon a public street or highway shall not possess in the passenger area of the motor vehicle an open or unsealed bottle, can, jar, or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage. “Passenger area” means the area designed to seat the driver and passengers while the motor vehicle is in operation and any area that is readily accessible to the driver or a passenger while in their seating positions, including the glove compartment. An open or unsealed receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage may be transported in the trunk of the motor vehicle. An unsealed receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage may be transported behind the last upright seat of the motor vehicle if the motor vehicle does not have a trunk. A person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph “e”.   2. A person under the age of twenty-one who violates this section is guilty of a violation of section 123.47.  95 Acts, ch 48, §5; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §47; 98 Acts, ch 1204, §3; 99 Acts, ch 77, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2010 Acts, ch 1128, §5  Referred to in §123.30, 123.49, 123.131, 123.132, 123.178, 123.178A, 123.178B, 805.8A(14)(e)
IA Code § 321.284A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.284A - Open containers in motor vehicles — passengers.

321.284A Open containers in motor vehicles — passengers.   1. A passenger in a motor vehicle upon a public street or highway shall not possess in the passenger area of the motor vehicle an open or unsealed bottle, can, jar, or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage. “Passenger area” means the area of a motor vehicle designed to seat the driver and passengers while the motor vehicle is in operation and any area that is readily accessible to the driver or a passenger while in their seating positions, including the glove compartment. An open or unsealed receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage may be transported in the trunk of the motor vehicle. An unsealed receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage may be transported behind the last upright seat of the motor vehicle if the motor vehicle does not have a trunk.   2. This section does not apply to a passenger being transported in a motor vehicle designed, maintained, or used primarily for the transportation of persons for compensation, or a passenger being transported in the living quarters of a motor home, motorsports recreational vehicle, manufactured or mobile home, travel trailer, or fifth-wheel travel trailer.   3. A person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph “e”.   4. A person under the age of twenty-one years who violates this section is guilty of a violation of section 123.47.   5. The department shall not include a conviction for a violation of this section on the individual driving record of the person committing the violation and the conviction shall not be considered by the department in any proceeding for suspension, revocation, barring, or denying of the person’s driver’s license or upon any application for renewal of driving privileges.  99 Acts, ch 77, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2001 Acts, ch 153, §15; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §80; 2010 Acts, ch 1128, §6; 2014 Acts, ch 1127, §9  Referred to in §123.30, 123.49, 123.131, 123.132, 123.178, 123.178A, 123.178B, 805.8A(14)(e)
IA Code § 321.288 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.288 - Control of vehicle — reduced speed.

321.288 Control of vehicle — reduced speed.   1. A person operating a motor vehicle shall have the vehicle under control at all times.   2. A person operating a motor vehicle shall reduce the speed to a reasonable and proper rate:   a. When approaching and passing a person walking in the traveled portion of the public highway.   b. When approaching and passing an animal which is being led, ridden, or driven upon a public highway.   c. When approaching and traversing a crossing or intersection of public highways, or a sharp turn, curve, or steep descent in a public highway.   d. When approaching and passing an emergency warning device displayed in accordance with rules adopted under section 321.449, or an emergency vehicle displaying a revolving or flashing light.   e. When approaching and passing a slow moving vehicle displaying a reflective device or alternative reflective device as provided by section 321.383.   f. When approaching and passing through a road work zone.  [S13, §1571-m18; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5031; C39, §5023.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.288]  85 Acts, ch 167, §2; 87 Acts, ch 170, §7; 89 Acts, ch 296, §33; 97 Acts, ch 104, §20; 99 Acts, ch 102, §1; 2012 Acts, ch 1083, §2  Referred to in §321.285, 805.8A(6)(d)  For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8A, subsection 6
IA Code § 321.289 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.289 - Speed signs — duty to install.

321.289 Speed signs — duty to install.   The department shall furnish and place on primary roads or on extensions of primary roads within any city suitable standard signs showing the points at which the rate of speed changes and the maximum rate of speed in the district which the vehicle is entering. On all other main highways the city shall furnish and erect suitable signs giving similar information to traffic on such highways.  [S13, §1571-m20; C24, §5030; C27, 31, 35, §5030-b2; C39, §5023.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.289]  Referred to in §321.285
IA Code § 321.290 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.290 - Special restrictions.

321.290 Special restrictions.   1. Whenever the department shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any speed limit set forth in this chapter is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of the primary road system or upon any part of a primary road extension, the department shall determine and declare a reasonable and safe speed limit which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit are erected at such intersection or other place or part of the highway.   2. Whenever the council in any city shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any speed limit set forth in this chapter is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of the city street system, except primary road extensions, said council shall determine and adopt by ordinance such higher or lower speed limit as it deems reasonable and safe. Such speed limit shall be effective when proper and appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit are erected at such intersections or other place or part of the street.  [C39, §5023.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.290]  2018 Acts, ch 1026, §113  Referred to in §321.285
IA Code § 321.291 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.291 - Information or notice.

321.291 Information or notice.   In every charge of violation of section 321.285 the information, and also the notice to appear, shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven and the speed limit applicable within the district or at the location.  [C39, §5023.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.291]  93 Acts, ch 47, §8; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §104
IA Code § 321.292 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.292 - Civil action unaffected.

321.292 Civil action unaffected.   The provisions of section 321.285 shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in any civil action from the burden of proving negligence upon the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of an accident.  [C39, §5023.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.292]  93 Acts, ch 47, §9; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §116
IA Code § 321.293 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.293 - Local authorities may alter limits.

321.293 Local authorities may alter limits.   Local authorities in their respective jurisdiction may in their discretion subject to the approval of the department authorize by ordinance higher speeds than those stated in section 321.285 upon through highways or upon highways or portions thereof where stop or yield signs have been erected at the entrances thereto provided signs are erected giving notice of the authorized speed, but local authorities shall not have authority to authorize by ordinance a speed in excess of fifty-five miles per hour. If local authorities fail to authorize by ordinance higher speeds than those stated in section 321.285 upon through highways or upon highways or portions thereof where stop signs have been erected at the entrances thereto, the department may recommend, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, to the local authorities that the speed limit be increased. If local authorities fail to increase the speed limit upon said recommendation of the department, said department shall declare a reasonable and safe speed limit which shall be effective when appropriate signs are erected giving notice thereof.  [C39, §5023.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.293]  Referred to in §321.236, 321.285
IA Code § 321.294 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD|Section 321.294 - Minimum speed regulation.

321.294 Minimum speed regulation.   A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. Peace officers are hereby authorized to enforce this provision by directions to drivers, and in the event of apparent willful disobedience to this provision and refusal to comply with direction of an officer in accordance herewith the continued slow operation by a driver shall be a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 8.  [C31, 35, §5021-c1; C39, §5023.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.294]  2000 Acts, ch 1203, §11; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5  Referred to in §805.8A(8)(d)  See also §321.382