1. The director and officers of the department designated by the director are authorized to prepare under the seal of the department and provide upon request a certified copy of any record of the department, charging a fee of fifty cents for each document so authenticated, and every such certified copy shall be admissible in any proceeding in any court in like manner as the original and shall be considered to be true and accurate unless shown otherwise by an objecting party. The seal of the department may be applied electronically on certified copies of records.
2. Any records or certified copies of records prepared pursuant to this section and any certified abstract, or a copy of a certified abstract, of the operating record of a driver or \n Tue Dec 09 22:16:57 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 321 (137, 2) 23 MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD, §321.11A\n\na motor vehicle owner prepared pursuant to this chapter, chapter 321A, or chapter 321J shall be received in evidence if determined to be relevant, in any court, preliminary hearing, grand jury proceeding, civil proceeding, administrative hearing, or forfeiture proceeding in the same manner and with the same force and effect as if the director or the director’s designee had testified in person. [C39, §5000.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.10] 98 Acts, ch 1075, §21; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §87; 2008 Acts, ch 1018, §4 Referred to in §321.11 \n
Notes of Decisions
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1 in the last 5 years), 1967–2024 · leading case:
State v. Shipley, 757 N.W.2d 228 (Iowa 2008).
State v. Shipley, 757 N.W.2d 228 (Iowa 2008).
· cites it 26× “” Iowa Code § 321.10 . Iowa Code section 321A.”
Explore Info. Servs. v. COURT INFO. SYS, 636 N.W.2d 50 (Iowa 2001).
· cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 321.10 (1997) (authorizing the IDOT to provide upon request a certified copy of any record of the department, charging a fee of fifty cents per document).”
State v. McConnell, 178 N.W.2d 386 (Iowa 1970).
· cites it 3× “It is quite apparent that the sheriff is not a designated official in possession of driver’s license records, that generally in order to have a copy of one’s driver’s license admitted in court proceedings a copy certified by the department is necessary (sections 321.10 and…”
Richard v. Holliday, 153 N.W.2d 473 (Iowa 1967).
· cites it 2× “207 states: “Every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under this chapter, * * * other than parking regulations, regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways, shall forward to the department a record of the conviction of any person in said court for a…”
Explore Info. Servs. v. Iowa Court Info. Sys., 636 N.W.2d 50 (Iowa 2001).
· cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 321.10 (1997) (authorizing the IDOT to provide upon request a certified copy of any record of the department, charging a fee of fifty cents per document).”
State of Iowa v. Jon Michael Martinac Jr. (Iowa Ct. App. 2024).
· cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 321.10 (1). Martinac’s main argument on appeal is that the certified abstract says he was not serving any sanctions, and therefore his license was not barred when he was driving on August 1, 2021.”
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