The department shall adopt rules for downgrading a commercial driver’s license or
commercial learner’s permit to a noncommercial status upon a driver’s failure to provide
a medical examiner’s certificate as required pursuant to section 321.188, subsection 1,
paragraph “d”, upon a driver’s failure to provide a self-certification of type of driving
as required pursuant to section 321.188, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, or upon receiving
notification of the driver’s prohibited status pursuant to 49 C.F.R. §383.73(q). The rules shall
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Tue Dec 09 22:16:59 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 321 (137, 2)
153 MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD, §321.208\n\ninclude procedures regarding notification of downgrade status to the commercial driver’s
license information system, termination of a downgrade process, and reinstatement of a
commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license after a downgrade, and shall
substantially comply with 49 C.F.R. §383.71 and 383.73, as adopted by rule by the department.
2011 Acts, ch 38, §17; 2015 Acts, ch 123, §60; 2023 Acts, ch 126, §3
Referred to in §321.174
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in
8
cases, 1967–1989 · leading case:
State v. Phelps, 417 N.W.2d 460 (Iowa 1988).
State v. Phelps, 417 N.W.2d 460 (Iowa 1988).
· cites it 4× “Six or more of any separate and distinct offenses within a two-year period in the operation of a motor vehicle which are required to be reported to the department by section 321.207 or chapter 321C, except equipment violations, parking violations as defined in section 321.”
State v. Baudler, 349 N.W.2d 493 (Iowa 1984).
· cites it 4× “Six or more of any separate and distinct offenses within a two-year period in the operation of a motor vehicle which are required to be reported to the department by section 321.207 or chapter 321C, except equipment violations, violations of parking regulations of cities,…”
Maguire v. Fulton, 179 N.W.2d 508 (Iowa 1970).
· cites it 2× “207 requires every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under chapter 321 to forward to the department of public safety a record of the conviction of a person for violation of any of said laws. Section 321.210 provides: “Authority to suspend — point system.”
State v. Ewoldt, 448 N.W.2d 676 (Iowa Ct. App. 1989).
· cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 321.207 (1987). The Audubon County Sheriff’s office was equipped with a computer that could access the data of the Departments of Public Safety and Transportation.”
Richard v. Holliday, 153 N.W.2d 473 (Iowa 1967).
· cites it 4× “Section 321.207 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…”
Crow v. Shaeffer, 199 N.W.2d 45 (Iowa 1972).
· cites it 2× “As required by Code section 321.207 the magistrate certified the record of plaintiff’s conviction to the department.”
State v. Dague, 274 N.W.2d 293 (Iowa 1979).
· cites it 2× “Six or more convictions of any separate and distinct offenses within a two-year period in the operation of a motor vehicle which are required to be reported to the department of public safety by section 321.207, except equipment violations, violations of parking regulations of…”
Sellers v. Osmundson, 202 N.W.2d 54 (Iowa 1972).
· cites it 4× “For example, section 321.207 provides: “Every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under this chapter, or any other law of this state or any city traffic ordinances, * * Municipal traffic ordinances are expressly mentioned in section 321.”
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