Iowa Code » Chapter 321 — MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 321.219 (2026)

Permitting unauthorized minor to drive

✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IA-LEGlegis.iowa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

1. A person shall not cause or knowingly permit the person’s child or protected person under the age of eighteen years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when the minor is not authorized under this chapter.

2. 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 4. [C31, 35, §4960-d48; C39, §5015.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.219] 2000 Acts, ch 1203, §7; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §152; 2010 Acts, ch 1190, §43; 2024 Acts, ch 1009, §49 Referred to in §805.8A(4)(j) \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1952–1988 · leading case: Hardwick Ex Rel. Bartz v. Bublitz, 119 N.W.2d 886 (Iowa 1963).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Hardwick Ex Rel. Bartz v. Bublitz, 119 N.W.2d 886 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 8× “) His claim against defendants Harold and Lucille Bublitz, Dean’s parents, is based on knowingly permitting Dean, an unlicensed driver, to drive on the highway, section 321.219, and permitting an incompetent driver to drive on the highway.”
Diehl v. Diehl, 421 N.W.2d 884 (Iowa 1988). · cites it 4× “That instruction advised the jury that plaintiff could only be found negligent for violating Iowa Code section 321.219 (1983) if she had actual knowledge of the requirements of section 321.”
Hardwick v. Bublitz, 111 N.W.2d 309 (Iowa 1961). · cites it 2× “We classified the negligence under those conditions as common-law negligence and not under the usual theory of master and servant, nor under the statute (section 321.219) mailing the owner of the truck liable for its negligent operation.”
Anderson v. Lehner, 52 N.W.2d 513 (Iowa 1952). · cites it 2× “He considered the fact that the boy did not have a driver’s license “a strong circumstance in favor of defendants upon this question because if a father, knowing that his son did not have a driver’s license, authorized or permitted him to use his car, he would not only be doing…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.