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Iowa Code § 321.220 (2026)

Permitting unauthorized person to drive

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1. A person shall not knowingly authorize or permit a motor vehicle owned by the person or under the person’s control to be driven upon a highway by a person who is not issued a driver’s license valid for the vehicle’s operation.

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-d50; C39, §5015.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.220] 90 Acts, ch 1230, §61; 98 Acts, ch 1073, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1203, §8; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2010 Acts, ch 1190, §44 Referred to in §805.8A(4)(k) \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1961–1967 · leading case: Hardwick v. Bublitz, 111 N.W.2d 309 (Iowa 1961).
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Hardwick v. Bublitz, 111 N.W.2d 309 (Iowa 1961). · cites it 12× “Bublitz, upon the theory that he permitted a person not authorized under the law to drive his car in violation of section 321.220, Code of Iowa, 1958, and that the accident happened as a result of that violation by the owner and the negligence of the driver, Dean Bublitz.”
Hardwick Ex Rel. Bartz v. Bublitz, 119 N.W.2d 886 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 4× “The simple difference here is the parents are not the owners of the vehicle and do not come within the protection afforded in section 321.494. Without the benefit of section 321.”
Brandon v. Roy, 147 N.W.2d 810 (Iowa 1967). · cites it 2× “In that case plaintiff charged that defendant car owner permitted a person not authorized by statute to drive his car in violation of section 321.220, Code, 1966, and sought to hold defendant liable for negligence on that basis.”
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