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Iowa Code § 321.228 (2026)

Provisions refer to highways — exceptions

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The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except:

1. Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section.

2. The provisions of sections 321.261 through 321.273, and sections 321.277 and 321.280 shall apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the state. [C39, §5017.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.228] 86 Acts, ch 1220, §35; 98 Acts, ch 1178, §2; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §91 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1965–2019 · leading case: Scott v. Wright, 486 N.W.2d 40 (Iowa 1992).
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Scott v. Wright, 486 N.W.2d 40 (Iowa 1992). · cites it 7× “” Iowa Code *43 § 321.228. Because Scott’s damages stem from a vehicular accident on private property, Wrights argue the ownership liability provisions of section 321.”
State v. Valeu, 134 N.W.2d 911 (Iowa 1965). · cites it 8× “281, Code, 1962, as pertinent here, provides: “Whoever, while in an intoxicated condition * * *, operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state, shall, upon conviction or a plea of guilty, be punished * * Section 321.228, Code, 1962, as pertinent here, provides:…”
Shaw v. Soo Line R.R., 463 N.W.2d 51 (Iowa 1990). · cites it 3× “However, Iowa Code section 321.228 (1985) specifies that: The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except: 1.”
State v. Heisdorffer, 171 N.W.2d 513 (Iowa 1969). · cites it 4× “Code section 321.228 as pertinent here, provides: “The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except: * * * “2.”
State of Iowa v. Ryan Bradley Tostenson (Iowa Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 321.228 . Chapter 321 defines a street or highway as “the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic.”
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