Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 321.264 (2026)

Striking unattended vehicle

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The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leave in a conspicuous place in the vehicle struck a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle doing the striking and a statement of the circumstances thereof. A person who violates this section commits a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph “n”. [C24, 27, 31, 35, §5079; C39, §5020.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.264] 2020 Acts, ch 1074, §34, 93 Referred to in §321.228, 321.484, 321.517, 805.8A(14)(n)

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1966–2024 · leading case: State v. Tarbox, 739 N.W.2d 850 (Iowa 2007).
State v. Tarbox, 739 N.W.2d 850 (Iowa 2007). · cites it 8× “Iowa Code § 321.264 . The dichotomy the legislature sets out between attended vehicles in section 321.”
State v. Jones, 144 N.W.2d 120 (Iowa 1966). · cites it 6× “March 17, 1966, defendant, Robert Taylor Jones, was charged by an information filed in Des Moines Municipal Court with the crime of failing to leave his name and address at the scene of a motor-vehicle accident in violation of section 321.264, Code, 1962, to which he entered a…”
State v. Miller, 308 N.W.2d 4 (Iowa 1981). · cites it 2× “Finally, although the issue has not been presented squarely in our prior decisions, our opinions interpreting companion section 321.264 (informational requirements after striking unattended vehicle) strongly indicate knowledge is an implied element of the offense.”
State v. Van Rees, 246 N.W.2d 339 (Iowa 1976). “§ 321.264 and § 321.482, The Code. Law officers, including deputy sheriffs, are obligated under § 748.”
State v. McDonald, 190 N.W.2d 402 (Iowa 1971). · cites it 2× “Code section 321.264 provides: “Striking unattended vehicle.”
State v. Christopher, 176 N.W.2d 777 (Iowa 1970). · cites it 2× “Defendant was charged under section 321.264, 1 Code of Iowa, 1966, in failing to leave his name and address in a conspicuous place on an automobile with which his car had collided.”
State Of Iowa Vs. Christopher Jerome Tarbox (Iowa 2007). · cites it 8× “Iowa Code § 321.264 . The dichotomy the legislature sets out between attended vehicles in section 321.”
State v. Cornelius, 165 N.W.2d 810 (Iowa 1969). · cites it 2× “On trial to the court defendant was convicted of violating section 321.264, Code of Iowa, 1966, which provides as follows: “The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the…”
State of Iowa v. Sylvester Lavelle Trotter (Iowa Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “20B; striking an unattended vehicle, a simple misdemeanor, in violation of section 321.264; harassment of a public official or 5 the trial information, the State summarized the observations of Aldinger and the six law enforcement officers on the scene on February 6.”
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