Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 321.269 (2026)

Accident report forms

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1. The department shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, and other suitable agencies or individuals, forms for accident reports required hereunder, which reports shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a traffic accident the cause, condition then existing, and the persons and vehicles involved.

2. Every required accident report shall be made on a form approved by the department if said form is available. [C39, §5020.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.269] Referred to in §321.228, 321.517\n\n 321.270 Reserved. \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1957–1966 · leading case: State v. Rullestad, 143 N.W.2d 278 (Iowa 1966).

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State v. Rullestad, 143 N.W.2d 278 (Iowa 1966). · cites it 4× “Section 321.269 requires the department to prepare forms for such reports which shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose the cause, conditions then existing, and persons and vehicles involved in the accident, and requires the report to be on such form if…”

Hamilton v. Becker, 86 N.W.2d 142 (Iowa 1957). · cites it 2× “Section 321.269 requires the coroner to file with the department a report as to any death resulting from a motor-vehicle accident.”

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