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Iowa Code § 321.319 (2026)

Entering intersections from different highways

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1. When two vehicles enter an intersection from different highways or public streets at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.

2. The rule contained in subsection 1 is modified at through highways and as otherwise stated in this chapter. [S13, §1571-m18; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5035; C39, §5026.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.319] 2019 Acts, ch 59, §93 Referred to in §321.482A, 805.8A(7)(e) For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8A, subsection 7 Additional penalties for violations causing serious injury or death, see §321.482A \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases, 1948–2014 · leading case: Kuehn v. Jenkins, 100 N.W.2d 610 (Iowa 1960).
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Kuehn v. Jenkins, 100 N.W.2d 610 (Iowa 1960). · cites it 24× “We set out Code Section 321.319, I.C.A.: "Approaching or entering intersections.”
Lemke v. Mueller, 166 N.W.2d 860 (Iowa 1969). · cites it 18× “Section 321.319 provides: "Where two vehicles are approaching on any public street or highway so that their paths will intersect and there is danger of collision, the vehicle approaching the other from the right shall have the right-of-way.”
Hutchins v. La Barre, 47 N.W.2d 269 (Iowa 1951). · cites it 8× “Whether a plaintiff has shown his freedom from contributory negligence'is ordinarily for the jury, and it is only in the exceptional case where his negligence has been so manifest and flagrant, and where the facts are so clear that every reasonable and candid mind must reach the…”
Olson v. Truax, 97 N.W.2d 900 (Iowa 1959). · cites it 4× “Defendant thus *1043 had the directional ■ right of way under section 321.319, Codes, 1954, 1958, which provides, “Where two vehicles are approaching * * * so' that their paths will intersect and there is danger of collision, the vehicle approaching the other from the right…”
State v. McLaughlin, 94 N.W.2d 303 (Iowa 1959). · cites it 4× “297 (failure to travel on the right hand side of the street); Section 321.319, (failure to yield the right of way at an intersection to a vehicle approaching from the right); and Section 321.”
Beck v. Dubishar, 36 N.W.2d 438 (Iowa 1949). · cites it 6× “Kollasch, supra, involved left turns in the intersection while the Young case, supra, is based upon the theory that the defendant had entered the intersection prior to plaintiff and had the right of way.”
Geisking v. Sheimo, 105 N.W.2d 599 (Iowa 1960). · cites it 6× “Summarized, the motion is based upon the thought that the defendant had the directional right of way under section 321.319, Code of 1958; there was no obstruction to the view, and plaintiff admits she saw defendant as the vehicles approached the intersection; the “Yield” sign…”
Wander v. Brady, 105 N.W.2d 86 (Iowa 1960). · cites it 18× “d to yield the right of way to any vehicle, if any, which had entered the intersection from the south or from the north or which was approaching so closely from the south or from the north as *188 to constitute a hazard, * * *” and did not submit plaintiff’s specification of…”
Turbot v. Repp, 72 N.W.2d 565 (Iowa 1955). · cites it 4× “Appellant contends decedent’s automobile had the directional right of way under section 321.319, Code of 1954. The trial court overruled appellant’s contention this statute was applicable and, as already noted, instructed the jury the north-and-south road was a through highway…”
Casey v. Koos, 323 N.W.2d 193 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 2× “First, the court erred in judicially establishing an intersection, after first recognizing there was no intersection on the frozen lake where this accident occurred.”
Mass v. Mesic, 127 N.W.2d 99 (Iowa 1964). · cites it 4× “Plaintiff pleaded and the trial court submitted to the jtiry two grounds of negligence on the part of the defendant: Violation of section 321.319, Code of Iowa, 1962, and failure to keep *254 a proper lookout.”
Menke v. Peterschmidt, 69 N.W.2d 65 (Iowa 1955). · cites it 2× “There is here of considerable importance the Iowa directional right-of-way statute at intersections, section 321.319, Code of Iowa, 1950, which we set out: “Where two vehicles are approaching on any public street or highway so that their paths will intersect and there is danger…”
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