Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 321.32 (2026)

Registration card carried and exhibited — exception

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1. A vehicle’s registration card shall at all times be carried in the vehicle to which it refers and shall be shown to any peace officer upon the officer’s request.

2. This section shall not apply when the registration card is being used for the purpose of making application for renewal of registration or upon a transfer of registration for that vehicle. [S13, §1571-m11; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4879; C39, §5001.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.32] 91 Acts, ch 27, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §89 Referred to in §331.557, 805.8A(2)(d) For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8A, subsection 2\n\n 321.33 Exception. Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §140. See §321.32. \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2012–2012 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Lorraine Ann Messer, 822 N.W.2d 116 (Iowa 2012).

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State of Iowa v. Lorraine Ann Messer, 822 N.W.2d 116 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 3× “§ 321.32 (requiring a vehicle registration card to “be shown to any peace officer upon the officer’s request”); id.”

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