1. Where traffic-control signals are not in place or in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
2. A person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 7. [C39, §5027.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.327] 2000 Acts, ch 1203, §13; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2010 Acts, ch 1190, §48; 2024 Acts, ch 1137, §5 Referred to in §321.325, 321.482A, 805.8A(7)(h) Additional penalties for violations causing serious injury or death, see §321.482A \n
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1 in the last 5 years), 1951–2023 · leading case:
Arenson v. Butterworth, 54 N.W.2d 557 (Iowa 1952).
Arenson v. Butterworth, 54 N.W.2d 557 (Iowa 1952).
· cites it 2× “Section 321.327 states: “Where traffic-control signals are not in place or in operation the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any * * * crosswalk at an intersection,…”
Andrew v. Clements, 45 N.W.2d 861 (Iowa 1951).
· cites it 2× “Section 321.327, 1946 Code. A pedestrian who is crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.”
State of Iowa v. Jack Harold Smith Jr. (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 10× “At the suppression hearing, the State argued Officer Koedam had reasonable suspicion or probable cause to seize Smith because he observed an infraction of Iowa Code section 321.327 (2021). In arguing the court should grant his motion to suppress, the defense did not contest an…”
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