1. A person shall not stop, park, or leave standing an attended or unattended vehicle upon any highway outside of a business district, rural residence district, or residence district as follows:
a. Upon the paved part of the highway when it is practical to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off that part of the highway, however, a clear and unobstructed width of at least twenty feet of the paved part of the highway opposite the standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles. As used in this subsection, “paved highway” includes an asphalt surfaced highway.
b. Upon the main traveled part of a highway other than a paved highway when it is practical to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off that part of the highway. However, a clear and unobstructed width of that part of the highway opposite the standing vehicle shall be left to allow for the free passage of other vehicles.
2. A clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of two hundred feet in each direction upon the highway. However, school buses may stop on the highway for receiving and discharging pupils and all other vehicles shall stop for school buses which are stopped to receive or discharge pupils, as provided in section 321.372. This section does not apply to a vehicle making a turn as provided in section 321.311. This section also does not apply to the stopping or parking of a maintenance vehicle operated by a highway authority on the main traveled way of any roadway when necessary to the function being performed and when early warning devices are properly displayed. [C24, 27, 31, 35, §5066; C39, §5030.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.354] 84 Acts, ch 1022, §2; 86 Acts, ch 1056, §4; 98 Acts, ch 1075, §23; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §83 Referred to in §321.210, 321.355, 321.356, 805.8A(6)(v) For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8A, subsection 6\n\n 321.355 Disabled vehicle. Section 321.354 shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or improved or main traveled portion of a highway in such manner and to such extent\n\nTue Dec 09 22:17:00 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 321 (137, 2) 211 MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD, §321.358\n\nthat it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position. [C39, §5030.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.355] Referred to in §321.210, 321.356 \n
Notes of Decisions
Jesse v. Wemer & Wemer Co., 82 N.W.2d 82 (Iowa 1957).
· cites it 64× “Defendants' motion for a directed verdict made at the close of plaintiff's case, renewed at the close of all testimony, based upon grounds that plaintiff had failed to prove his freedom from contributory negligence which contributed to his injury and damage, was properly denied.”
Schermer v. Muller, 380 N.W.2d 684 (Iowa 1986).
· cites it 26× “A statutory rule of the road pertinent to that allegation is Iowa Code section 321.354 (1981), which prohibits a vehicle from stopping and blocking the roadway.”
Pinckney v. Watkinson, 116 N.W.2d 258 (Iowa 1962).
· cites it 16× “13 on an operator's *260 duty to stop off the traveled portion of the highway under the provisions of Section 321.354, Code 1958, I.C.A. While it may be conceded the submission of instructions upon matters which have no factual support in the evidence, or which clearly…”
Mazur v. Grantham, 125 N.W.2d 807 (Iowa 1964).
· cites it 13× “Adverting first to the husband’s case, in sustaining the motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the trial court stated its reasons, failure to establish actionable negligence and plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law in stopping on the…”
Andrews v. Struble, 178 N.W.2d 391 (Iowa 1970).
· cites it 9× “Generally they contain essential allegations constituting violation of Code sections 321.354, 321.384, 321.387, 321.395 and 321.”
United States v. Coleman, 603 F.3d 496 (8th Cir. 2010).
· cites it 6× “See Iowa Code § 321.354 . Regardless of the validity of a stop based on Iowa Code § 321.”
Knaus Truck Lines, Inc. v. Com. Freight Lines, 29 N.W.2d 204 (Iowa 1947).
· cites it 8× “The jury could properly find here that both defendants’ trucks were illegally parked upon the paving in violation of section 321.354. See Smith v. Pust, 232 Iowa 1194, 1197 , 6 N.”
Spry v. Lamont, 132 N.W.2d 446 (Iowa 1965).
· cites it 8× “This portion of the instruction is now assailed on the ground Code section 321.354 prohibits stopping or leaving standing any vehicle upon the traveled part of a highway (outside of a business or residence district) without leaving at least 20 feet of such part of the highway…”
Hamilton v. Luckey, 315 N.W.2d 823 (Iowa Ct. App. 1981).
· cites it 12× “The first paragraph of Instruction 9, which incorporates portions of section 321.354, The Code 1979, instructed the jury that if a person leaves any vehicle upon the paved or main traveled portion of a road, when removing the vehicle from the traveled portion of the road is…”
Cook v. Clark, 186 N.W.2d 645 (Iowa 1971).
· cites it 14× “The issues raised by this appeal are: (1) error in permitting the jury to pass on defendant’s alleged negligence in stopping on the paved portion of the highway (section 321.354, The Code, 1966); (2) error in submitting the charge that defendant stopped in such a manner as to…”
Dickman v. Truck Transp., Inc., 224 N.W.2d 459 (Iowa 1974).
· cites it 5× “Two instructions *463 dealt with the duties of a motorist in stopping on the traveled way as set forth in section 321.354 and the third concerned defendant’s duty to carry and display flares, reflectors or other signals as directed by section 321.”
Tuhn v. Clark, 41 N.W.2d 13 (Iowa 1950).
· cites it 6× “Several grounds of negligence pleaded by plaintiff were based upon the alleged violation by defendant of provisions of section 321.354, Code of Iowa, 1946. This section forbids leaving a vehicle standing upon the main traveled part of a highway when it is practical to leave it…”
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