No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
1. On a sidewalk, except a bicycle may stop, stand, or park on a sidewalk if not prohibited by a local jurisdiction.
2. In front of a public or private driveway.
3. Within an intersection.
4. Within five feet of a fire hydrant.
5. On a crosswalk.
6. Within ten feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway.
7. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within ten feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless any city indicates a different length by signs or markings.
8. Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, except when parked parallel with such rail and not exhibiting a red light.
9. Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet of said entrance when properly signposted.
10. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic.
11. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
12. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway outside of cities or within a highway tunnel.
13. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping or parking.
14. Upon any street within the corporate limits of a city when the same is prohibited by a general ordinance of uniform application relating to removal of snow or ice from the streets.
15. In front of a curb cut or ramp which is located on public or private property in a manner which blocks access to the curb cut or ramp. [S13, §1571-m18; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5057, 5058, 5060; C39, §5030.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.358] 85 Acts, ch 40, §4; 89 Acts, ch 247, §7 Referred to in §321.210, 321.359, 602.8103, 602.8106, 805.8A(1)(a) For fines applicable to offenses charged as scheduled violations, see §805.8A, subsection 1, paragraph a\n\nTue Dec 09 22:17:00 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 321 (137, 2) §321.359, MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD 212 \n
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
10
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3 in the last 5 years), 1947–2022 · leading case:
Shaw v. Soo Line R.R., 463 N.W.2d 51 (Iowa 1990).
Shaw v. Soo Line R.R., 463 N.W.2d 51 (Iowa 1990).
· cites it 10× “For example, Iowa Code section 321.358(1) (1985) prohibits stopping, standing, or parking vehicles on a sidewalk.”
Scott v. Wright, 486 N.W.2d 40 (Iowa 1992).
· cites it 6× “See Iowa Code § 321.358 (8) (“No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traf-fic_”).”
Courtney Saunders v. Kyle Thies, 38 F.4th 701 (8th Cir. 2022).
“” Iowa Code § 321.358 . The video recordings of the incident and the record evidence demonstrate that Thies and Dee observed Saunders bring his vehicle to a stop in a marked no parking zone directly across from a fire hydrant.”
United States v. David Allen, 43 F.4th 901 (8th Cir. 2022).
“The Altima was parked over the sidewalk, in violation of Iowa Code § 321.358 and Des Moines Code of Ordinances § 114-358.”
Bigelow v. Williams, 193 N.W.2d 521 (Iowa 1972).
· cites it 2× “” This was followed by six specifications of negligence which included, among others parking within ten feet of a stop sign contrary to section 321.358(6) of the Code and obscuring the stop sign with the high-intensity beam of his headlights.”
State v. Bethards, 32 N.W.2d 769 (Iowa 1948).
· cites it 2× “It urges also that defendant obstructed traffic in violation of Code section 321.358(13) by stopping or parking where an official sign prohibits stopping or parking.”
State of Iowa v. Jasmaine R. Warren, 948 N.W.2d 536 (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
· cites it 13× “Iowa Code § 321.358 (emphasis added). A “‘[p]erson’ means every natural person,” including various entities.”
State of Iowa v. Jasmaine R. Warren, 955 N.W.2d 848 (Iowa 2021).
· cites it 7× “Iowa Code § 321.358 . Nonetheless, Warren asks us to distinguish between moving and parking violations for constitutional purposes, relying on “[c]ourts from other jurisdictions [that] have concluded parking violations do not supply reasonable suspicion or probable cause for a…”
Iowa Code § 321.358(1): 1 case
Shaw v. Soo Line R.R., 463 N.W.2d 51 (Iowa 1990).
“For example, Iowa Code section 321.358(1) (1985) prohibits stopping, standing, or parking vehicles on a sidewalk.”
Iowa Code § 321.358(13): 2 cases
State v. Bethards, 32 N.W.2d 769 (Iowa 1948).
“It urges also that defendant obstructed traffic in violation of Code section 321.358(13) by stopping or parking where an official sign prohibits stopping or parking.”
State of Iowa v. Jasmaine R. Warren, 948 N.W.2d 536 (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
“Iowa Code § 321.358 (emphasis added). A “‘[p]erson’ means every natural person,” including various entities.”
Iowa Code § 321.358(6): 1 case
Bigelow v. Williams, 193 N.W.2d 521 (Iowa 1972).
“” This was followed by six specifications of negligence which included, among others parking within ten feet of a stop sign contrary to section 321.358(6) of the Code and obscuring the stop sign with the high-intensity beam of his headlights.”
Iowa Code § 321.358(8): 2 cases
Shaw v. Soo Line R.R., 463 N.W.2d 51 (Iowa 1990).
“For example, Iowa Code section 321.358(1) (1985) prohibits stopping, standing, or parking vehicles on a sidewalk.”
Scott v. Wright, 486 N.W.2d 40 (Iowa 1992).
“See Iowa Code § 321.358 (8) (“No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traf-fic_”).”
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