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Iowa Code § 321.385 (2026)

Headlamps on motor vehicles

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Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, motorized bicycle, or all-terrain vehicle shall be equipped with at least two headlamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which headlamps shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in this chapter. [S13, §1571-m17; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5044; C39, §5033.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.385] 2022 Acts, ch 1105, §5 Referred to in §321.1, 321.385A, 321.404A, 456A.12, 805.8A(3)(i) For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8A, subsection 3

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2015–2025 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Joseph Jackson Howard (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
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State of Iowa v. Joseph Jackson Howard (Iowa Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 4× “He issued a traffic warning memorandum for insufficient number of headlamps, in violation of Iowa Code section 321.385 (2018). Howard, Anderson, and the vehicle were released.”
State of Iowa v. Joseph W. White (Iowa Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “He acknowledged that 1 Iowa Code section 321.385 (2018) provides, “Every motor vehicle .”
State of Iowa v. Terry Joseph Schmitz (Iowa Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “In applying Iowa Code section 321.385(2)(a)(3), the district court concluded that “within the limits of any town, a driver cannot drive faster than 45 miles per hour.”
State of Iowa v. Sun Eschell Lensgraf (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “. on motor vehicles . . . shall be so arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to different elevations .”
— Iowa Code § 321.385(2)(a)(3) — 1 case
State of Iowa v. Terry Joseph Schmitz (Iowa Ct. App. 2025). “In applying Iowa Code section 321.385(2)(a)(3), the district court concluded that “within the limits of any town, a driver cannot drive faster than 45 miles per hour.”
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