Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 321.67 (2026)

Certificate of title must be executed

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1. No person, except as provided in sections 321.23 and 321.45, section 321.52, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, and section 321.52, subsection 4, paragraph “a”, shall sell or otherwise dispose of a registered vehicle or a vehicle subject to registration without delivering to the purchaser or transferee thereof a certificate of title with such assignment thereon as may be necessary to show title in the purchaser.

2. No person shall purchase or otherwise acquire or bring into this state a registered vehicle or a vehicle subject to registration without obtaining a certificate of title thereto except for temporary use or as provided in sections 321.23 and 321.45, section 321.52, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, and section 321.52, subsection 4, paragraph “a”. [C24, 27, 31, 35, §4898; C39, §5005.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.67] 2015 Acts, ch 52, §5, 14; 2017 Acts, ch 31, §3 Referred to in §805.8A(2)(q) For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8A, subsection 2 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1946–1988 · leading case: Nelson v. Merchants Bonding Co., 425 N.W.2d 433 (Iowa Ct. App. 1988).

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Nelson v. Merchants Bonding Co., 425 N.W.2d 433 (Iowa Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 321.67 (1) (1983) (emphasis added).”

Union Bank & Trust Co. of Stanwood v. Willey, 24 N.W.2d 796 (Iowa 1946). · cites it 4× “01, Code, 1939 (section 321.67, Code, 1946), and plaintiff was negligent in not examining the registry of the truck in the office of the Cedar county treasurer.”

Kirk v. Madsen, 36 N.W.2d 757 (Iowa 1949). “His argument ignores another and controlling cir *536 cumstanee — the fact that plaintiff, though he gave up possession of the car, expressly retained title which was not to pass unless “the check clears.”

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