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Iowa Code § 321.92 (2026)

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1. Fraudulent intent.

a. No person shall with fraudulent intent, deface, destroy, or alter the vehicle identification number or component part number or other distinguishing number or identification mark of a vehicle or component part, including a rebuilt identification, nor shall a person place or stamp a serial, engine, or other number or mark upon a vehicle or component part, except one assigned thereto by the department.

b. The year of manufacture of a fence-line feeder, grain cart, or tank wagon manufactured on or after July 1, 2001, shall be permanently made a part of the identification plate on the\n\nTue Dec 09 22:16:58 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 321 (137, 2) 89 MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD, §321.95\n\nvehicle. A person shall not fraudulently alter, deface, or attempt to fraudulently alter or deface the year of manufacture or other product identification number on a fence-line feeder, grain cart, or tank wagon.

c. A violation of this subsection is a felony punishable as provided in section 321.483.

d. This subsection does not prohibit the restoration of an original vehicle identification number, component part number, or other number or mark when the restoration is made by the department, nor prevent a manufacturer from placing, in the ordinary course of business, numbers or marks upon vehicles or component parts.

2. Vehicles without identification numbers. A person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, or has in the person’s possession a vehicle, or a component part of a vehicle, from which the vehicle identification number, rebuilt identification, or component part number has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of the vehicle or component part is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. [SS15, §1571-m12a; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5080; C39, §5006.09, 5006.21; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §321.80, 321.92; C79, 81, §321.92] 88 Acts, ch 1089, §7; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §117 Referred to in §321H.6, 321H.8, 322.3, 322.6, 322C.3, 322C.6 Similar provisions, §714.8(5) \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2021–2022 · leading case: J. Jesus Carreras & Los Primos Auto Sales, LLC d/b/a Los Primos Auto Sales v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., Motor Veh. Div. (Iowa Ct. App. 2021).

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J. Jesus Carreras & Los Primos Auto Sales, LLC d/b/a Los Primos Auto Sales v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., Motor Veh. Div. (Iowa Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “We set out the whole provision for context: A person who has been convicted of a fraudulent practice, has been convicted of three or more violations of section 321.92, subsection 2, or section 321.”

J. Jesus Carreras & Los Primos Auto Sales, LLC d/b/a Los Primos Auto Sales v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., Motor Veh. Div. (Iowa 2022). · cites it 2× “3(12) which states in full: 9 A person who has been convicted of a fraudulent practice, has been convicted of three or more violations of section 321.92, subsection 2, or section 321.”

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