1. The owner of a commercial vehicle which is properly registered and licensed in some other jurisdiction and is to be operated occasionally on highways in this state may, in lieu of payment of the annual registration fee for such vehicle, obtain a trip permit authorizing operation of the vehicle on the highways of this state for a period of not to exceed seventy-two hours. The fee for the trip permit shall be ten dollars.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 326.23

  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Iowa Code 326.2
  • Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 321H.2
  • Operator: means a person who operates or is in actual physical control of an all-terrain vehicle. See Iowa Code 321I.1
  • Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property right in or title to an all-terrain vehicle. See Iowa Code 321I.1
  • Registration fee: means the annual motor vehicle registration fee imposed pursuant to section 321. See Iowa Code 326.2
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Trip permit: means a permit issued by a member jurisdiction in lieu of apportioned or full registration. See Iowa Code 326.3
  • Truck: means a power unit designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. See Iowa Code 326.3
  • Vehicle: means any vehicle as defined in chapter 321. See Iowa Code 321H.2
 2. The department may enter into agreements with owners and operators of truck stops to permit the owners and operators of truck stops to issue trip permits subject to any conditions imposed by the department. In addition to the trip permit fee, the owner or operator of a truck stop may charge an issuance fee which shall be disclosed to the purchaser. For the purposes of this section, “truck stop” means any place of business which sells fuel normally used by trucks and which is open twenty-four hours per day.