Terms Used In Iowa Code 462A.35

  • Certificate: means a certificate of title. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Dealer: means a person who engages in whole or in part in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging vessels either outright or on conditional sale, bailment, lease, security interest, or otherwise, and who has an established place of business for sale, trade, and display of vessels. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing or importing new and unused vessels, or new and unused outboard motors, for the purpose of sale or trade. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel or motorboat. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water or ice. See Iowa Code 462A.2
 A manufacturer or dealer owning, storing, repairing, or altering a vessel required to be registered under this chapter may operate the vessel for purposes of transporting, testing, demonstrating, or selling the vessel without registering each such vessel, provided that any such vessel displays thereon a special certificate issued to the manufacturer or dealer as provided in this chapter. This special certificate shall not be used for any vessel offered for hire or for any work or service vessels owned by a manufacturer or dealer.