Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 325A - Motor Carrier Authority

• Bulk liquid commodities: means liquid commodities or compressed gases transported in a vehicle having a total cargo tank shell capacity of more than two thousand gallons. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Days: means calendar days. See Iowa Code 322G.2
• Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• Director: means the director of the department. See Iowa Code 321I.1
• Driver: means a person who operates a motor vehicle for the transportation of railroad workers in the motor vehicle on behalf of a railroad worker transportation company, whether the person is employed by the company for wages or drives for the company as an independent contractor. See Iowa Code 327F.39
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Highway: means a street, road, bridge, or thoroughfare of any kind in this state. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• Interstate motor carrier number: means a United States department of transportation number or motor carrier number issued by the federal highway administration to a motor carrier engaged in interstate commerce. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• Intrastate: means a movement of property or passengers from one location to another within this state. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• Intrastate motor carrier number: means a United States department of transportation number or motor carrier number issued by the federal highway administration to a motor carrier engaged only in intrastate commerce. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lessee: means any consumer who leases a motor vehicle for one year or more pursuant to a written lease agreement which provides that the lessee is responsible for repairs to the motor vehicle. See Iowa Code 322G.2
• Motor carrier: means a person defined in subsection 9, 10, 11, or 12, but does not include a transportation network company or a transportation network company driver, as defined in section 321N. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• Motor carrier of household goods: means a person engaged in the transportation, for hire, of personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling, and includes the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• Motor carrier of passengers: means any person transporting passengers on any highway of this state for hire, other than a transportation network company or a transportation network company driver, as defined in section 321N. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• Motor carrier permit: means a permit issued by the department to any person operating any motor vehicle on any highway of this state to transport property for hire. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• Motor vehicle: means an automobile, motor truck, truck tractor, road tractor, motor bus, or other self-propelled vehicle, or a trailer, semitrailer, or other device used in connection with the transportation of property or passengers. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• Operate: means to ride in or on, other than as a passenger, use, or control the operation of an all-terrain vehicle in any manner, whether or not the all-terrain vehicle is moving. See Iowa Code 321I.1
• 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
• Person: includes any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint adventure, or association, and the plural as well as the singular number. See Iowa Code 321H.2
• Place of employment: means that location where one or more workers are actually performing the labor incident to their employment. See Iowa Code 327F.39
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• road: include public bridges, and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" "common road" and "state road". See Iowa Code 4.1
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• 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
• Transportation for hire: means all transportation of property or passengers made available by a person for compensation. See Iowa Code 325A.1
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Vehicle: means any vehicle as defined in chapter 321. See Iowa Code 321H.2