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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2570: Regarding the registration and titling of motor vehicles, including by providing for initial registration and titling by any county treasurer and by modifying related fees and the amount of fees retained by county treasurers

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

Under current law, only certain county treasurers are allowed to do certain actions relating to motor vehicle registration and titling. This bill provides that any county treasurer can do any of the following: accept applications for initial registration and issue initial registrations and certificates of title to owners of vehicles, owners of commercial vehicles, owners of certain foreign vehicles, owners of transferred vehicles, owners of vehicles with a lost or damaged certificate of title, owners of vehicles transferred by law, and nonresident purchasers of vehicles; accept the return of an original certificate of title from a lienholder; issue an original certificate of title to a new purchaser or transferee who presents an assigned replacement copy; receive affidavits certifying the sale or transfer of ownership of a vehicle; issue certificates of title to dealers in possession of foreign registered vehicles; receive applications for the transfer of registration and certificates of title; perfect security interests; accept certificates of title, or other forms, noting that a security interest has been discharged; receive certificates of title of vehicles that have been sold for scrap or junk; accept applications for salvage certificates of title; receive certificates of title of a wrecked or salvage vehicle; and accept applications and issue temporary permits for vehicles that are unregistered or have delinquent registration.

Sponsors

Ways and Means (successor To Hf 810) (successor To Hsb 262) committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

Table 1 shows both the current share of fees retained in county general funds and the share under HF 2570.

Lobbying · 9 for, 0 against

For: Grow Clinton County; Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.; Iowa Automobile Dealers Association; Iowa Independent Automobile Dealers Association; Iowa Manufactured Housing Association; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State County Treasurers Association; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Marion County Board of Supervisors

In plain words

  1. March 22, 2022Filed in the House
  2. March 28, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2570