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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2185: Relating to personal information of the previous owner of a motor vehicle

Signed into law

What it does

This bill strikes the requirement for a certificate of title issued for a vehicle to contain the name and address of the previous owner, and instead requires the department of transportation (DOT) or county treasurer to maintain the previous owner’s information in the DOT’s or county treasurer’s records systems along with the other certificate of title information.

Sponsors

Transportation (companion To Lsb 5368sv By Committee on Transportation) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Dept. of Transportation; Iowa State County Treasurers Association

In plain words

  1. January 29, 2024Filed in the House
  2. February 21, 2024Passed the House, 97–0
  3. February 22, 2024Arrived in the Senate
  4. March 25, 2024Took the place of SF 2117 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
  5. March 25, 2024Passed the Senate, 39–8
  6. April 19, 2024Sent to the Governor
  7. April 19, 2024Signed into law

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF2185