Relating to towing a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, and making penalties applicable

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2026
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

89. This bill regulates the towing, storing, selling, and disposing of a motor vehicle that was towed without the owner’s consent and is not an abandoned vehicle. The bill provides requirements related to notices, fees, the reclamation of personal property, the sale or disposition of a vehicle, payment plans, an opportunity for a hearing before the department of transportation, and the disbursement of proceeds of a sold vehicle.89. By operation of law, a person who fails to act as required by the bill or who does an act forbidden by the bill commits a simple misdemeanor.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§321.83

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