Iowa Code § 321E.1
Definition
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “department” means the state department of transportation.
Iowa Code Chapter 321E — Vehicles of Excessive Size and Weight
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Provisions
Iowa Code § 321E.2
Permits by department and local authorities
1. The department and local authorities may in their discretion and upon application and with good cause shown issue permits for the movement of special mobile equipment being temporarily moved on streets, roads, or highways and for vehicles with indivisible loads, or divisible loads where expressly authorized under th…
Iowa Code § 321E.3
Permit-issuing authorities
1. a. Permits issued under this chapter shall be issued by the authority responsible for the maintenance of the system of highways or streets. However, the department may issue permits on primary road extensions in cities in conjunction with movements on the rural primary road system. b. 1. The department may issue all…
Iowa Code § 321E.7
Load limits per axle
1. The gross weight on any axle of any vehicle or combination of vehicles traveling under a permit issued in accordance with this chapter shall not exceed the maximum axle load prescribed in section 321.463, except for the following: a. Cranes being temporarily moved on streets, roads, or highways may have a gross weig…
Iowa Code § 321E.8
Annual permits
Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section 321E.2, annual permits shall be issued in accordance with the following provisions: 1. Vehicles with indivisible loads, or manufactured or mobile homes including appurtenances, having an overall width not to exceed sixteen feet zero inches, an overall lengt…
Iowa Code § 321E.9
Single-trip permits
Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section 321E.2, single-trip permits, which may include a round trip to and from a job or delivery site, shall be issued in accordance with the following provisions: 1. The maximum height, width, length, and weight of vehicles and loads operating under permits autho…
Iowa Code § 321E.9A
Multi-trip permits
Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section 321E.2, a multi-trip permit shall be issued for operation of vehicles, in accordance with the following: 1. Vehicles with indivisible loads having an overall length not to exceed one hundred twenty feet, an overall width not to exceed sixteen feet, and a he…
Iowa Code § 321E.9B
Special alternative energy multi-trip permit
Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section 321E.2, a multi-trip permit shall be issued for operation of vehicles in accordance with the following provisions: 1. Vehicles with an indivisible load having an overall length not to exceed two hundred twenty-five feet, an overall width not to exceed sixte…
Iowa Code § 321E.10
Semitrailers and trailers manufactured in Iowa
The department or local authorities may upon application issue annual permits for the movement of semitrailers and trailers manufactured or assembled in this state that exceed the maximum length specified in section 321.457 and the maximum width specified in section 321.454. Movement of the semitrailers and trailers sh…
Iowa Code § 321E.11
Movement under permit penalty
1. Movements under permit in accordance with this chapter shall be permitted only during the hours from thirty minutes prior to sunrise to thirty minutes following sunset unless the permit-issuing authority determines that the movement can be better accomplished at another period of time because of traffic volume or ot…
Iowa Code § 321E.12
Registration must be consistent
1. a. A vehicle traveling under permit shall be registered for the gross weight of the vehicle and load. b. For purposes of this section, a vehicle traveling under a single-trip permit issued under section 321E.9 may be registered with the department for the combined gross weight of the vehicle and load on a single-tri…
Iowa Code § 321E.13
Financial responsibility
Prior to the issuance of any permit, the applicant for a permit shall be required to file proof of financial responsibility or post a bond with the permit-issuing authority. The amount of the bond shall be determined by the permit-issuing authority and shall be used as security for repair or replacement of official sig…
Iowa Code § 321E.14
Fees for permits
1. Permit-issuing authorities may charge the following fees: a. Fifty dollars for an annual permit issued pursuant to section 321E.8, subsection 1. b. Four hundred dollars for an annual permit issued pursuant to section 321E.8, subsection 3 or 4. c. Two hundred dollars for a multi-trip permit issued pursuant to section…
Iowa Code § 321E.15
Rules made available
The department may adopt and make available upon request to interested parties printed rules and regulations necessary for the movement by permit of vehicles and indivisible loads under the provisions of this chapter. No rule or regulation shall be adopted without prior notice to city and county officials and without a…
Iowa Code § 321E.16
Violations penalties
1. A person who violates a provision of a permit issued pursuant to this chapter or rules adopted under section 321E.15, other than a provision relating to weight, shall be subject to a scheduled fine under section 805.8A, subsection 12, paragraph “f”. 2. The fine for violation of the weight allowed by a permit shall b…
Iowa Code § 321E.17
Serious violations
Proof of imposition of a penalty for a violation of section 321.256, 321.454, 321.456, 321.457, 321.463, 321.471, 321.474, or 321E.16 or any combination of penalties for violation of those sections with respect to the operation of one or more vehicles by any one permit holder, whether operated personally or through age…
Iowa Code § 321E.18
Overall operations considered
In any proceeding brought under this chapter, the permit-issuing authority shall consider evidence relating to the nature and severity of the violations and the extent of the operations of any vehicles by or on behalf of the permit holder upon the public highways of this state, which did not involve any violations.
Iowa Code § 321E.19
Permit denial, change, suspension, or revocation
The permit-issuing authority may deny, change, suspend, or revoke any permit issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter for good cause. A decision of the department may be appealed in accordance with chapter 17A, and a decision of a local authority may be appealed in accordance with the appeal procedures of the l…
Iowa Code § 321E.20
Suspension period
Whenever the permit-issuing authority finds from the evidence adduced at hearing that a permit holder has willfully operated or caused to be operated a vehicle or vehicles in violation of this chapter, the permit-issuing authority may enter an order suspending, modifying, or revoking the permit in whole or in part at i…
Iowa Code § 321E.24
Warning and lighting devices on oversize vehicles and loads
The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A regarding oversize load signs, warning flags, vehicle length warning lights, and projecting-load lights. A vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight or combined gross weight exceeding eighty thousand pounds shall not be required to display warning li…
Iowa Code § 321E.25
Use of interstate road system
Use of the national system of interstate and defense highways under the provisions of this chapter shall be restricted by regulation and other appropriate action of the department in such a manner as to not be in conflict with the applicable provisions of 23 U.S.C. §127.
Iowa Code § 321E.26
Transportation of raw forest products
1. The department may issue annual permits for the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting divisible loads of raw forest products from fields to storage, processing, or other commercial facilities. The combined gross weight or gross weight on any one axle or group of axles on a vehicle or combina…
Iowa Code § 321E.27
Special permits relief supplies during periods of national emergency
1. During an emergency, the department may issue special permits pursuant to 23 U.S.C. §127(i) authorizing the transportation of divisible loads of relief supplies that exceed the weight limits established under section 321.463 on the interstate highway system if the president of the United States has declared the emer…
Iowa Code § 321E.29
Excess size divisible load permits
Vehicles or a combination of vehicles with divisible loads in excess of the width, length, or height requirements of chapter 321 may be moved on the highways of this state if the department or permit-issuing authority determines there is a special or emergency situation which warrants the issuance of a special permit.…
Iowa Code § 321E.29A
Raw milk transporters
A permit-issuing authority may issue annual permits authorizing a raw milk transporter to transport by motor truck raw milk to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station. The combined gross weight or gross weight on any axle or group of axles of the motor truck shall not exceed the limits established…
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