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Tit. XI, Ch. 17. MOTOR VEHICLES. §§ 3048-al-3050.
27 the payment of a fee of fifty cents for each plate. Duplicate certifi-
28 cates of registration may be issued by the county treasurer in like
29 cases, without the payment of any fee therefor.
[S. S., '15, § 1571-m5; 38 G. A., ch. 275, §§ 1, 5; 39 G. A.,
ch. 159, § 3.]
SEC. 3048-al. County fund from fees—use.
1 Each county treasurer shall be allowed to retain twenty-five cents
2 for each motor vehicle license issued by him out of money collected
3 in each year for the registration of such motor vehicles, the same to
4 be deducted, and reported to the department, when the county treas-
5 urer transfers the money collected under the provisions of this chapter.
6 The money thus retained by the county treasurer shall be cred-
7 ited to the county fund of each county for the payment of salaries,
8 postage, and other office expenses incurred in the collection of the fees
9 provided for in this chapter.
[39 G. A., ch. 68, § 1.]
SEC. 3050. Number plates—requirements.
1 On or before the first day of December of each year, the depart-
2 ment shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the county treasurer of
3 each county, approximately as many duplicate number plates and cer-
4 tificate containers as there are motor vehicles registered in such county
5 during the preceding year, the plates so delivered to each county
6 treasurer to be in numerical sequence. Thereafter, during the year,
7 the department, upon requisition of the county treasurer, shall deliver
8 additional number plates and certificate containers. The department
9 shall keep an accurate record of all number plates issued to each
10 county, and shall also keep a record showing the assignment thereof
11 by the county treasurer to motor vehicles.
12 Such number plates shall be of metal, at least six inches wide and
13 not less than fifteen inches in length, on which there shall be the ini-
14 tials "la" and numerals indicating the year for which it is issued;
15 and shall be of a distinctively different color each year, and there shall
16 be at all times a marked contrast between the colors of the number
17 plates and that of the numerals or letters thereon ; said colors to be
18 designated by the department.
19 The distinctive number assigned to the vehicle shall be set forth
20 in numerals four inches long, each stroke of which shall be at least
21 five-eighths of an inch in width.
22 In the case of a motor vehicle registered by a manufacturer or
23 dealer, there shall be on such plate, in addition to the foregoing, the
24 letter "D" and, in case of a motor vehicle registered by a used car
25 dealer, the letters "U.D.", each stroke of each such letter to be at least
26 four inches long and five-eighths of an inch in width.
27 The number plates for use on a motor bicycle or a motorcycle
28 shall be one-half the size above stated.
29 All number plates issued shall be and remain the property of the
30 state of Iowa.
[S., '13, §§ 1571-ml2, 1571-ml3; 38 G. A., ch. 275, §§ 1, 7;
39 G. A., ch. 159, § 4.]