COMPILED CODE - Iowa Legislature - State of Iowa

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Tit. XI, Ch. 17. MOTOR VEHICLES. §§ 3065-3063.
33 highways of this state that are owned by persons living in another
34 state, regulation of which is provided for elsewhere in this chapter.
[S., '13, § 1571-mlO; 38 G. A., ch. 275, §§ 1, 21; 39 G. A.,
ch. 159, § 13.]
SEC. 3065. Display of plates and certificates and wrongful use
thereof.
1 Every motor vehicle required to be licensed shall have conspicu-
2 ously displayed the number plates furnished, one on the front end
3 and one on the rear end of such vehicle, each securely fastened, so as
4 to prevent the same from swinging and each so placed that the same
5 shall not become habitually obscured by dust and mud. The number
6 plates of a junked or dismembered vehicle shall not thereafter be used,
7 and no number plate shall be detached from the vehicle for which it is
8 issued and to which it belongs for the purpose of using the same upon
9 any other vehicle, and any such plates shall not be used upon any
10 vehicle, other than that for which it was issued.
11 The certificate of registration issued by the county treasurer shall
12 also be displayed in a proper holder that will protect the same, of a
13 kind* approved by the executive council and placed in plain view in
14 such place on or in the vehicle where the same can be easily seen by
15 any peace officer or other person desiring to ascertain when the license
16 fee was paid, and whether the car bears the proper certificate of regis-
17 tration.
18 Such certificate container shall be attached to the vehicle in the
19 front of the driver's compartment so that same may be seen by anyone
20 passing on the right of the vehicle.
21 The executive council may at its discretion approve devices for
22 holding and displaying the certificate of registration, and may require
23 such devices to receive and hold such certificate so that when the cer-
24 tificate is removed from the holder the certificate will be destroyed or
25 mutilated so it can not be used on other vehicles.
26 It shall be unlawful to change the license numbers assigned by
27 the county treasurer to any motor vehicle, unless for some cause a
28 new number may be assigned according to law or to change the colors
29 or make any counterfeit of certificate of registration, or to use or
30 display on any motor vehicle any other than the certificate of registra-
31 tion licensing such vehicle or to intentionally use or display any such
32 certificate on which the names, numbers, or data stated are not true,
33 or do not correspond to the vehicle licensed.
34 Such certificate of registration shall be of a distinctively different
35 color each year and shall have data thereon that shall identify only
36 the car on which same is carried.
37 Any violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, and
38 upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten dol-
39 lars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not ex-
40 ceeding thirty days.
[S., '13, §§ 1571-mll, 1571-m21; S. S., '15, § 1571-ml2a; 38
G. A., ch. 275, §§ 1, 22; 39 G. A., ch. 159, § 14.]
SEC. 3066. General registration by dealer.
1 Every person, firm, association or corporation manufacturing or
2 dealing in motor vehicles, including used motor vehicles, may instead