Section 321G.3. Registration and user permit required — penalties.

  1.  Each snowmobile used by a resident on public land, public ice, or a designated snowmobile trail of this state shall be currently registered in this state pursuant to section 321G.4. A resident shall not operate, maintain, or give permission for the operation or maintenance of a snowmobile on public land, public ice, or a designated snowmobile trail unless the snowmobile is registered in accordance with this chapter. The owner of a snowmobile must also obtain a user permit in accordance with section 321G.4A.

  2.  A violation of subsection 1 is punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection 2, paragraph “a”. When the scheduled fine is paid, the violator shall submit proof to the department that a valid registration and user permit have been obtained by providing a copy of the registration and user permit to the department within thirty days of the date the fine is paid. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321G.3]

86 Acts, ch 1031, §2

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; 2002 Acts, ch 1027, §3

; 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §4

; 2005 Acts, ch 138, §2

; 2007 Acts, ch 141, §4

; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §6

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