321G.33 Vehicle identification number.
1. The department may assign a distinguishing number to a snowmobile when the serial number on the snowmobile is destroyed or obliterated and issue to the owner a special decal bearing the distinguishing number which shall be affixed to the snowmobile in a position to be determined by the department. The snowmobile shall be registered and titled under the distinguishing number in lieu of the former serial number. Every snowmobile shall have a vehicle identification number assigned and affixed as required by the department.
2. The commission shall adopt, by rule, the procedures for application and for issuance of a vehicle identification number for homebuilt snowmobiles.
3. A person shall not destroy, remove, alter, cover, or deface the manufacturer’s vehicle identification number, the plate or decal bearing it, or any vehicle identification number the department assigns to a snowmobile without the department’s permission.
4. A person other than a manufacturer who constructs or rebuilds a snowmobile for which there is no legible vehicle identification number shall submit to the department an affidavit which describes the snowmobile. In cooperation with the county recorder, the department shall assign a vehicle identification number to the snowmobile. The applicant shall permanently affix the vehicle identification number to the snowmobile in a manner that such alteration, removal, or replacement of the vehicle identification number would be obvious.
2002 Acts, ch 1027, §11; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §62; 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §43; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §30
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Section 321G.3 - Registration and user permit required — penalties.
Section 321G.4 - Registration — fee.
Section 321G.4A - User permit — fee.
Section 321G.4B - Nonresident requirements — penalties.
Section 321G.5 - Display of registration and user permit decals.
Section 321G.6 - Registration — renewal.
Section 321G.7 - Fees remitted to commission — appropriation — trail equipment donation.
Section 321G.8 - Exempt vehicles.
Section 321G.9 - Operation on roadways and highways.
Section 321G.10 - Accident reports.
Section 321G.11 - Mufflers required.
Section 321G.12 - Headlight — taillight — brakes.
Section 321G.13 - Unlawful operation.
Section 321G.15 - Operation pending registration.
Section 321G.16 - Special events.
Section 321G.17 - Violation of stop signal.
Section 321G.19 - Rented snowmobiles.
Section 321G.20 - Operation by persons under sixteen.
Section 321G.21 - Manufacturer, distributor, or dealer — special registration.
Section 321G.22 - Limitation of liability by public bodies and adjoining owners.
Section 321G.22A - Recreational riding area — limitation of liability of prior landowners.
Section 321G.23 - Course of instruction.
Section 321G.24 - Education certificate — fee.
Section 321G.25 - Stopping and inspecting — warnings.
Section 321G.26 - Termination of use.
Section 321G.27 - Writing fees.
Section 321G.28 - Consistent local laws — special local rules.
Section 321G.29 - Owner’s certificate of title — in general.
Section 321G.30 - Fees — duplicates.
Section 321G.31 - Transfer or repossession by operation of law.
Section 321G.32 - Security interest — perfection and titles — fee.
Section 321G.33 - Vehicle identification number.
Section 321G.34 - Repeat offender — records, enforcement, and penalties.