The Iowa Department of Revenue has clarified trade credit eligibility in a specific scenario involving spouses and children. Scenario: The trade vehicle is titled in the dad/husband’s name. The newly acquired vehicle is titled in the mom/wife’s name …
The state of Iowa is rolling out a new motor vehicle title design. Counties will begin using the new titles as existing stock is depleted. Changes to the design include: A recommendation to use blue or black ink. This …
The fee to mail license plates will change to $5 on January 1, 2024. Correctly including postage fees in December might be tricky. Anything with a December issue date will stay at $3, but plates with a January …
Dealerships can submit information to the Iowa DOT for new vehicle models that have not yet been added to ARTS. Download the template. Fill it out. Send it to dealer.programs@iowadot.us. More of a visual learner? Watch our minute-long …
When a transaction includes a down trade or even trade, you must check the correct UT exemption on the second page of the title application. Option h under UT08 – Other exemption must be checked and both pages …
More than 36,000 transactions have gone through the electronic registration and titling (ERT) system since April 2023, with the volume of deals sent electronically steadily increasing. Of note: Used vehicle transactions surpassed new in the first full month …
County treasurers in southeast Iowa will be closed on Tuesday, July 25 for a district-wide training. Please call ahead before traveling to the following county treasurers’ offices. Appanoose Davis Des Moines Henry Jefferson Keokuk Lee Louisa Lucas Mahaska …
The annual registration (license plate) fee on model year 2010 and newer trucks weighing less than 10,000 pounds varies depending on: Whether the customer qualifies for a business trade truck registration and The truck’s weight when the customer …
Dealers must include the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) in the vehicle information section of truck title applications. The skinny: GVWR is required by Iowa law, but the Iowa DOT system didn’t previously require it because of a programming …
Just because a customer’s trade vehicle has Iowa plates and an Iowa registration receipt does not mean that it has a transferable title. You assess the vehicle before taking a trade. You need to assess the title, too. …
A box in the lien holder section of the title application is causing confusion for dealerships and counties. Under the lien holder address line, there is a line that says “FEIN, SS Number or Electronic Lien and Title …
Electronic registration and titling (ERT) is available for both new and used vehicles in Iowa. State of play: Used vehicle functionality opened up statewide on April 17, which means that motor vehicle dealerships (including motorcycles and motorized RVs) using ERT …