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Read. Follow. Verify.Iowa Senate Bill 300 adjusts county fee retention for replacement vehicle titles and applies changes retroactively
Last action · March 20, 2025: Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.Sponsor: Dave Rowley
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What This Bill Would Do
Iowa Senate File 300 sets county treasurer fee retention for replacement vehicle titles at $18 per fee and applies the provision retroactively to applications submitted on or after January 1, 2025.
Changes how replacement vehicle title fees are divided between the state and county governments, directly altering revenue distribution for local jurisdictions.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
county treasurers
County treasurers retain eighteen dollars of each fee collected for certified copies of replacement certificates of title.
vehicle owners
Vehicle owners applying for lost or destroyed certificates of title must follow updated replacement procedures and fee structures.
Key Facts
- County treasurers are authorized to retain eighteen dollars of each fee collected for certified copies of replacement certificates of title.
- Previous statutory references to forty percent of fees are replaced with a fixed eighteen-dollar retention amount.
- The Act applies retroactively to replacement copies of an original certificate of title applied for on or after January 1, 2025.
- The replacement copy certificate of title must be clearly marked "replacement" and include security interests and liens.
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- The five-day waiting period does not apply to an applicant who is a lienholder or who has surrendered the original certificate of title.
- The department or county treasurer is not authorized to refund fees collected for a replacement certificate of title under section 321.42 or section 321.52A.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
11 actions- Mar 20, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
- Mar 18, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/19/2025 3:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
- Mar 11, 2025SenateSubcommittee: Green, Dickey, and Townsend. S.J. 491 .
- Mar 4, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Ways and Means. S.J. 398 .
- Feb 26, 2025SenateCommittee report, approving bill. S.J. 372 .
- Feb 26, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 364 .
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- Feb 26, 2025SenateCommittee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 447 . S.J. 372 .
- Feb 19, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
- Feb 18, 2025SenateSubcommittee Meeting: 02/19/2025 8:30AM Senate Lounge.
- Feb 18, 2025SenateSubcommittee: Lofgren, Dickey, and Zimmer. S.J. 303 .
- Feb 13, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Transportation. S.J. 264 .
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Analysis Score
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