[Ord. 84-247 § 10.1]
No person shall drive or move and no owner shall knowingly permit
to be driven or moved upon any street any vehicle of a type required
to be registered by the laws of the owner's resident home state which
is not so registered, or for which the appropriate fee has not been
paid when and as required by that state.
[Ord. 84-247 § 10.2]
No person shall display or cause or permit to be displayed,
or have in his or her possession, any vehicle identification number
or component part number, or any canceled, revoked, altered, or fictitious
registration number plates, registration receipt, certificate of title,
chauffeur's license certificate, or chauffeur's badge, as the same
are respectively provided for by the laws of the owner's resident
home state.
[Ord. 90-212 § 1]
A.
Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle,
motorized bicycle or a truck tractor shall be attached to the motor
vehicle, one in the front and the other in the rear. The registration
plate issued for a motorcycle or other vehicle required to be registered
by state law shall be attached to the rear of the vehicle. The registration
plate issued for a truck tractor shall be attached to the front of
the truck tractor. The special plate issued to a dealer shall be attached
on the rear of the vehicle when operated on the highways of this state.
The registration plate issued for an auxiliary axle shall be
attached to the rear thereof when directly visible from the rear,
and in all other cases, shall be attached to the right frame of such
axle so as to be visible from the right side of the vehicle utilizing
such axle.
It is unlawful for the owner of a vehicle to place any frame
around or over the registration plate which does not permit full view
of all numerals and letters printed on the registration plate.
B.
Every registration plate shall at all times be securely fastened
in a horizontal position to the vehicle for which it is issued so
as to prevent the plate from swinging and at a height of not less
than 12 inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of the plate,
in a place and position to be clearly visible and shall be maintained
free from foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly legible.
An imitation plate or plates imitating or purporting to imitate the
official registration plate of any other state or territory of the
United States or of any foreign government shall not be fastened to
the vehicle.
[Ord. 84-247 § 10.3]
No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit
to be operated upon any street any vehicle required to be registered
and titled by the laws of the owner's resident home state unless there
shall be attached thereto and displayed thereon when and as required
by state law a valid registration card and registration plate or plates
issued therefor for the current registration year and unless a certificate
of title has been issued for such vehicle except as otherwise expressly
permitted by state law.
[Ord. 84-247 § 10.4]
A person shall not lend to another a registration card, registration
plate, special plate, or permit issued to the person if the other
person desiring to borrow the card, plate or permit would not be entitled
to the use of it under the laws of the issuing state. A person shall
not permit the use of a registration card, registration plate, special
plate, or permit issued by a state to the person by one not entitled
to it under the laws of the issuing state, nor shall an owner display
upon a vehicle a registration card, registration plate or permit not
issued by any state for that vehicle.
[Ord. 97-513 § 4; Ord. 84-247 § 10.5]
A.
A person, except those expressly exempted by state law, shall not
operate any motor vehicle upon a street or highway in this City unless
the person has a valid motor vehicle license issued by the person's
resident home state for the vehicle's operation.
B.
Every licensee shall have the licensee's motor vehicle license in
immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and
shall display the same, upon demand of a judicial magistrate, district
associate judge, district judge, peace officer, or examiner of the
Iowa Department of Transportation. However, a person charged with
violating this subsection shall not be convicted if the person produces
in court, within a reasonable time, a motor vehicle license issued
to that person and valid for the vehicle operated at the time of the
person's arrest or at the time the person was charged with a violation
of this section.
[Ord. 97-513 § 5]
A person shall not operate a motor vehicle upon a street or
highway in this City with an expired motor vehicle license.
[Ord. 90-212 § 2]
A person who is issued an operator's instruction permit or chauffeur's
instruction permit shall not operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle
in violation of any qualification or restriction established by state
law. A permittee shall not be penalized for failing to have the permit
in immediate possession if the permittee produces in court, within
a reasonable time, an instruction permit issued to the permittee and
valid at the time of the permittee's arrest.
[Ord. 90-212 § 3]
Any person whose operator's or chauffeur's license or motorized
bicycle license has restrictions imposed by the state department of
transportation shall not operate a motor vehicle in any manner in
violation of the restrictions imposed in said restricted license issued
to that person.
[Ord. 90-212 § 4]
It is a simple misdemeanor for any person:
A.
To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in the person's
possession any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious or fraudulently
altered temporary driver's permit, temporary instruction permit, motorized
bicycle license, operator's license, or chauffeur's license.
B.
To lend that person's temporary driver's permit, temporary instruction
permit, motorized bicycle license, operator's license, or chauffeur's
license to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by
another.
C.
To display or represent as one's own any temporary driver's permit,
temporary instruction permit, motorized bicycle license, operator's
license, or chauffeur's license not issued to that person.
D.
To provide false information or use a false name so as to represent
to an officer as one's own any temporary driver's permit, temporary
instruction permit, motorized bicycle license, operator's license,
or chauffeur's license not issued to that person.
E.
To permit any unlawful use of a temporary driver's permit, temporary
instruction permit, motorized bicycle license, operator's license,
or chauffeur's license issued to that person.
[Ord. 90-212 § 5]
No person shall cause or knowingly permit the person's child
or ward under the age of 18 years to drive a motor vehicle upon any
highway when such minor is not authorized hereunder or in violation
of any of the provisions of this title or state law.
[Ord. 90-212 § 6]
No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle
owned by that person or under the person's control be driven upon
any highway by any person who is not authorized hereunder or in violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. 92-111 § 1]
A person whose motor vehicle license or privilege has been denied,
canceled, suspended, or revoked as provided in Iowa Code Chapter 321,
and who operates a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while
the license or privilege is denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked,
commits a simple misdemeanor. This section does not apply to a person
who operates upon the public highways of this state when that person's
license or privilege has been revoked under Iowa Code Chapter 321.209.
A person who operates a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways
of this state when disqualified from operating the commercial motor
vehicle under Iowa Code Section 321.208 commits a simple misdemeanor
if a commercial driver's license is required for the person to operate
the commercial motor vehicle.
[Ord. 98-110 § 4]
A person who is under the age of 21, who alters or displays or has in the person's possession a fictitious or fraudulently altered motor vehicle license or non-operator's identification card and uses the license to violate or attempt to violate Davenport Municipal Code Section 5.10.290, commits a simple misdemeanor.
