Iowa § 321.482A - 321.482A Violations causing serious injury or death — additional penalties.
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§ 321.482A. 321.482A Violations causing serious injury or death — additional penalties.
Notwithstanding section 321.482, a person who is convicted of operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 321.256, 321.257, section 321.275, subsection 4, section 321.276, 321.297, 321.298, 321.299, 321.302, 321.303, 321.304, 321.305, 321.306, 321.307, 321.311, 321.319, 321.320, 321.321, 321.322, 321.323, 321.324, 321.324A, 321.327, 321.329, 321.333, section 321.372, subsection 3, or section 321.449B, causing serious injury to or the death of another person may be subject to the following penalties in addition to the penalty provided for a scheduled violation in section 805.8A or any other penalty provided by law: 1. For a violation causing serious injury, a fine of five hundred dollars or suspension of the violator’s driver’s license or operating privileges for not more than ninety days, or both. For purposes of this subsection, “serious injury” means the same as defined in section 702.18. 2. For a violation causing death, a fine of one thousand dollars or suspension of the violator’s driver’s license or operating privileges for not more than one hundred eighty days, or both. 2006 Acts, ch 1021, §2; 2010 Acts, ch 1105, §7; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §123; 2012 Acts, ch 1015, §3; 2012 Acts, ch 1083, §4; 2016 Acts, ch 1098, §34; 2018 Acts, ch 1017, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 79, §2; 2024 Acts, ch 1166, §8; 2025 Acts, ch 14, §11 Unnumbered paragraph 1 amended Thu Dec 11 19:42:18 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 321.482A (43, 2)
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What does Iowa Code § 321.482A cover?
Section 321.482A ("321.482A Violations causing serious injury or death — additional penalties.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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