Iowa § 8A.323 - 8A.323 Parking regulations.

§ 8A.323. 8A.323 Parking regulations.

1. The director shall establish, publish, and enforce rules regulating, restricting, or prohibiting the use by state officials, state employees, and the public, of motor vehicle parking facilities at the state capitol complex and at the state laboratories facility in Ankeny. The assignment of legislative parking spaces shall be under the control of the legislative council. The rules established by the director may establish fines for violations and a procedure for payment of the fines. The director may order payment of a fine and enforce the order in the district court. 2. Motor vehicles parked in violation of the rules may be removed without the owner’s or operator’s consent and at the owner’s or operator’s expense. Motor vehicles removed and not claimed within thirty days of their removal or vehicles abandoned within the capitol grounds may be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of sections 321.85 through 321.91. 3. The parking rules established shall be posted in conspicuous places at the capitol complex and at the state laboratories facility in Ankeny, as applicable. Copies of the rules shall be made available to all state officials and employees and any other person who requests a copy of the rules. 4. Except as provided in subsection 5, all fines collected by the department shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state and deposited in the general fund of the state. 5. Any fine that remains unpaid upon becoming delinquent may be collected by the department of revenue pursuant to the setoff procedures provided for in 421.65. For purposes of this subsection, a fine becomes delinquent if it has not been paid within thirty days of the date of the issuance of the parking citation, unless a written request for a hearing is filed as provided pursuant to the rules of the department of revenue. If an appeal is filed and the citation is upheld, the fine becomes delinquent ten days after the issuance of the final decision on the appeal or thirty-one days after the date of the issuance of the parking citation, whichever is later. 2003 Acts, ch 145, §38; 2005 Acts, ch 52, §4, 5; 2020 Acts, ch 1064, §1, 28; 2020 Acts, ch 1118, §73, 74 Wed Dec 10 21:44:51 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 8A.323 (32, 0)