Registration — renewal.

(1) Every snowmobile registration certificate and registration decal issued expires at midnight December 31 unless sooner terminated or discontinued in accordance with this chapter or rules of the commission. After the first day of September each year, an unregistered snowmobile may be registered and a registration may be renewed, as applicable, in one transaction. The fee is five dollars for the remainder of the current year, in addition to the registration fee of thirty dollars for the subsequent year beginning January 1, and a writing fee as provided in section 321G.27.

(2) An expired registration may be renewed for the same fee as if the owner is securing the original registration plus a penalty of five dollars and a writing fee as provided in section 321G.27.

(3) Duplicate registrations may be issued by a county recorder or a license agent upon the payment of a five dollar fee plus a writing fee as provided in section 321G.27.

(4) A county recorder or a license agent designated by the director pursuant to section 483A.11 may issue snowmobile registration renewals electronically pursuant to rules adopted by the commission. The fee for a registration renewal issued using an electronic system is thirty dollars plus an administrative fee established by the commission and a writing fee as provided in section 321G.27.

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