# Iowa Code § 321G.6: Registration — renewal

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.6

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 321G.6
- **Heading:** Registration — renewal
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321G / Section 321G.6

## Text

(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.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §321G.6; 81 Acts, ch 113, §4, 5]86 Acts, ch 1031, §4; 86 Acts, ch 1235, §2; 89 Acts, ch 244, §8 – 11; 91 Acts, ch 236, §2; 97 Acts, ch 148, §6, 9; 99 Acts, ch 113, §3; 2000 Acts, ch 1019, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1027, §5; 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §7; 2005 Acts, ch 138, §5, 6; 2007 Acts, ch 141, §8; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §10; 2024 Acts, ch 1093, §6

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 321G.1 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.2 Rules.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.3 Registration required for residents penalties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.4 Registration — fee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.4A User permit fee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.4A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.4B Nonresident requirements fees penalties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.4B.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.5 Display of registration and nonresident user permit decals.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.6 Registration — renewal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.7 Fees remitted to commission — appropriation — trail equipment donation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.8 Exempt snowmobiles.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.9 Operation on roadways and highways.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.9.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.10 Accident reports.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.10.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.11 Mufflers required.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 321G.12 Headlight taillight brakes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TVIII_C321G_S321G.12.md)

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