Reynolds issues proclamation for 27 counties impacted by recent widespread flooding

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds has issued a proclamation for Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Fremont, Harrison, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Lyon, Mills, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Sioux, Webster, Winnebago, Woodbury, Worth and Wright Counties in response to the widespread flooding in Iowa.   

The governor's proclamation allows for the additional targeted suspension of specific regulatory requirements in affected counties to effectively respond to and recover from the effects of this event: 

•Temporarily suspends regulatory provisions of the Iowa Code prescribing a five-day waiting period for issuance of a replacement copy of an original certificate of title to the owner of a vehicle. Allows a written statement by the owner, in or appended to the owner's application for replacement copy of original certificate of title, confirming that the original certificate of title was lost or destroyed.

•Waives fees for issuance of a replacement copy of an original certificate of title, as applied to an owner or lienholder whose original certificate of title was lost or destroyed. 

•Waives fees for issuance of a replacement registration card, plate or pair of plates, as applied to any registration card, plate or pair of plates lost or made illegible. 

•Waives fees for issuance of a duplicate or substitute driver’s license or non-operator’s identification card. 

•Waives fees for any additional car lot established by an affected new or used motor vehicle dealer and waives the requirement that the car lot be in the city or township in which the principal place of business is located. 

•Waives fees for any additional travel trailer lot established in addition to the principal place of business by an affected travel trailer dealer and waives the requirement that the travel trailer lot be in the city or township in which the principal place of business is located.

•Temporarily suspends regulatory provisions of the Iowa Code prescribing a separate license be obtained by an affected recycler for each county in which an affected recycler conducts business and waive the requirement for a separate license to be obtained by an affected recycler who has established an extension lot to cope with said emergency and waive the requirement that such extension be in the same county as the principal place of business or an Iowa county adjacent thereto.

•Waives fees collected by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics or a county recorder’s office for a certified copy or short form certification of a certificate or record, a search of the files or records when no copy is made, or when no record is found on file.

•Temporarily suspends regulatory provisions of the Iowa Code that pertain to procurement of goods and services, hours of service for disaster repair crews, and various requirements for the transportation of loads related to disaster repairs.

•Temporarily suspends regulatory provisions of the Iowa Code related to the six-month review requirement for family investment program applicants. 

•Temporarily suspends regulatory provisions of the Iowa Code which requires counties to submit applications for appropriated grants to counties funding. 

Temporarily suspends regulatory provisions of the Iowa Code requiring child development homes be located in a single-family residence. 

The governor's proclamation also allows for the additional targeted suspension of specific regulatory requirements in Clay County: 

•Temporarily suspends the regulatory provisions of the Iowa Code prescribing expiration dates for vehicle registration, registration cards, and registration plates as applied to a person whose vehicle registration, registration card, or registration plate is expired. Suspension of this provision is limited to vehicle registration, registration cards, and registration plates which have expired within the 60 days prior to this proclamation or during the duration of this proclamation or any subsequent extension of this proclamation. 

•Temporarily suspends the regulatory provisions of the Iowa Code prescribing a transferee of a new motor vehicle shall apply for a new registration and certificate of title within 30 days of the purchase. 

•Temporarily suspends the regulatory provisions of the Iowa Code prescribing a vehicle may be operated upon the highways of this state without registration plates for a period of 45 days after the date of delivery of the vehicle to the purchaser from a dealer.