172B.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Driver’s license” means any license or permit issued to a person to operate a motor vehicle on the highways. 2. “Law enforcement officer” means a state patrol officer, a sheriff, or other peace officer so designated by this state or by a […]
172B.2 Transportation certificate exhibited — public offense. A person transporting livestock shall execute in the presence of a law enforcement officer, at the request of the officer, a transportation certificate. A person who fails to comply with this section commits a public offense punishable as provided in section 172B.6. A person who fails to execute […]
172B.3 Form of certificate — substitutes. 1. Duties of secretary. The secretary, pursuant to chapter 17A, shall prescribe a standard form of the transportation certificate required by this chapter. Where the laws of this state or of the United States require the possession of another shipping document by a person transporting livestock, or where the […]
172B.4 Execution and retention of records. 1. Shipper. A person who causes the transporting of livestock shall cause to be executed and to be delivered to the person transporting livestock, at the request of that person, duplicate copies of a transportation certificate. 2. Transporter. A person transporting livestock who has been given a receipt by […]
172B.5 Authority of law enforcement officers. 1. Investigation. A law enforcement officer may stop and detain a person, whether on or off a highway, who is transporting livestock for the purpose of obtaining compliance with section 172B.2, and the officer may request the presentation or execution of a transportation certificate. The officer may examine the […]
172B.6 Offenses and penalties. 1. A person who is convicted of violating section 172B.2 shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 2. A person who makes or utters a transportation certificate with knowledge that some or all of the information contained in the certificate is false, or a person who alters, forges, or counterfeits a […]
