As used in this chapter:
 1. “Bulk liquid commodities” means liquid commodities or compressed gases transported in a vehicle having a total cargo tank shell capacity of more than two thousand gallons.
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 325A.1

  • Bulk liquid commodities: means liquid commodities or compressed gases transported in a vehicle having a total cargo tank shell capacity of more than two thousand gallons. See Iowa Code 325A.1
  • Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 321H.2
  • Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 325A.1
  • Driver: means a person who operates a motor vehicle for the transportation of railroad workers in the motor vehicle on behalf of a railroad worker transportation company, whether the person is employed by the company for wages or drives for the company as an independent contractor. See Iowa Code 327F.39
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular travel, except in public areas in which the boundary shall be thirty-three feet each side of the center line of the roadway. See Iowa Code 321I.1
  • Highway: means a street, road, bridge, or thoroughfare of any kind in this state. See Iowa Code 325A.1
  • Intrastate: means a movement of property or passengers from one location to another within this state. See Iowa Code 325A.1
  • Lessee: means any consumer who leases a motor vehicle for one year or more pursuant to a written lease agreement which provides that the lessee is responsible for repairs to the motor vehicle. See Iowa Code 322G.2
  • Motor carrier: means a person defined in subsection 9, 10, 11, or 12, but does not include a transportation network company or a transportation network company driver, as defined in section 321N. See Iowa Code 325A.1
  • Motor carrier of household goods: means a person engaged in the transportation, for hire, of personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling, and includes the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 325A.1
  • Motor carrier of passengers: means any person transporting passengers on any highway of this state for hire, other than a transportation network company or a transportation network company driver, as defined in section 321N. See Iowa Code 325A.1
  • Motor carrier permit: means a permit issued by the department to any person operating any motor vehicle on any highway of this state to transport property for hire. See Iowa Code 325A.1
  • Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle purchased or leased in this state, except as provided in section 322G. See Iowa Code 322G.2
  • Motor vehicle: means an automobile, motor truck, truck tractor, road tractor, motor bus, or other self-propelled vehicle, or a trailer, semitrailer, or other device used in connection with the transportation of property or passengers. See Iowa Code 325A.1
  • Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property right in or title to an all-terrain vehicle. See Iowa Code 321I.1
  • Person: includes any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint adventure, or association, and the plural as well as the singular number. See Iowa Code 321H.2
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • road: include public bridges, and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" "common road" and "state road". See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Vehicle: means any vehicle as defined in chapter 321. See Iowa Code 321H.2
 2. “Department” means the state department of transportation.
 3. “Highway” means a street, road, bridge, or thoroughfare of any kind in this state.
 4. “Interstate motor carrier number” means a United States department of transportation number or motor carrier number issued by the federal highway administration to a motor carrier engaged in interstate commerce.
 5. “Intrastate” means a movement of property or passengers from one location to another within this state. “Intrastate” does not include transportation of property or passengers which is a furtherance of an interstate movement.
 6. “Intrastate motor carrier number” means a United States department of transportation number or motor carrier number issued by the federal highway administration to a motor carrier engaged only in intrastate commerce.
 7. “Motor carrier” means a person defined in subsection 9, 10, 11, or 12, but does not include a transportation network company or a transportation network company driver, as defined in section 321N.1.
 8. “Motor carrier certificate” means a certificate issued by the department to a motor carrier of passengers. This certificate is transferable.
 9. “Motor carrier of bulk liquid commodities” means a person engaged in the transportation, for hire, of bulk liquid commodities upon a highway in this state.
 10. “Motor carrier of household goods” means a person engaged in the transportation, for hire, of personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling, and includes the following:

 a. Furniture, fixtures, equipment, and the property of stores, offices, museums, institutions, hospitals, or other establishments when a part of the stock, equipment, or supply of such establishment; except, this paragraph shall not be construed to include the stock-in-trade of any establishment, except when transported as an incident to the removal of the establishment from one location to another.
 b. Articles including objects of art, displays, and exhibits, which because of their unusual nature or value, require the specialized handling and equipment usually employed in moving household goods.
 11. “Motor carrier of passengers” means any person transporting passengers on any highway of this state for hire, other than a transportation network company or a transportation network company driver, as defined in section 321N.1.
 12. “Motor carrier of property” means a person engaged in the transportation, for hire, of property by motor vehicle including a carrier transporting liquid commodities or compressed gases in a vehicle having a total cargo tank shell capacity of two thousand gallons or less.
 13. “Motor carrier permit” means a permit issued by the department to any person operating any motor vehicle on any highway of this state to transport property for hire. A motor carrier permit is not transferable unless it was issued to a motor carrier of household goods.
 14. “Motor vehicle” means an automobile, motor truck, truck tractor, road tractor, motor bus, or other self-propelled vehicle, or a trailer, semitrailer, or other device used in connection with the transportation of property or passengers. “Motor vehicle” does not include a motor vehicle owned by a school district or used exclusively in conveying school children to and from school or school activities.
 15. “Private carrier” means a person who provides transportation of property or passengers by motor vehicle or who transports commodities of which the person is the owner, lessee, or bailee and the transportation is a furtherance of the person’s primary business or occupation, but is not a for-hire motor carrier or a transportation network company or a transportation network company driver, as defined in section 321N.1.
 16. “Transportation for hire” means all transportation of property or passengers made available by a person for compensation.
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