1. A manufacturer or dealer owning an aircraft otherwise required to be registered under this chapter may operate the aircraft for up to three years for purposes of transporting, testing, demonstrating, or selling the aircraft without registering the aircraft, upon condition that a special certificate be obtained by the owner for each year the owner operates the aircraft as provided in this section and sections 328.29 through 328.33.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 328.28

  • Aircraft: means any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air, for the purpose of transporting persons or property, or both. See Iowa Code 328.1
  • Condition: means a general problem that may be attributable to a defect in more than one part. See Iowa Code 322G.2
  • Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the business of constructing or assembling all-terrain vehicles required to be registered under this chapter and who has an established place of business for that purpose in this state. See Iowa Code 321I.1
  • Operate: means to ride in or on, other than as a passenger, use, or control the operation of an all-terrain vehicle in any manner, whether or not the all-terrain vehicle is moving. See Iowa Code 321I.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
  • Owner: means a person owning or renting an aircraft, or having the exclusive use of an aircraft, for a period of more than thirty days. See Iowa Code 328.1
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Selling: includes bartering, exchanging, or otherwise dealing in. See Iowa Code 321H.2
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. A transporter may operate an aircraft described in subsection 1 solely for the purpose of delivery upon obtaining a special certificate issued to the transporter as provided in this section and sections 328.29 through 328.33.
 3. The provisions of this section and sections 328.29 through 328.33 shall not apply to aircraft owned by a manufacturer, transporter, or dealer which are used for hire or principally for transportation of persons and property, aside from the transporting of the aircraft itself, or testing or demonstrating thereof.