A state law that went into effect on New Year’s Day now allows the transfer of motor vehicle titles to be registered in any county. Previous law required title changes to be registered in the county where the new owner of the vehicle lives. Bruce Anderson, president of the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association, says it’s an adjustment to the way people buy vehicles today.
Anderson says this gives auto dealers a familiar, local point of entry to file the vehicle’s title, register a lien if the customer took out a loan to buy the vehicle, and get license plates ordered.
The law has also increased the filing fees for vehicle titles by 10 dollars, as Senator Mike Klemish of Spillville explained during debate of the bill.
Titles for mobile homes must still be registered initially in the county where the buyer lives.
