Mini trucks in Iowa, at work on the farm and private ground
Read from Iowa's own statutes and motor vehicle office.
Iowa law refuses title and registration to a vehicle without a federal safety certification label and writes no exception for age. No kei truck carries that label. A truck 25 years or older imported for road use goes to the Iowa DOT for a decision, so we ask before you buy. A newer truck imported as off road equipment and governed to 25 mph works farms and private land.
Your lane
Which truck are you buying?
Iowa treats the two kinds of kei truck differently. Pick yours and this answers for it.
a truck 25 years or older imported for road use under the federal age exemptions
Road use unclearTitle. County treasurer, on the foreign ownership document. Iowa Code 321.30(2)(a) refuses title without a federal safety label, so the DOT decides.
Registration. Decided by Iowa DOT Vehicle Services. The label rule reads against registration, and the antique class at 25 years does not say it overrides it.
- Refusal of title and registration without a 49 CFR 567 label, unless chapter 321 provides otherwise. Iowa Code 321.30(2)(a)
- Antique registration is open to motor vehicles 25 years or older. Iowa Code 321.115(1)
- No road type or speed limit is written for mini trucks in Iowa law.
Read from a secondary source or an older page. Confirm it with the office before you rely on it.
I am buying a truck 25 years or older. What does Iowa allow?
Iowa law tells the DOT and county treasurers to refuse title and registration to a vehicle without a federal safety certification label, with no exception for age. A kei truck has no such label, so we ask Iowa DOT Vehicle Services about the exact truck before you buy and sell it for farm and private land unless the answer is yes.
A newer truck imported as off road equipment and governed to 25 mph has no road title in Iowa and, on its own tires, fits none of Iowa's off-road classes. It is a farm and private land truck.
Private land onlyWhere it can run
Farms and private land.
Title. None as delivered. Iowa Code 321.30(2)(a) bars a motor vehicle title without a federal label, and the off-road utility vehicle class needs nonhighway tires or tracks.
Registration. None as delivered. Refitted on nonhighway tires it would meet the off-road utility vehicle definition and register with the DNR.
- No all-terrain vehicle or off-road utility vehicle on roadways or highways except as section 321.234A and section 321I.10 allow. Iowa Code 321I.10(1)
- A registered off-road utility vehicle may run unpaved secondary roads and paved undivided two lane roads over the most direct route between a trail, an authorized road, a city street where allowed and the operator's residence. Iowa Code 321I.10(2) and (4)
- Off-road utility vehicle operators are exempt from the ATV education certificate requirements. Iowa Code 321I.1(17)(b)
- Under the farm allowance: daylight, incidental to agricultural use and 35 mph or less with a valid driver's license. Iowa Code 321.234A
A newer truck comes in only as nonroad equipment, permanently governed to a top speed and with a nonroad engine certified by EPA before import. It pays the same 25 percent truck duty. What that engine needs.
I am buying a newer truck governed to 25 mph. What does Iowa allow?
It works farms and private land. On its own tires it fits none of Iowa's off-road registration classes.
Private land and the farm
On your own ground in Iowa.
On private land
On private land closed to the public a kei truck needs no plate, title or DNR registration.
The code, section by section
- Iowa Code 321.18: every motor vehicle driven or moved on a highway is subject to registration, with the exceptions listed there.
- 321I.3(1): an ATV must be registered when used on public land, public ice or a designated riding trail, and a designated riding trail may run on private land when the DNR, a political subdivision or a controlling authority designates it, 321I.1(7).
- 321I.1(29): a street or highway is the whole width between property lines of any way open to the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel.
On the farm
An ATV or off-road utility vehicle may use a highway between sunrise and sunset incidental to its agricultural use, stops for fuel, food and a nonalcoholic drink included, at 35 mph or less, 321.234A(1)(a). It needs no registration when used that way or used only as a farm implement, 321I.9(2) and (3), and the DNR says the age and insurance terms of 321.234A(2) do not reach it. The DNR's 2025 sheet adds that no license is needed within two miles of the farm and a Class C license beyond, citing 321.176 and 761 IAC 605.3.
Whether a governed kei truck used only in farming is an implement of husbandry was not found in any DOT text. It is the question for Iowa DOT Motor Vehicle Division before a farmer drives one on a road.
The code, section by section
- 321.1(32): an implement of husbandry is a vehicle manufactured, designed or reconstructed for agricultural purposes and, except for incidental uses, used only in agricultural operations, and a self-propelled one must run at 35 mph or less. It counts ATVs run under 321.234A(1)(a).
- 321.18(3): an implement of husbandry needs no registration. 321.18(2): neither does a vehicle moved on a highway only to cross it from one property to another.
- 321.176(2): no driver's license is needed to drive a farm tractor or implement of husbandry between the home farm buildings and adjacent or nearby farmland only for farm work.
- 321.383(2): a self-propelled implement of husbandry or any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway, run at 35 mph or less, shows the slow moving vehicle emblem.
- 321.234A(4): the owner of land along a highway that is not an interstate, or a family member, may ride the owner's ATV in the right-of-way between the shoulder, or five feet from the road edge, and the property line, under the registration, safety and age rules of chapter 321I.
Who decides here
Ask the office that decides.
Iowa's law does not settle a kei truck on the road plainly, so the office below makes the call on each truck. We ask it with you before you buy.
The deciding office
Iowa Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division, Vehicle Services
Iowa Code 321.30(2)(a), 2026: "Unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, the department or the county treasurer shall refuse registration and issuance of a certificate of title unless the vehicle bears a manufacturer's label pursuant to 49 C.F.R. pt. 567 certifying that the vehicle meets federal motor vehicle safety standards." Iowa DOT, Register a Vehicle: "Iowa law also says that a vehicle won't be registered or titled without this safety certification label."The office pageiowadot.gov, read 28 October 2026
County by county
The rules in detail.
Where a newer off road truck or a UTV can run in Iowa, county by county, as each county's and town's own acts read. Every county on the map above opens its own page.
Statewide
A governed kei truck as it arrives is not an ATV or an off-road utility vehicle in Iowa, so the county roads on this map are not open to it. Iowa Code 321I.1(1) makes an ATV a straddled machine steered by handlebars, and 321I.1(17) makes an off-road utility vehicle one with a bench or bucket seat and a steering wheel on four to eight nonhighway tires or rubberized tracks. By its numbers a kei truck, about 1,400 mm or 55 inches wide and about 700 kg or 1,540 pounds dry, fits type 2 of that class, 2,000 pounds or less dry and 65 inches or less wide, but its road tires are not nonhighway tires. Refitted on nonhighway tires, a newer truck imported as off road equipment and never titled for the road reads as a type 2 off-road utility vehicle, which registers with the Department of Natural Resources through the county recorder and may then use every unpaved county road in the state and the paved roads a county opens, at 35 mph or less with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older. No DNR text naming a kei truck was found. A 25 year truck titled for the road under chapter 321 can never be one, because 321I.1(17)(b) bars any vehicle titled under chapter 321 from registering or operating as an off-road utility vehicle. It is a road vehicle only if the Department of Transportation will title and register it without a federal safety label, which the state file leaves open. On a farm Iowa reaches further for vehicles of these classes. Section 321.234A(1)(a) lets an ATV, which chapter 321 counts to include off-road utility vehicles, use a highway between sunrise and sunset incidental to agricultural use at 35 mph or less without registration, 321I.9, and 321.18(2) lets any vehicle cross a highway from one property to another without registration. Whether a kei truck is an implement of husbandry under 321.1(32), a vehicle manufactured, designed or reconstructed for agricultural purposes and used only in farming at 35 mph or less, which needs no registration under 321.18(3), was not found in any DOT text. On private land closed to the public no registration is needed, because chapter 321 registers vehicles driven on a highway, 321.18, and chapter 321I asks for registration on public land, public ice and designated riding trails, 321I.3.
Adair County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Adair County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads appears among the ordinances the county posts. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Adair County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No ATV or off-road utility vehicle ordinance appears in the list of ordinances the county posts, so no paved road is known to be authorized for any trip. A posted list can leave an act out, as Clayton County's does, so the paved roads stay to confirm. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in the ordinances the county posts., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Adams County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Adams County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads appears among the ordinances the county posts. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Adams County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No ATV or off-road utility vehicle ordinance appears in the list of ordinances the county posts, so no paved road is known to be authorized for any trip. A posted list can leave an act out, as Clayton County's does, so the paved roads stay to confirm. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in the ordinances the county posts., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Allamakee County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Allamakee County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Allamakee County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). The sheriff's off-highway vehicle page points to state guidance and names no county act. No county ordinance was found. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Appanoose County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Appanoose County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads appears among the ordinances the county posts. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Appanoose County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No ATV or off-road utility vehicle ordinance appears in the list of ordinances the county posts, so no paved road is known to be authorized for any trip. A posted list can leave an act out, as Clayton County's does, so the paved roads stay to confirm. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in the ordinances the county posts., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Audubon County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Audubon County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Audubon County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Benton County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Benton County is open to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less and paved county roads only to reach gravel from home or to cross the Cedar River. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town Some
- Some Vinton. A news summary lists Vinton among towns that let UTVs use city streets with exceptions of their own and generally keep ATVs off them. The city code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Benton County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). The county ordinance opens gravel and dirt roads not posted closed, from sunrise to sunset, and keeps every paved, concrete, sealcoat or hard surfaced road restricted except for a rider who lives on one, who may ride it to the nearest open road. W26 and 32nd Avenue and D65, the Benton-Buchanan Road, may be used only to cross the Cedar River to the nearest open road. Level C roads and state and federal roads are closed under it. It predates the 2022 act, and its daylight limit and posted gravel closures may no longer bind. Ordinance No. 71, passed and adopted 10 May 2016, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance No. 71: operation from sunrise to sunsetOrdinance No. 71: not on a Level C road
Black Hawk County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Black Hawk County is open by state law to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less and paved county roads only on the most direct route. Waterloo keeps ATVs off its streets. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town Some
- Some Waterloo. The city says its code does not allow ATVs on city streets and allows off-road utility vehicles only for very limited purposes under Title 6, Chapter 4. That chapter was not read. Waterloo City Code Title 6, Chapter 4, not read, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Cedar Falls. The council approved a first reading of an ordinance opening city designated streets to UTVs, with streets to follow by resolution, by a meeting summary. Final passage and the street list were not found. not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Black Hawk County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Boone County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Boone County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. The county's 2022 ordinance restates that rule and bars the ditch. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Boone County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). The amended ordinance restates state law, unpaved secondary roads and paved undivided two-lane roads over the most direct route, and opens no paved road beyond that. It bars riding in any ditch and lets riders stop at service stations and convenience stores along the way. Amended Ordinance No. 132, passed and approved 1 July 2022, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearAmended Ordinance No. 132: not in a ditch
Bremer County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Bremer County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. The county's 2020 gravel road ordinance is listed but could not be opened. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Bremer County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). The county lists Ordinance 20-07, UTV operations on county gravel roads, among its 2020 ordinances, but the file returned an error and was not read. Ordinance 20-07 of 2020, UTV operations on county gravel roads, listed but not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Buchanan County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Buchanan County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Buchanan County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Buena Vista County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Buena Vista County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Buena Vista County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Butler County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Butler County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Butler County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Calhoun County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Calhoun County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Calhoun County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Carroll County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Carroll County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Carroll County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Cass County Roads open
Cass County opens its secondary roads outside the towns to registered ATVs and UTVs from an hour before sunrise to an hour after sunset with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
Secondary roadways in Cass County, Class A gravel roads included, outside the limits of a city that has not opened its own streets, from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset. It predates the 2022 act, and its hour limit on unpaved roads may no longer bind. Its age of sixteen with a safety course gives way to the state minimum of eighteen on a highway. Ordinance 36, approved and adopted 7 February 2018, as carried in the Code of Ordinances recompiled 15 December 2020 and updated 6 October 2025, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance 36: operation from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunsetOrdinance 36: a fastened seatbelt where one is fittedOrdinance 36: brakes, brake lights, a speedometer, a rearview mirror and a muffler to 321I.12
Cedar County Roads open
Cedar County opens all of its secondary roads, paved and unpaved, to registered ATVs and UTVs on the roadway or shoulder with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town Some
- Some Tipton. A news summary lists Tipton among towns that let UTVs use city streets with exceptions of their own and generally keep ATVs off them. The city code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
All Cedar County secondary roads, paved and unpaved, on the roadway or the adjacent shoulder and never in the ditch. Ordinance No. 55, passed and approved 23 August 2022, amending the version of 19 August 2014, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance No. 55: on the roadway or the adjacent shoulder only, not in the ditch
Cerro Gordo County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Cerro Gordo County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Cerro Gordo County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Cherokee County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Cherokee County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads appears among the ordinances the county posts. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Cherokee County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No ATV or off-road utility vehicle ordinance appears in the list of ordinances the county posts, so no paved road is known to be authorized for any trip. A posted list can leave an act out, as Clayton County's does, so the paved roads stay to confirm. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in the ordinances the county posts., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Chickasaw County Roads open
Chickasaw County opens all of its county roads to registered ATVs and UTVs in daylight with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
All county roadways in Chickasaw County, starting after official sunrise and ending before official sunset. The ordinance predates the 2022 act, and its daylight limit on unpaved roads may no longer bind. Ordinance V-16, adopted 16 March 2020, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance V-16: operation after official sunrise and before official sunsetOrdinance V-16: proof of insurance carried
Clarke County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Clarke County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads appears among the ordinances the county posts. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Clarke County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No ATV or off-road utility vehicle ordinance appears in the list of ordinances the county posts, so no paved road is known to be authorized for any trip. A posted list can leave an act out, as Clayton County's does, so the paved roads stay to confirm. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in the ordinances the county posts., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Clay County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Clay County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Clay County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Clayton County Roads open
Clayton County opens its secondary roads to registered ATVs and UTVs under a 2023 ordinance that closes Clayton Road between Garnavillo and 232nd Street, with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. The ordinance text was not read. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
Secondary roadways in Clayton County under Ordinance #2-2023, which news coverage says took effect 21 March 2023 to bring the older county rules in line with the 2022 act. The same coverage says it bars Clayton Road from the Garnavillo city limits to 232nd Street for heavy trucks, steep hills and poor sight lines, asks for headlights at all times and keeps riders off land and roads under the Conservation Board, the DNR or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A group ride needs a riding group permit from the board. The ordinance text was not found, and it is missing from the list of ordinances the county posts. Ordinance #2-2023, effective 21 March 2023 by news coverage, text not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance #2-2023, by news coverage: headlights on at all timesOrdinance #2-2023: a riding group permit from the board for a group ride, by the county's own form
Clinton County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Clinton County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Clinton County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Crawford County Roads open
Crawford County opens every county road outside the towns to registered UTVs from sunrise until 9 p.m. or sunset, whichever comes first, with a county sticker and a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
Any Crawford County roadway outside the limits of a city that has not opened its own streets, from official sunrise to 9 p.m. or official sunset, whichever is earlier. The ordinance is written for off-road utility vehicles only and requires an identification sticker from the county recorder. It predates the 2022 act, and its hour limit on unpaved roads may no longer bind, because 321I.10(4)(b) lists the only closures a county may set on a secondary road. Off-Road Utility Vehicles Ordinance No. 2020-01, superseding Resolutions 2013-45 and 2014-19. The copy the county posts leaves the adoption dates blank., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance No. 2020-01: an identification sticker from the Crawford County Recorder on the right rearOrdinance No. 2020-01: operation from official sunrise to 9 p.m. or official sunset, whichever is earlierOrdinance No. 2020-01: no faster than the posted limit
Dallas County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Dallas County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Dallas County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Davis County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Davis County is open by state law to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less and paved county roads only on the most direct route. Bloomfield opens all of its streets to UTVs from 3 a.m. to 10 p.m. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town Some
- Open Bloomfield. Off-road utility vehicles and golf carts may use all city roadways, paved, seal coat and gravel, from 3 a.m. to 10 p.m., but only cross U.S. 63 and Iowa 2. An ATV needs a city permit and may run on streets and alleys only for snow removal, lawn and garden work, council approved events or streets the council names by resolution, at 25 mph or less, never between 10 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., with an operator of eighteen or older. Bloomfield Code of Ordinances Chapter 75, as amended by Ordinance No. 706 (December 2020 supplement), read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Davis County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Decatur County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Decatur County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Decatur County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Delaware County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Delaware County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Delaware County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Des Moines County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Des Moines County is open to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less and paved county roads only to cross them or reach the nearest gravel. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Des Moines County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). The county ordinance keeps paved roads to a minimum, opening graveled public roads except Level C roads and a paved road only to cross it or to reach the closest gravel road, between 4 a.m. and 10 p.m. It predates the 2022 act and no longer appears in the list of ordinances the county posts, so whether it still stands is a question for the county. Des Moines County ATV/UTV Ordinance #56, adopted in 2018 with the day left blank in the posted copy, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance #56: operation between 4 a.m. and 10 p.m.Ordinance #56: not on Level C roads or levees of the Two Rivers Levee and Drainage Association without permission
Dickinson County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Dickinson County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Dickinson County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Dubuque County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Dubuque County is open by state law to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less and paved county roads only on the most direct route. The City of Dubuque keeps them off its streets and Asbury opens its streets to UTVs. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town Some
- Closed Dubuque. News coverage says riding is allowed across the rest of the county but not in the City of Dubuque. The city code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
- Some Asbury. News coverage from 2026 says the council passed an ordinance letting UTVs use city streets with an operator of eighteen or older, a valid license and a top speed of 35 mph or the posted limit, whichever is lower, while ATVs and off-road motorcycles stay barred. Reports differ on the date of final passage. The ordinance was not read. ordinance of 2026, number not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Dubuque County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). News coverage from about 2019 describes a trial county ordinance that opened a list of county roads from 5 a.m. to sunset with a review set for 30 June 2022. Whether it was renewed after the 2022 act was not found. Dubuque County ATV and UTV ordinance of about 2019, by news coverage, text not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Emmet County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Emmet County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Emmet County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Fayette County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Fayette County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Fayette County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Floyd County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Floyd County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Floyd County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Franklin County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Franklin County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Franklin County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Fremont County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Fremont County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. The county posts a draft chapter that would keep paved roads to the shortest way to gravel. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Fremont County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). The county posts an ATV and UTV chapter that opens gravel roadways and a paved road only for a reasonable distance to the nearest gravel road or the destination, but the posted copy is unnumbered and reads take effect on TBD, so whether it was adopted is to confirm. Unnumbered chapter, Registration and Operation of All-Terrain and Off-Road Utility Vehicles, effective date TBD in the posted copy, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Greene County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Greene County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Greene County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Grundy County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Grundy County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Grundy County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Guthrie County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Guthrie County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. The county's 2020 ordinance was seen only in news coverage. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Guthrie County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). News coverage of 22 January 2020 says Ordinance No. 36 opens secondary roads outside cities that have not opened their streets, on the roadway or shoulder and not the ditch, and took effect on publication about 30 January 2020. It does not say whether paved roads are included, and the ordinance text was not found. Ordinance No. 36, adopted January 2020 by news coverage, text not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Hamilton County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Hamilton County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Hamilton County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Hancock County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Hancock County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Hancock County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Hardin County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Hardin County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Hardin County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Harrison County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Harrison County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Harrison County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Henry County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Henry County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. A 2021 county ordinance, read only in news coverage, keeps paved roads to crossings and the way to gravel. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Henry County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). News coverage from 2021 says the board adopted an ordinance that lets a rider cross a paved road or use one only as far as the closest unpaved road, with operation from an hour before sunrise to an hour after sunset unless the vehicle is lit. The ordinance text was not found. Henry County ATV and UTV ordinance, adopted on third reading in 2021 by news coverage, text not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Howard County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Howard County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Howard County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Humboldt County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Humboldt County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. The county's 2015 ordinance lets a rider on a blacktop use only its shoulder to reach gravel. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Humboldt County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). Ordinance #63 opens graveled roadways and lets a rider who lives on a blacktop use its shoulder only to reach gravel, from half an hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset. It predates the 2022 act. Ordinance #63, passed and adopted 21 December 2015, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Ida County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Ida County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Ida County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Iowa County Roads open
Iowa County repealed its own ATV ordinance in September 2022, so every unpaved county road is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less and paved county roads only on the most direct route. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Iowa County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). Ordinance No. 31 had opened paved and graveled secondary roads except Level C roads from sunrise to sunset, and Ordinance No. 39 repealed it with every amendment, so state law alone now governs and no paved road is authorized for any trip. Ordinance No. 39, effective 28 September 2022, repealing Ordinance No. 31, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Jackson County Roads open
Jackson County opens all unpaved and paved undivided secondary roads to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
All unpaved and paved undivided secondary roads in Jackson County. Level C roads only for those with access rights to them. Ordinance #303, passed and approved 26 July 2022, repealing Ordinance #292, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance #303: Level C roads only for those with access rights
Jasper County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Jasper County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Jasper County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Jefferson County Roads open
Jefferson County opens every secondary road, paved undivided roads included, to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
All secondary roads state law opens plus every paved undivided secondary road or segment in unincorporated Jefferson County, with stops allowed at service stations and convenience stores along the way. The county recommends the shoulder on a paved road where it is safe. Ordinance amending Jefferson County Code Chapter 6-60, approved 6 September 2022, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Johnson County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Johnson County is open by state law to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less and paved county roads only on the most direct route. Iowa City keeps them off its streets and North Liberty opens its streets to UTVs. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town Some
- Closed Iowa City. Riding an ATV or UTV on city streets is a simple misdemeanor, by news coverage updated April 2026. The city code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
- Some North Liberty. UTVs with roll bars on city streets from 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and no ATVs, by news coverage updated April 2026. The city code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
- Some Solon. A news summary lists Solon among towns that let UTVs use city streets with exceptions of their own and generally keep ATVs off them. The city code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Johnson County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Jones County Roads open
Jones County opens its county roads outside the towns to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
County roadways in Jones County, excluding state highways, on the roadway or shoulder and not in the ditch or foreslope, outside the limits of a city that has not opened its own streets. The county also posts route maps, last updated 10 June 2019. Its age of sixteen with a safety course gives way to the state minimum of eighteen on a highway. Off-Highway Vehicle Ordinance, Chapter 16, adopted as Ordinance 2018-08 on 20 November 2018, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearChapter 16: on the roadway or shoulder only, not in the ditch or on the foreslopeChapter 16: a fastened seatbelt where one is fitted
Keokuk County Roads open
Keokuk County opens its paved and gravel secondary roads to registered ATVs and UTVs by local reports, with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. The ordinance itself was not read. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
By local radio coverage, the county ordinance lets a registered ATV or UTV use the paved roadway, its paved shoulder and the gravel of secondary roads, never the ditch or a Level C road, in daylight. The ordinance text and date were not found. Keokuk County ATV and UTV ordinance, number and date not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Kossuth County Roads open
Kossuth County opens all of its secondary roads to registered ATVs and UTVs from 5 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A 2025 amendment was not read. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
All secondary roads in Kossuth County from 5 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., on the traveled roadway only and never in a ditch, except farmers using their vehicles only as farm implements. A May 2025 board agenda set a second reading of Amended Ordinance 114-C, which a conservation board request tied to roads in county parks. Its text was not found, so the newest act was not read. Ordinance 114-B, effective on passage and publication in August 2022. Amended Ordinance 114-C, second reading set for May 2025, not read., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance 114-B: operation from 5 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.Ordinance 114-B: on the traveled roadway only, not in a ditchOrdinance 114-B: no riders in the box of an off-road utility vehicleOrdinance 114-B: a fastened seatbelt where one is fitted
Lee County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Lee County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Lee County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Linn County Roads open
Linn County opens most of its county roads to registered ATVs and UTVs outside a list of restricted roads, by news coverage of its 2020 ordinance, with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. Cedar Rapids keeps them off its streets and Marion opens its slower streets to UTVs. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town Some
- Closed Cedar Rapids. ATVs, UTVs, golf carts and snowmobiles are barred from city streets, rights of way and public property except for emergency and government use, by news coverage updated April 2026. The city code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
- Some Marion. UTVs only, not ATVs or snowmobiles, on streets posted 35 mph or less from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., but not on 10th Avenue east of 35th Street or East Post Road south of Oak Brook Drive, by news coverage of the August 2022 ordinance. The city code was not read. ordinance of August 2022, number not read, read 28 October 2026
- Some Hiawatha. A news summary lists Hiawatha among towns that let UTVs use city streets with exceptions of their own and generally keep ATVs off them. The city code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
- Some Mount Vernon. A news summary lists Mount Vernon among towns that let UTVs use city streets with exceptions of their own and generally keep ATVs off them. The city code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
News coverage of the June 2020 ordinance says it opens most roads in unincorporated Linn County and lists 28 restricted roadways, with more expected. The county posts a restricted roadway map. The ordinance text and the current list were not read because the county site refused every request. Linn County ATV ordinance, final reading approved June 2020 and effective 5 June 2020 by news coverage, text not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Louisa County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Louisa County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Louisa County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Lucas County Roads open
Lucas County opens all of its county roads outside the towns to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
All county roads outside incorporated areas, on the roadway or shoulder and not in the ditch. Its age of sixteen with a safety course gives way to the state minimum of eighteen on a highway. Lucas County Ordinance No. 32, passed and approved 2 February 2022, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance No. 32: on the roadway or shoulder only, not in the ditch
Lyon County Roads open
Lyon County opens every county road outside the towns to registered UTVs from sunrise to sunset with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
Any Lyon County roadway outside the limits of a city that has not opened its own streets, from official sunrise to official sunset. The ordinance is written for off-road utility vehicles. It predates the 2022 act, and its daylight limit on unpaved roads may no longer bind. Ordinance 2021-03, passed in April 2021 and effective 1 May 2021, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance 2021-03: operation from official sunrise to official sunsetOrdinance 2021-03: no faster than the posted limit
Madison County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Madison County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Madison County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Mahaska County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Mahaska County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Mahaska County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Marion County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Marion County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Marion County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Marshall County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Marshall County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Marshall County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Mills County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Mills County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. The county's 2023 chapter keeps paved roads to the shortest way to gravel and bars the ditch. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Mills County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). Chapter 13 keeps paved roads to a minimum, opening gravel roadways and a paved road only for a reasonable distance to the nearest gravel road or the destination. It bars the ditch and says nothing about state highways or city streets. Mills County Code Chapter 13, as amended, passed 5 September 2023 and effective 6 September 2023, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearChapter 13: on the roadway or shoulder only, not in the ditch
Mitchell County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Mitchell County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads appears among the ordinances the county posts. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Mitchell County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No ATV or off-road utility vehicle ordinance appears in the list of ordinances the county posts, so no paved road is known to be authorized for any trip. A posted list can leave an act out, as Clayton County's does, so the paved roads stay to confirm. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in the ordinances the county posts., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Monona County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Monona County is open to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less and paved roads only on the most direct route. The county's own 2017 ordinance also asks for daylight and a county sticker. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Monona County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). The county ordinance opens only unpaved roadways, gravel or Level B, outside cities that have not opened their streets, from official sunrise to official sunset, with a county identification sticker. It predates the 2022 act, and its daylight limit on unpaved roads may no longer bind. Ordinance No. 55, adopted and effective 11 July 2017, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance No. 55: an identification sticker from the Monona County RecorderOrdinance No. 55: operation from official sunrise to official sunset
Monroe County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Monroe County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Monroe County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Montgomery County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Montgomery County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Montgomery County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Muscatine County Roads open
Muscatine County opens every county road, paved and unpaved, by day or night to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
All county roads, paved and unpaved, by day or night. The 2023 amendment emptied the list of restricted roads in Appendix A and keeps the list in place for future closures. The ordinance does not reach state highways or city streets, and it bars trailers, towing and groups of more than ten without a sheriff's escort. Its age of sixteen with a safety course gives way to the state minimum of eighteen on a highway. Ordinance #11-30-20-01 of 30 November 2020, amended by Ordinance #07-17-23-01, passed 17 July 2023, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance #11-30-20-01: no trailer and no towingOrdinance #11-30-20-01: no group of more than ten without the sheriff's approval and an escortOrdinance #11-30-20-01: no use of a road on a state highway detour
O'Brien County Roads open
O'Brien County opens its gravel and paved county roads to registered ATVs and UTVs from sunrise to sunset with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
County gravel and paved roadways in O'Brien County, the secondary roads under county jurisdiction, from sunrise to sunset as the U.S. Naval Observatory sets them for Primghar. The ordinance says the Iowa Code takes precedence where the two differ. It predates the 2022 act, and its daylight limit on unpaved roads may no longer bind. Ordinance No. 25, passed and approved 21 February 2017 and in effect 1 April 2017, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance No. 25: annual registration with the O'Brien County Recorder as well as the DNROrdinance No. 25: operation from sunrise to sunset
Osceola County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Osceola County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Osceola County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Page County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Page County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Page County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Palo Alto County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Palo Alto County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Palo Alto County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Plymouth County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Plymouth County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Plymouth County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Pocahontas County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Pocahontas County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads appears among the ordinances the county posts. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Pocahontas County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No ATV or off-road utility vehicle ordinance appears in the list of ordinances the county posts, so no paved road is known to be authorized for any trip. A posted list can leave an act out, as Clayton County's does, so the paved roads stay to confirm. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in the ordinances the county posts., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Polk County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Polk County is open by state law to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less and paved county roads only on the most direct route. Ankeny opens its slower streets to UTVs. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town Some
- Some Ankeny. UTVs only, not ATVs or golf carts, on city streets posted 35 mph or less, crossing faster streets at about ninety degrees, never on Iowa 415 (Oralabor Road), U.S. 69 (Ankeny Boulevard), Interstate 35, trails or sidewalks, with an operator of eighteen or older, a license, insurance, DNR registration, seat belts, turn signals and rollover protection, by the city's own page. The ordinance text was not read. Ordinance No. 2146, effective 10 July 2023, made permanent by Ordinance No. 2225 in June 2025, by the city's page, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Polk County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Pottawattamie County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Pottawattamie County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. The county's road pass packet sits behind a sign in page and was not read. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Pottawattamie County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). The county recorder issues a 2023 road pass packet that a search summary says restates 321I.10. The packet now sits behind a sign in page and was not read. Pottawattamie County road pass packet of 2023, not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Poweshiek County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Poweshiek County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Poweshiek County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Ringgold County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Ringgold County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Ringgold County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Sac County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Sac County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Sac County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Scott County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Scott County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Scott County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Shelby County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Shelby County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Shelby County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Sioux County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Sioux County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. A county ordinance from 2018 was seen only in news coverage. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Sioux Center. News coverage from June 2022 says the city had an ATV and UTV fee ordinance from 2014 and planned to halt the fees and redraft the ordinance. The current city code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Sioux County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). News coverage from June 2022 says the county has had an ATV and UTV ordinance since 2018, updated in 2020 with a county fee it expected to drop. The ordinance text was not found, so whether it opens paved roads is to confirm. Sioux County ATV and UTV ordinance of 2018, updated 2020, by news coverage, text not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Story County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Story County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Story County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Tama County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Tama County is open to registered ATVs and UTVs carrying a county decal with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less and paved county roads only to reach gravel from home. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Tama County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). Ordinance #11.4 opens gravel and dirt county roads not posted closed and keeps every paved, concrete, sealcoat or hard surfaced road restricted except for a rider who lives on one, who may ride it to the nearest open road. It closes Level C roads and asks for a county decal from the recorder. Ordinance #11.4, adopted 28 December 2021, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearOrdinance #11.4: an annual decal from the Tama County RecorderOrdinance #11.4: not on a Level C road
Taylor County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Taylor County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Taylor County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Union County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Union County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads appears among the ordinances the county posts. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town Some
- Open Creston. A news summary says Creston amended its Chapter 75 to let ATVs and UTVs use city streets. The city code was not read. Chapter 75 as amended, number and date not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Union County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No ATV or off-road utility vehicle ordinance appears in the list of ordinances the county posts, so no paved road is known to be authorized for any trip. A posted list can leave an act out, as Clayton County's does, so the paved roads stay to confirm. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in the ordinances the county posts., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Van Buren County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Van Buren County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. An older county vote on gravel roads was seen only in news coverage. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Van Buren County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). News coverage from 2019 says Van Buren County had voted to allow ATVs and UTVs on gravel roads. The act was not found in the resolutions the county posts. Van Buren County action on gravel roads, by news coverage, act not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Wapello County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Wapello County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Wapello County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Warren County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Warren County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. The county adopted the state chapter in 2022 and keeps ATVs out of county parks and trails unless posted. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Warren County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). Chapter 9 adopts Iowa Code chapter 321I in full with future amendments and opens no paved road for any trip. It closes county parks and county trails to ATVs unless posted. Warren County Code Chapter 9, All-Terrain Vehicles, adopted and effective 2 August 2022, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearChapter 9: no ATV in a county park or on a county trail unless posted for ATV traffic
Washington County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Washington County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. The county's current code carries no ATV chapter of its own. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Washington County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). The county Code of Ordinances, readopted by Ordinance 25-01, was searched in full and carries no ATV or off-road utility vehicle chapter, so state law governs and no paved road is authorized for any trip. Local radio reported an earlier county ordinance that opened secondary roads and the paved shoulders of paved roads. It is not in the current code. Washington County Code of Ordinances, readopted by Ordinance 25-01, with no ATV chapter, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Wayne County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Wayne County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Wayne County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Webster County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Webster County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Webster County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Winnebago County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Winnebago County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads appears among the ordinances the county posts. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Winnebago County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No ATV or off-road utility vehicle ordinance appears in the list of ordinances the county posts, so no paved road is known to be authorized for any trip. A posted list can leave an act out, as Clayton County's does, so the paved roads stay to confirm. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in the ordinances the county posts., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Winneshiek County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Winneshiek County is open by state law to registered ATVs and UTVs with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less and paved county roads only on the most direct route. Decorah has kept them out of town by an older report. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
- Closed Decorah. An older news report says the police department made clear that ATVs and UTVs are not allowed in city limits. The city code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Winneshiek County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Woodbury County Roads open
Woodbury County opens its county roads outside the towns to registered ATVs and UTVs by the ordinance text the county circulated in 2025, never Interstate 29 or Class C roads, with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
The ordinance text the county treasurer attached to a July 2025 agenda item opens any roadway in Woodbury County outside cities that have not opened their streets, never Class C roads, Interstate 29 or state highways, and never dirt or Class B roads when wet, with a county identification sticker from the treasurer. The attached copy carries no number and a blank 2019 adoption line, and the board was asked to review it against the 2022 act. The adopted ordinance itself was not read. Woodbury County ATV and off-road utility vehicle ordinance, as attached to the 22 July 2025 agenda, number and adoption date not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a yearCounty ordinance as attached in 2025: an identification sticker from the Woodbury County TreasurerCounty ordinance as attached in 2025: no dirt or Class B road when wet
Worth County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Worth County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads appears among the ordinances the county posts. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Worth County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No ATV or off-road utility vehicle ordinance appears in the list of ordinances the county posts, so no paved road is known to be authorized for any trip. A posted list can leave an act out, as Clayton County's does, so the paved roads stay to confirm. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in the ordinances the county posts., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Wright County Roads open
Every unpaved county road in Wright County is open by state law to a registered ATV or UTV with a licensed and insured driver of eighteen or older at 35 mph or less, while paved county roads are open only on the most direct route. No county act opening paved roads for any trip was found in this pass. A kei truck on its own road tires is neither an ATV nor an off-road utility vehicle.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Every unpaved secondary road in unincorporated Wright County is open by state law to a registered ATV or off-road utility vehicle. A paved undivided two-lane secondary road is open only over the most direct route to a riding park or trail, an open road, an open city street or the rider's home, unless the board of supervisors authorizes it for any trip, Iowa Code 321I.10(4)(a)(3). No county act authorizing paved roads was found in this pass. Iowa Code 321I.10(4), as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts chapter 1105 (HF 2130), effective 1 July 2022. No county act found in this pass., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
State law, 321I.10(2) and (4): registered as an ATV or off-road utility vehicle with the Department of Natural Resources through a county recorderState law, 321.234A(2): a valid driver's license and no more than 35 mphState law, 321.234A(2): an operator at least eighteen years old with financial liability coverage in effect and proof of it carried, 321.20BState law, 321.234A(3): the lamps and equipment chapter 321 asks of a motor vehicle, which the DNR reads as headlamps on at all times, a rear lamp, brake and signal lamps, a horn and a mirrorState law, 321.383(2): a reflective slow moving vehicle emblem on the rear, as for any vehicle principally designed for use off the highway run at 35 mph or lessState law, 321I.10(4)(b): no use of a road closed or posted as a detour under 306.41, or of a road a county closes by ordinance for up to seven days in a row and thirty days a year
Engines and EPA
Why the engine decides which truck comes in.
The same three facts hold in Iowa and every other state.
The 25 year truck
It comes in on age
A 25 year old kei truck in original configuration clears both agencies on age. No Registered Importer and no Independent Commercial Importer is needed.
EPA's provision asks only that the truck is in its original configuration with the same model of engine it left the factory with.
40 CFR 85.1511(f)(2)eCFR, read 28 October 2026The newer truck
EPA asks for a certified engine
A newer kei truck comes in as nonroad equipment, permanently modified so its top speed is 25 mph or less, with its engine covered by an EPA certificate of conformity before it reaches US Customs. The governor stays for the life of the truck, and removing it is tampering, a federal offense.
Mini-trucks, importing used motor vehicles as nonroad vehiclesEPA, read 28 October 2026Engine size
Why 30 kilowatts decides a newer truck's engine
EPA sorts nonroad gasoline engines by maximum power, not size. Every kei engine is under 1,000 cc, so an engine of 30 kW or less may certify to the small engine standards, and 30 kW is the line that decides. Today's stock kei engines are rated above it, and a speed governor does not lower an engine's maximum power.
Every kei engine family EPA has certified for mini trucks is a lower power certified configuration, between 14.46 and 29.9 kW, under part 90 or part 1054. A certified mini truck engine is that configuration, not the stock engine.
40 CFR 1054.1, the small engine ruleseCFR, read 28 October 2026Small nonroad spark ignition engine certificatesEPA, read 28 October 2026Iowa, the five answers
Road, title, land, inspection and what is next.
Some of Iowa's answers rest on a general rule or a page that would not open, so they are marked to confirm. We confirm them with the office before a truck goes there.
The roadCan I drive it on the road?
Iowa law tells the DOT and every county treasurer to refuse registration and title to a vehicle without a federal safety certification label, and chapter 321 gives no exception for age. A kei truck carries no such label, so the DOT's Vehicle Services decides whether any road path opens.
- The department or the county treasurer shall refuse registration and issuance of a certificate of title unless the vehicle bears a manufacturer's label pursuant to 49 C.F.R. pt. 567 certifying that it meets federal motor vehicle safety standards, unless otherwise provided for in chapter 321. Iowa Code 321.30(2)(a)
- The only exception written into 321.30(2) is for certain former US military vehicles. Iowa Code 321.30(2)(b)
- Iowa DOT: a vehicle won't be registered or titled without this safety certification label. The bonded title application asks for the federal safety label on motor vehicles 1968 or newer
- A motor vehicle 25 years old or older may be registered as an antique vehicle. Iowa Code 321.115(1). The section does not say it overrides the label rule
- Iowa Code chapter 321, 2026 edition, contains no mini truck or kei vehicle provision
Iowa Code 321.30(2); 321.115; 761 IAC 400.4
Read from a secondary source or an older page. Confirm it with the office before you rely on it.
TitleHow do I title and register it?
Iowa titles through the county treasurer, and the same label rule that governs registration governs title. An imported kei truck without a federal label goes to the DOT's Vehicle Services for a decision.
The steps
- Ask Iowa DOT Vehicle Services in writing, before purchase, whether it will title and register the exact truck without a federal certification label.
- Bring the ownership document issued in the foreign jurisdiction, properly assigned, to the county treasurer, with an English translation if asked.
- Where the treasurer cannot decide whether the foreign document is acceptable, the department decides on an individual basis.
- Expect a VIN verification or inspection, which the DOT lists for imported and gray market vehicles.
The documents
- Application for certificate of title
- Foreign ownership document or registration, properly assigned
- English translation where the treasurer requires one
- Proof of financial liability coverage for highway use
Iowa Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division, Vehicle Services, 515 237 3110, through the county treasurer
Read from a secondary source or an older page. Confirm it with the office before you rely on it.
LandCan I use it on a farm or private land?
Iowa's all-terrain and off-road utility vehicle classes run on nonhighway tires. A kei truck on its own tires fits neither, so Department of Natural Resources off-road registration does not reach it as delivered.
Class. None as delivered. Off-road utility vehicle under Iowa Code 321I.1: four to eight nonhighway tires or rubberized tracks, a bench or bucket seat and a steering wheel. Type 2 is 2,000 pounds or less dry and 65 inches or less wide. Type 3 is heavier or wider.
Registration. DNR registration and a county recorder title apply to an off-road utility vehicle. A vehicle used exclusively as a farm implement is exempt from ATV registration. Iowa Code 321I.9
Read from a secondary source or an older page. Confirm it with the office before you rely on it.
On the farm
Iowa's farm highway allowance in section 321.234A lets all-terrain vehicles run in daylight incidental to agricultural use at 35 mph or less. It is written for all-terrain vehicles and the off-road utility vehicles that share their rules, not road trucks.
InspectionWhat inspection or insurance applies?
Safety. No periodic safety inspection was found in the sources read.
Emissions. None found.
Read from a secondary source or an older page. Confirm it with the office before you rely on it.
Insurance. Iowa requires financial liability coverage for motor vehicles on its highways under section 321.20B. The section was cited in the code read but its text was not quoted for this file.
Read from a secondary source or an older page. Confirm it with the office before you rely on it.
NextWhat is coming?
HF 2075 would have barred mini trucks from highways posted over 55 mph except to cross at an intersection and would have ended antique registration for them. It defined a mini truck as a property carrying motor vehicle on four wheels with an engine of 660 cc or less, no more than 130 inches long, 78 inches high and 60 inches wide. It was introduced and referred to the House Transportation Committee on 14 January 2026 and went no further.
2026 session, not enacted
Questions
Asked about Iowa.
Does Iowa have a mini truck law?
No. Iowa's motor vehicle code does not mention mini trucks or kei vehicles. A 2026 bill would have created one and did not leave committee.
Can it wear antique plates?
Iowa opens antique registration to motor vehicles 25 years or older. That section does not say it sets aside the label rule, so the DOT decides for a kei truck.
Where do I start?
With Iowa DOT Vehicle Services and your county treasurer. The treasurer titles vehicles, and the department decides foreign documents the treasurer cannot.
Upgrades
Upgrades in Iowa.
Height and lift. No bumper height, frame height or lift rule found for an ordinary registered vehicle. A specially constructed, reconstructed, street rod or replica vehicle may have no part below the wheel rims in their lowest position (761-450.2).
Tires and fenders. A tire is unsafe with tread under one-sixteenth of an inch in two adjacent grooves, exposed cord or a bulge, and load may not exceed 575 pounds per inch of tire width (321.440). No fender, mud flap or tire size rule found.
Lights. Up to three auxiliary driving lamps at 12 to 42 inches (321.403). One spot lamp at most (321.402). No more than 4 front lamps lit at once (321.420). Red to the front is barred (321.422). Flashing amber lights are for listed vehicles only (321.423).
Modification and inspection. A vehicle materially altered by removing, adding or substituting essential parts is reconstructed (321.1). One whose parts change its look so it no longer reflects its original make needs a DOT physical inspection and owner certification (321.23). Exchanging compatible body parts does not count (761-450.1).
From the upgrades chapter of Mini Truck Roadbook, the 2026 to 2027 edition, with the statute after each rule.
Getting it there
Where Iowa's truck comes ashore.
From the nearest port where a sailing from Japan is on record. Road miles are an estimate, the straight line times 1.2, not a routed drive.
Sources
Every source read, 28 October 2026
- legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/321.pdf
- legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/321.1.pdf
- legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/321I.pdf
- legis.iowa.gov/docs/iac/chapter/09-16-2026.761.400.pdf
- legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/HF2075.html
- legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook
- legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory
- legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/HF54.html
- legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/321.30.pdf
- iowadot.gov/registration-plates/vehicle-registration-titles/register-v..
- iowadot.gov/registration-plates/vehicle-registration-titles/title-vehi..
The public record of Iowa as read on 28 October 2026, not legal advice. Every kei truck pays the 25 percent truck duty, the chicken tax, whatever its age.
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