Dealer Licenses & Requirements

How to Apply for a License

Written Disclosure for Repairs

Automobile dealers are required to issue written disclosures to consumers for repairs of damage to or adjustments on or replacements of parts with new parts on otherwise new motor vehicles.

Renewal of Dealer's License

License must be renewed upon expiration. Dealer privileges will expire unless the renewal has been received by the last day of the month the license expires.

Failure to renew the dealer license will result in registration of all vehicles in the dealership inventory

Used Motor Vehicle Dealers

Failure to meet the continuing education requirements will result in failure to renew the dealer license. The dealer license cannot be renewed if the education requirements passed during the 2007 Iowa General Assembly have not been completed.

In order to view the requirements and class schedules visit www.iowaiada.com.

Dealer's License Requirements for Banks and Credit Unions

Banks and credit unions are exempt from the requirements to have a dealer's license when offering motor vehicles for sale. If plates are needed to allow demonstration and delivery of repossessed vehicles, limited use dealer plates may be obtained.

If new vehicles are repossessed by a bank or credit union, they can be resold as new. The certificate of origins cannot be reassigned; foreclosure sale affidavits must be used. 

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