The department shall send notice by certified mail to a person whose certificate of title, vehicle registration, license, or permit is to be revoked, suspended, canceled, or denied. The notice shall be mailed to the person's mailing address as shown on departmental records and shall become effective 20 days from the date mailed. A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the department and who is entitled to a hearing may contest the decision in accordance with 761-Chapter 13. The request shall be submitted in writing to the director of the motor vehicle division at the address in subrule 400.6(1). The request for a contested case shall be deemed timely submitted if it is delivered or postmarked on or before the effective date specified in the notice of revocation, suspension, cancellation, or denial.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 17A.10 through 17A.19, 321.101 and 321.102.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 761-400.56