Iowa Department of Transportation v. Iowa District Court for Woodbury County

SCHULTZ, Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether the district court may properly order the issuance of a temporary restricted driver’s license (work permit) pursuant to Iowa Code section 321J.4(8) (1991), to a habitual offender if one of the three violations committed by the offender was a violation of another Code chapter. We conclude that section 321J.4(8) only applies to violations of Iowa Code chapter 321J; therefore, we hold that the district court may not order the work permit. Consequently, we sustain the writ of certiorari.

In August 1988, the State of Iowa filed a petition to…