Wieslander v. Iowa Department of Transportation

CADY, Justice.

In this appeal, we are asked to apply our general savings statute to preserve an action by a motorist to rescind the revocation of her driving privileges brought under a statute which was repealed prior to the filing of the action. The district court found the savings statute did not preserve the action. We affirm.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

On December 1, 1996, a state trooper arrested Janice Wieslander for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in violation of Iowa Code section 321J.2 (1995). The trooper stopped Wieslander’s vehicle for the failure to dim lights,…