Scott v. Iowa Department of Transportation

TERNUS, Justice.

I. The appellee, William Scott, was arrested for operating while intoxicated. See Iowa Code § 321J.2 (1997) (defining the offense of operating while intoxicated as operating a motor vehicle “[w]hile having an alcohol concentration as defined in section 321J.1 of .10 or more”). Scott consented to a breath test, which produced a test result of .106. Based on this test, the appellant, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT), revoked Scott’s driver’s license. See id. § 321J.12 (providing that the DOT must revoke the driver’s license of a licensee whose chemical test results…