Iowa — statewide
Iowa Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division
In short
Iowa Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division issues 1 permit we publish for Iowa — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive Repair Shop Licensing — Iowa positiononly if it applies to you | Iowa Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Automotive Repair Shop Licensing — Iowa position
No fee is recorded. The Iowa Economic Development Authority's Business License Information Center states that Iowa does not have a general business license and that requirements depend on the nature of the business. The Iowa Department of Transportation's dealer licenses and requirements page covers businesses that buy and sell vehicles, plus vehicle recyclers, rebuilders and used-parts dealers, and its only repair rule there is a written-disclosure duty on dealers who repair new vehicles; that page describes no license for a repair-only shop. No official page addresses repair-only shops directly, so a shop owner with a specific filing question should contact the Department of Transportation.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa — statewide
- Phone
- (515) 237-3156
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Iowa Economic Development Authority — stating plainly that Iowa has no general business licenseIowa Economic Development Authority · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Iowa statewide offices
- Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing
- Iowa Secretary of State, Business Services Division
- Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine
- Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Child Care
- Iowa Department of Revenue
- Iowa Economic Development Authority, Business License Information Center
Iowa jurisdictions
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