{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-172b.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 172B.1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n1. “Driver’s license” means any license or permit issued to a person to operate a motor vehicle on the highways.\n2. “Law enforcement officer” means a state patrol officer, a sheriff, or other peace officer so designated by this state or by a county or municipality.\n3. “Livestock” means and includes live cattle, swine, sheep, horses, ostriches, rheas, or emus, and the carcasses of such animals whether in whole or in part.\n4. “Owner” means a person having legal title to livestock.\n5. “Transportation certificate” means the document specified in section 172B.3 and includes either the standard form prescribed by the secretary, or a substitute document the use of which has been authorized by the secretary.\n6. “Transporting livestock” means being in custody of or operating a vehicle in this state, whether or not on a highway, in which are confined one or more head of livestock. Vehicle includes a truck, trailer, and other device used for the purpose of conveying objects, whether or not the device has motive power or is attached to a vehicle with motive power at the time the livestock are confined.","path":["Title V - AGRICULTURE (Ch. 159 - 215A)","Chapter 172B - LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/172B.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:04Z","sha256":"57537e5819b8fafea3e07bd6aa10502a17bd3dba5c76191561c4ba5df9ed4779","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-172a.13","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-172b.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}