The Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit (CMVU) falls under the Iowa State Patrol, which is one of seven Divisions under the Iowa Department of Public Safety. CMVU promotes highway safety through education and enforcement of all Iowa laws and federal motor carrier safety regulations as they pertain to commercial motor vehicles and their drivers. We accomplish this by:
- Enforcing traffic and criminal law to promote the safety of the public and reduce crashes to expedite traffic flow and freight movement.
- Inspecting commercial vehicles and drivers to determine compliance with state and federal laws relating to driver qualification, hours of service, driver licensing, vehicle size and weight, and vehicle safety compliance.
- Protecting Iowa’s highway system and infrastructure through the enforcement of size, weight, and cargo laws.
- Providing training to the motor carrier industry, social groups, law enforcement, and other governmental groups.
- Assisting other law enforcement officers when requested or when the situation dictates.. If you have an emergency, please call 911. The CMVU page is not the appropriate venue to make complaints about individuals, businesses or organizations, CMVU, or otherwise. This site does not accept requests for public information under Iowa Open Records Statutes. Instead, please use our resources and guidelines at the bottom of the page. This is an open forum, and CMVU welcomes your participation. Keep in mind this is a family-friendly page, so please keep comments and wall posts clean. We ask that you follow our page guidelines. We do not discriminate against any views but will remove any posts that violate the guidelines listed below:
- You participate at your own risk, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your username and any information provided. Users who repeatedly violate the guidelines may be blocked from the CMVU page.
- No graphic, obscene, explicit, or racial comments or submissions will be allowed, nor will comments that are abusive, threatening and/or hateful or intended to defame anyone or any organization.
- No solicitations or advertisements. This includes promotion or endorsement of any financial, commercial, non-government agencies and political views. Similarly, we do not allow attempts to defame or defraud any financial, commercial, or non-government agencies.
- No copyrighted or trademarked images or graphics.
- No comments or photos that suggest or encourage illegal activity.
- Apparent spam will be removed and may cause the author(s) to be blocked from the page without notice. The Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit will make every effort to monitor the contents of this page and ensure its content is of an appropriate nature. The appearance of external links on this site does not constitute official endorsement on behalf of CMVU, the Iowa State Patrol, or of the Iowa Department of Public Safety. Only those explicitly authorized can post comments on behalf of the Department. For general information, please email [email protected]. To request information or records, please email [email protected].
