County Attorney Payment Plan

Participation in a payment plan with the County Attorney's Office may allow you to obtain your driver's license back, register your vehicles, and/or renew your license plates.

For Tags/Registration, you will need a letter from our office to take with you every year, as long as you owe the State of Iowa money. You must be current on your payments to receive this letter. 

If your driver’s license is suspended, we will check with the DOT to see what is holding your license. If you owe any civil penalties, you may have to make payments to the Department of Transportation (DOT).

All unpaid/delinquent fines must be at least thirty-one (31) days past due and over $300 to qualify for a CAPP (license reinstatement) payment plan.

The County Attorney’s Office does not accept payments. You are required to pay at the counter of the Clerk of Court in Elkader, online, or over the phone (319-833-3300) and to notify the Clerk that you are making a payment on a County Attorney Payment Plan to make certain the payment is credited toward your plan. It is your responsibility to let the Clerk know which cases you are paying on.

For the reinstatement of your driver's license, you will not be eligible for the license reinstatement program if any of the following criteria apply:

• If your license is suspended for non-payment of child support
• If your license is suspended for out-of-state tickets

Within fourteen days after your plan is approved, you should be able to get your driver’s license. Upon approval, you would be eligible to renew your vehicle registration with a letter from our office.

Your first payment is 20% of the total amount owed. If you are currently on a payment plan, you must be current on all payments before the registration hold will be lifted. If you are trying to obtain a driver’s license in another state and you wish to be on the driver’s license reinstatement payment plan, you will be required to pay fifty (50) percent of your total delinquent fines as your first payment. 

Please contact Kari at 563-245-3888 to discuss enrolling in a County Attorney Payment Plan.