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June 2025
True or False1
1. In Cedar Rapids, it's illegal to read a person's palms in the city limits.
True. The City passed the law in 1943, which makes it illegal to read palms or practice any form of fortune-telling, including phrenology or clairvoyance, within the City limits.
2. In Altoona, Iowa you are only allowed to own 1 dog and 1 cat.
False,but the City law does state that you cannot have more than 2 dogs and three cats who over 5 months old.
3. It is a crime to use a dead person’s handicapped parking sign or license plate.
True. Iowa Code Section 321L.3 states” A person who fails to return the persons with disabilities parking permit and subsequently misuses the permit by illegally parking in a persons with disabilities parking space is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 1, paragraph “c”.