Section 661.8.102. Information available through the IOWA system.

The IOWA system provides access to databases from various state agencies within Iowa, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and from the motor vehicle departments of other states nationally through the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS). Information on an international basis is also provided by NCIC and NLETS through interfaces to Canadian Police Information Centre and to INTERPOL. The NLETS system also provides administrative message traffic between Iowa criminal justice agencies and criminal justice agencies throughout the United States.

The IOWA system allows criminal justice agencies to:

        1.            Access nationwide computerized banks of information such as wanted, missing, and unidentified persons; stolen vehicles; stolen articles; stolen boats; stolen guns and stolen securities.

        2.            Access driver license and motor vehicle information in-state as well as out-of-state.

        3.            Exchange criminal history information on a national basis.

        4.            Communicate by use of administrative messages with other criminal justice agencies worldwide.