Iowa

Motorcycle:

“every motor vehicle having a saddle or seat for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground including a motor scooter but excluding a tractor, an autocycle, a low-speed electric bicycle, and a motorized bicycle.”

Motorized Bicycle:

“a motor vehicle having a saddle or seat for the use of a rider, designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, and not capable of operating at a speed in excess of thirty-nine miles per hour on level ground unassisted by human power, but excluding a low-speed electric bicycle.”

(Source: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/321.1.pdf)
Vector graphic of Iowa
LicensingMinimum AgeRegistrationInsuranceHelmet
MotorcycleMotorcycle License or Endorsement16RequiredRequiredNot Required
Motorized BicycleState ID Card with Motor-Driven Cycle Endorsement
(or any permit or license)
14RequiredRequiredNot Required
(Sources: https://iowadot.gov/mvd/motorcycle/Operating-and-registering-mopeds; https://iowadot.gov/mvd/motorcycle/mopedmanual.pdf; https://iowadot.gov/mvd/motorcycle/Autocycles; https://iowadot.gov/mvd/driverslicense/dlmanual/dlmanual.pdf)