Terms of Use

General Provisions

• Credit must be given to the Iowa Department of Transportation or the donor of the item in the prescribed form (see Attribution and Copyright Notice.) Users may not falsely claim or represent that they possess intellectual property rights, including copyright, in DOT material.
• Permission to reproduce, publish, broadcast, display, or distribute an item or text for commercial purposes must be requested in writing. Permission is granted in writing, not orally. Possession of an item does not constitute permission to reproduce or publish it.
• Permission is for one-time use only.
• The Iowa DOT retains all rights to the items or text, and the requestor warrants that they will not be used for any purpose other than that stated.
• The requester agrees to hold harmless the Iowa DOT, its officers and employees from any action involving infringement of the rights of any person or heirs and descendants in common law or under statutory copyright.
• All responsibility for possible copyright infringement, invasion of privacy, and rights of publicity from the use of reproductions is assumed by the user.
• Images may be cropped to suit design and layout, but they may not be altered or drawn upon or manipulated in any way so that they look different from the way they appear in the historical collection or misrepresent the content.
• Materials may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by Iowa DOT or by any DOT employee of a commercial product, service or activity, or used in any other manner that might mislead the public.
• Iowa DOT personnel, generally, are not authorized to sign indemnity or hold harmless statements, releases from copyright infringement, or documents granting exclusive use rights.
• If a recognizable person appears in a photograph, use for commercial purposes may infringe a right of privacy or publicity and permission should be obtained from the recognizable person.