Edgar Filing: HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

CROUSE LAWRENCE D

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC [HTLD]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/11/2007

(Street)

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
COMMON STOCK								1,067,084	I	TRUSTEE FOR SHARES ⁽¹⁾
COMMON STOCK	07/11/2007		J⁽²⁾		3,157,743	D	$ 0	0	I	TRUSTEE FOR SHARES
COMMON STOCK								32,565	D
COMMON STOCK								1,936,276	I	VOTING TRUSTEE ⁽³⁾
COMMON STOCK	07/11/2007		Z⁽⁴⁾		13,509,359	A	$ 0	13,509,359	I ⁽⁴⁾	VOTING TRUSTEE

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CROUSE LAWRENCE D	X

Signatures

LAWRENCE D CROUSE		07/13/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	ITEM 7. The reporting person serves as trustee for shares held by the 2005 Gerdin Children's Trust but has no pecuniary interest in such shares. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.
(2)	ITEM 3. The reporting person served as trustee over grantor retained annuity trusts for the benefit of Russell A Gerdin with respect to one trust and Ann S Gerdin, with respect to a second trust. New trustees were named for these trusts. At no time did the reporting person have a pecuniary interest in shares held by such trusts. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.
(3)	ITEM 7. Reporting person serves as voting trustee for shares represented by voting trust certificate held by Gerdin Family Investments, LP. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.
(4)	ITEM 3 and 7. Contemporaneously with being replaced as trustee of the grantor retained annuity trusts, the reporting person became the voting trustee for shares represnented by voting trust certificates held by grantor retained annuity trusts for the benefit of Russell A Gerdin and Mr. Gerdin's spouse, Ann S Gerdin. The reporting person has no investment control, dispositive power, or pecuniary interest in shares held by such trusts. Benefical ownership is disclaimed.

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