How to obtain copies of Iowa vital records, such as Iowa birth certificates, Iowa death records, Iowa marriage licenses & Iowa divorce decrees. See the guidelines for general information on how to order Iowa vital records. Check the related links for additional vital records and genealogical information on Iowa.
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Iowa State Vital Records Office
Iowa prefers you get all Vital Records from the State Office in Des Moines and NOT at the County Clerk's office. Written requests: You must complete the Application for Copy of a Vital Record form and attach a check or money order payable to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Requests for the purpose of family history take at least 60 days, regardless of the method of request. Please Note: Effective January 1, 2005, all state and county fees will increase to $15 for searches and certified copies of records. Index to Iowa County Vital Records Offices
At the county level, all vital records occurring in that county (excluding fetal death, adoptive records, and out-of-wedlock births prior to July 1, 1995) are open to the public for inspection. County offices may set and charge a reasonable fee to inspect the records. To secure a certified copy of a record from the county-of-event, applicants must have direct or tangible interest in the record. In other words, you must be the registrant (person named on the record) or have a lineal relationship to the registrant, such as a legal parent, grandparent, spouse, brother, sister, child, legal guardian, or legal representative. All requests or applications for each certificate must be in writing and include the purpose for the certificate. County registrars do not have code authority to have the following on record: 1) Single-parent births prior to July 1, 1995; 2) Adoptions; 3) Any record ordered seal by a court of law; 4) Birth, death, and marriage records between the years 1921 to 1941. Follow this link to Rootsweb to determine what county a city or town is in. Adair . Adams . Allamakee . Appanoose . Audubon . Benton . Black Hawk . Boone . Bremer . Buchanan . Buena Vista . Butler . Calhoun . Carroll . Cass . Cedar . Cerro Gordo . Cherokee . Chickasaw . Clarke . Clay . Clayton . Clinton . Crawford . Dallas . Davis . Decatur . Delaware . Des Moines . Dickinson . Dubuque . Emmet . Fayette . Floyd . Franklin . Fremont . Greene . Grundy . Guthrie . Hamilton . Hancock . Hardin . Harrison . Henry . Howard . Humboldt . Ida . Iowa . Jackson . Jasper . Jefferson . Johnson . Jones . Keokuk . Kossuth . Lee . Linn . Louisa . Lucas . Lyon . Madison . Mahaska . Marion . Marshall . Mills . Mitchell . Monona . Monroe . Montgomery . Muscatine . O'Brien . Osceola . Page . Palo Alto . Plymouth . Pocahontas . Polk . Pottawattamie . Poweshiek . Ringgold . Sac . Scott . Shelby . Sioux . Story . Tama . Taylor . Union . Van Buren . Wapello . Warren . Washington . Wayne . Webster . Winnebago . Winneshiek . Woodbury . Worth . Wright . Searchable Databases and other Helpful Links
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