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      Iowa State Vital Records Office

        Iowa Department of Public Health
        Bureau of Vital Statistics
        Lucas State Office Building, 1st Floor
        321 East 12th Street
        Des Moines, IA 50319
        (515) 281-4944 recording
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        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.

        Phone requests: Credit cards currently being accepted include American Express, Discover, Mastercard, and Visa for an additional $5.50 processing fee. NOTE: Due to the volume of calls received daily, callers may expect to hold the line (possibly 20 minutes or more) while waiting for the next available operator. Also, credit cards may not be used to pay for family history requests.

        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.

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        Birth$15.00since July 1880Mail Order

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      Index to Iowa County Vital Records Offices

        Iowa prefers you get all Vital Records from the State Office in Des Moines, NOT at the County Recorder's office.

        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.

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