

All applications must be accompanied by a valid, current government-issued photo I.D. In some instances, the local county registrar (County Recorder) may only accept cash or money orders for in-person requests and money orders for mail-in requests. Fees must be paid at the time of the application.įees must be paid in U.S. Checks must be drawn from the applicant's account money orders must be in the name of the applicant. In-person requests may also be paid in cash.

Legal guardians, legal representatives, and siblings must also provide additional proof of entitlement.Ĭertified copies of birth, death, or marriage certificates may be obtained from the state office of vital records by telephone, in-person, or through a postal service.įees are payable by check or money order made out to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Birth, death, and marriage records between the years 1921 to 1941.Īll applications for certified copies of vital record events must be in writing and completely identify the record, as well as satisfactorily establish entitlement to the record being requested.Įntitled persons include the person named on the record or that person’s spouse, children, legal parents, grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, or legal representative or guardian.Any record ordered seal by a court of law.Delayed records filed one year or more after the event.

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In Iowa, official registration of births, deaths, and marriages began July 1, 1880. The bureau registers approximately 100,000 events and issues about 85,000 certified copies annually. All vital events occurring in the state such as birth, death, and marriage, and the bureau has an interstate exchange agreement with all of the other states.
