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Chapter 144

Iowa Code ch. 144

Vital Statistics

144.1Definitions 144.2Records and statistics 144.3Rules adopted 144.4State registrar 144.5Duties of state registrar 144.6 through 144.8ReservedRepealed 144.9County recorder as registrar 144.10ReservedRepealed 144.11Public access to records 144.12Forms uniform 144.12ADeclaration of paternity registry 144.13Birth certificates 144.13AFees — use of funds — electronic birth certificate system 144.13BWaiver of fees — military service 144.14Foundlings 144.15Delayed registrations of birth 144.16Delayed registration of death or marriage 144.17Petition to establish certificate 144.18Court hearing 144.19Adoption certificate 144.20Information 144.21Amended record 144.22Clerk to report to state registrar 144.23State registrar to establish new certificate of birth 144.23ABiological parent information — reestablishment of original certificate of birth 144.24Substituting new for original birth certificates — inspection 144.24AAccess to original certificate of birth — application — contact preference form — medical history form — fees 144.25No previous certificate — procedure 144.25ACertificate of birth — foreign and international adoptions 144.26Death certificate 144.27Funeral director’s duties — death certificate — disposition of unclaimed veterans’ remains 144.28Medical certification 144.29Fetal deaths 144.29ATermination of pregnancy reporting — legislative intent 144.30Funeral director’s duty — fetal death certificate 144.31Medical certification — fetal death 144.31ACertificate of birth resulting in stillbirth 144.31BCertificate of nonviable birth 144.32Burial transit permit 144.33Bodies brought into state 144.34Disinterment — permit 144.35Extensions of time by rules 144.36Marriage certificate filed — prohibited information 144.37Dissolution and annulment records 144.38Amendment of official record 144.39Change of name 144.40Paternity of children — birth certificates 144.41Amending local records 144.42Reproduction of original records 144.43Vital records closed to inspection — exceptions 144.43AMutual consent voluntary adoption registry 144.44Permits for research 144.45Certified copies 144.45ACommemorative birth and marriage certificates 144.46Fees 144.46AVital records fund 144.47Persons confined in institutions 144.48Institutions — dead persons 144.49Additional record by funeral director 144.50Length of time records to be kept 144.51Information by others furnished on demand 144.52Unlawful acts — punishment 144.53Other acts — simple misdemeanors 144.54Report to county attorney 144.55Attorney general to assist in enforcement 144.56Autopsy 144.57Public safety officer death — required notice — autopsy