Iowa Administrative Code

97.5(1) The funeral director or person other than the funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead human body or fetus for the purposes of disposition shall: a. Obtain the personal data from the next of kin or the best-qualified person or source available; b. Obtain the m…

death portion of the certificate of death to the physician, physician assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or medical examiner for the completion of the medical portion. 97.6(1) For a natural cause of death, the physician, physician assistant or advanced registered …

97.7(1) The medical certification for a fetal death shall be completed by the physician in attendance at or after delivery of the fetus within 72 hours after delivery, except when an investigation is required by a medical examiner. 97.7(2) When an investigation by a medical exami…

97.8(1) Only an Iowa-licensed physician, physician assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or medical examiner shall certify to the cause and manner of death. 97.8(2) If the medical certifier is unavailable, an alternate Iowa-licensed medical certifier may complete the…

97.9(1) In cases in which an autopsy is to be performed, it shall not be necessary to defer the entry of the cause of death pending a full report of microscopic or toxicological studies. 97.9(2) In any case in which the gross findings of an autopsy are inadequate to determine the…

[ARC 0145D, IAB 3/18/26, effective 7/1/26]

registration of a marriage are the property of the department and shall be surrendered to the state registrar upon demand. 98.2(1) The forms supplied or approved for reporting a marriage will be used for official purposes as provided for by statute, rules and instructions of the …

place in Iowa shall be prepared on the standard Certificate of Marriage form and submitted for registration within one year from the date of marriage. 98.3(1) Prior to marriage, the applicants shall: a. Obtain an Application for a License to Marry in Iowa form from the county reg…

98.4(1) The Application for a License to Marry in Iowa form is available from any county registrar. The applicants are the parties to be married. 98.4(2) The application will not be processed until all items on the form, including the affidavit of a competent and disinterested pe…

98.5(1) Upon receipt and acceptance of a completed Application for a License to Marry in Iowa form, the county registrar may issue the license to marry. When the marriage license valid date is computed, the day of application will be excluded. The license will become valid after …

98.6(1) At the time the license to marry in Iowa is issued, the county registrar will also prepare the original copy of the Certificate of Marriage form. The person solemnizing the marriage shall complete the blank items pertaining to the marriage ceremony and obtain the required…

marriages registered one year or more after the date of the marriage shall be prepared on the Delayed Certificate of Marriage form. The state registrar will require documentary evidence to establish the facts of the marriage pursuant to Iowa Code section 144.16 and subrule 98.7(2…

98.8(1) The completed Report of Dissolution of Marriage or Annulment form shall be filed with the clerk of district court within one month from the date of the dissolution of marriage or annulment and be prepared on the official paper issued by the state registrar by one of the f…

Code section 144.19. [ARC 0146D, IAB 3/18/26, effective 7/1/26]

[ARC 0146D, IAB 3/18/26, effective 7/1/26]

99.10(1) Corrections or substitutions of the medical certification of cause of death shall be requested solely by the medical certifier listed on the certificate of death or fetal death. a. In the event the medical certifier listed on the certificate of death or fetal death is no…

99.11(1) The request to correct a certificate of marriage during the first year may be made by the county registrar who issued the license to marry. The written request shall be submitted to the state registrar with supporting evidence. 99.11(2) The request to correct or amend a …

99.12(1) A written notice to correct a report of dissolution of marriage or annulment may be submitted to the state registrar by the clerk of district court maintaining the record from which the original report was prepared. The notice shall state in what manner the report shall …

99.13(1) A request to establish a new certificate of live birth shall be submitted to the state registrar and include, at a minimum, the following information: a. The full name of the child as stated on the original certificate of live birth; b. The full name of the child to be l…

99.14(1) Upon receipt of a completed Certificate of Adoption Report form or a certified copy of the decree of adoption from a court of competent jurisdiction and the information required pursuant to rule 641—99.13(144), the state registrar will establish a new certificate of live…

surrogate arrangement. 99.15(1) All live births shall be considered the product of the woman who delivered the live infant and shall be filed in the standard manner, with that woman named as the birth mother on the original record submitted for registration. 99.15(2) For the purp…

99.16(1) If the birth mother was legally married at the time of conception or birth or at any time during the period between conception and birth, the name of her spouse shall be entered on the certificate of live birth as a parent pursuant to Iowa Code section 144.13. 99.16(2) I…

99.17(1) If the birth mother was married at the time of conception or birth or at any time during the period between conception and birth, the name of her spouse will be entered on the certificate of live birth as a parent unless paternity has been determined otherwise by a court…

disestablishment of paternity. 99.18(1) An application to rescind a voluntary paternity affidavit shall be made on the Rescission of Paternity Affidavit form by either the birth mother or the putative father who originally completed and signed the Voluntary Paternity Affidavit fo…

99.19(1) For a court-ordered name change, a certified copy of an order from a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 674 or an Abstract to Change Registrant’s Legal Name form completed by the clerk of district court changing the name shall be submitted to t…

registration of vital events are the property of the department and shall be surrendered to the state registrar upon demand. 99.2(1) The forms supplied or approved for reporting vital events will be used for official purposes as provided for by law, rules and instructions of the …

99.20(1) To disestablish parentage of a mother, father, or both on a certificate of live birth, the court will submit an abstract from court determination to disestablish parentage to the state registrar. 99.20(2) Upon receipt of a court-ordered abstract from court determination …

reporting of live birth, death, fetal death, or marriage in use at the time of the event will be used to prepare a new certificate. [ARC 0146D, IAB 3/18/26, effective 7/1/26]

99.4(1) Corrections of minor errors may be made by the state registrar within one year and prior to the first anniversary of the date of the event upon observation, upon request of the data provider, upon query, or upon request from an entitled person. Minor errors include obviou…

year of event. 99.5(1) The first or middle given name for a child whose birth was reported without a first or middle given name may be amended to add the first or middle given name within one year and prior to the first anniversary of the date of the live birth based upon a compl…

99.6(1) Amendments of vital records may be made by the state registrar one year or more after the date of the event upon request from an entitled person or by an order to amend the record by a court of competent jurisdiction. Amendments include the correction of obvious errors, o…

99.7(1) Records not on the electronic vital records system will be amended by drawing a single line through the incorrect item and inserting the correct or missing data immediately above or to the side of the item or by completing a blank item. In all cases in which a line must b…

amendment is made on a vital record, that entry will not be corrected again unless: 99.8(1) It can be proven that an error was made in processing the first correction or amendment; or 99.8(2) A court order is received from a court of competent jurisdiction to correct or amend the…

99.9(1) The parent’s name or both parents’ names as reported by the parent or parents on the birth worksheet used to establish the certificate of live birth shall only be amended if the amendment is supported by a certified copy of a vital record or amended by an order from a cou…

was created by an Act of the General Assembly (Acts of the Forty-eighth General Assembly, chapter 120, 1939) through the consolidation of several departments and divisions to assist coordination among the law enforcement agencies at all levels of government within Iowa. The depar…

appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the governor. Bureaus which provide planning and staff support, administer governor’s traffic safety programs, conduct staff inspections and investigate complaints against officers of the department report directly to the commissioner. T…

1.3(1) Principal office. The principal office for the department is that of the commissioner in the State Public Safety Headquarters Building in the Capitol Complex in Des Moines. Its mailing address is the Department of Public Safety, State Public Safety Headquarters Building, 2…

submissions or requests. 1.4(1) Persons wishing to obtain information from or report information to the department may contact any of the offices in 1.3(17A). 1.4(2) Those wishing to make submissions to the department may do so by delivering or forwarding to the administrative se…

and employees of the department.

surety company, approval by the insurance division of the Iowa department of commerce shall be required, and if that approval has been acquired and is continuing, the commissioner’s approval will be extended.

promulgated to describe the department and its procedure, to elaborate on or define some statutory language and to regulate some activities. Each of the sections of chapter 4 of the Iowa Code are hereby adopted by reference so as to apply when construing these rules. When the wor…

“Commissioner” means the commissioner of the department of public safety. “Department” means the department of public safety. “Waiver” or “variance” means an action by the department which suspends, in whole or in part, the requirements or provisions of a rule as applied to an id…

a declaratory order as to the applicability to specified circumstances of a statute, rule, or order within the primary jurisdiction of the department, at the Office of the Commissioner, Department of Public Safety, State Public Safety Headquarters Building, 215 East 7th Street, D…

department shall give notice of the petition to all persons not served by the petitioner pursuant to

10.103(1) Any person who qualifies under any applicable provision of law as an intervenor and who files a petition for intervention within 20 days of the filing of a petition for declaratory order (after time for notice under 661—10.102(17A) and before 30-day time for agency acti…

urged. The department may request a brief from the petitioner, any intervenor, or any other person concerning the questions raised.

made to the Agency Rules Administrator, Office of the Commissioner, Department of Public Safety, State Public Safety Headquarters Building, 215 East 7th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. [Editorial change: IAC Supplement 2/11/09] 661—10.106(17A) Service and filing of petitions and …

notice to any other persons.

informal meeting between the original petitioner, all intervenors, and the department, a member of the department, or a member of the staff of the department, to discuss the questions raised. The department may solicit comments from any person on the questions raised. Also, comme…