Title IV, PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)

When a death or marriage occurring in this state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations. Such certificate shall be registered subject to evidentiary requirements prescribed to substantiate the alleged facts of death or marriage. Certifi…

1. If a delayed certificate of birth is rejected under the provisions of section 144.15 , a petition may be filed with the district court for an order establishing a record of the date and place of the birth and the parentage of the person whose birth is to be registered. 2. a. T…

1. The court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition and shall give the registration official who refused to register the petitioner’s delayed certificate of birth at least ten days’ notice of such hearing. If both persons to be named as parents are not a party to the…

For each adoption decreed by any court in this state, the court shall require the preparation of a certificate of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar. The certificate shall include a report of the facts necessary to locate and identify the certifica…

The department shall install, maintain, and operate the system of vital statistics throughout the state. No system for the registration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, dissolutions, and annulments, shall be maintained in the state or any of its political su…

Information in the possession of the petitioner necessary to prepare the adoption report shall be furnished with the petition for adoption by each petitioner for adoption or the petitioner’s attorney. The adoption service provider or other person concerned shall supply the court …

Whenever an adoption decree is amended or annulled, the clerk of the court shall prepare a certificate, which shall include facts necessary to identify the original adoption report, and facts in the adoption decree necessary to properly amend the birth record. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 6…

Not later than the tenth day of each calendar month, the clerk of the court shall forward to the state registrar certificates of adoption, or amendment or annulment of adoption, entered in the preceding month, together with such related reports as the state registrar requires. Th…

1. The state registrar shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in this state, when the state registrar receives the following: a. An adoption report as provided in section 144.19 , or a certified copy of the decree of adoption together with the information ne…

1. Notwithstanding whether an original certificate of birth is substituted with a new certificate of birth pursuant to section 144.24 following adoption of the subject of the original certificate of birth, whether a new certificate of birth is issued to show that a person for who…

1. If a new certificate of birth is established, the actual place and date of birth shall be shown on the certificate and shall include a designation of the person’s sex pursuant to section 144.23 . The certificate shall be substituted for the original certificate of birth. 2. Fo…

1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an adopted person who was born in this state and whose original certificate of birth was substituted with a new certificate of birth pursuant to section 144.24 based upon the adoption, or an entitled person, may apply for a…

1. If no certificate of birth is on file for the person for whom a new certificate is to be established, a delayed certificate of birth shall be filed with the state registrar as provided in section 144.15 , or sections 144.17 and 144.18 , before a new certificate of birth is est…

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to establish a procedure for the issuance of a certificate of birth for children adopted pursuant to section 600.15 . 2002 Acts, ch 1040, §2, 5

1. a. A death certificate for each death which occurs in this state shall be filed as directed by the state registrar within three days after the death and prior to final disposition, and shall be registered by the county registrar if it has been completed and filed in accordance…

1. The funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body shall file the death certificate, obtain the personal data from the next of kin or the best qualified person or source available and obtain the medical certification of cause of death from the person responsible for…

1. a. For the purposes of this section , “nonnatural cause of death” means the death is a direct or indirect result of physical, chemical, thermal, or electrical trauma, or drug or alcohol intoxication or other poisoning. b. Unless there is a nonnatural cause of death, the medica…

1. A fetal death certificate for each fetal death which occurs in this state after a gestation period of twenty completed weeks or greater, or for a fetus with a weight of three hundred fifty grams or more shall be filed as directed by the state registrar within three days after …

1. A health care provider who initially identifies and diagnoses a spontaneous termination of pregnancy or who induces a termination of pregnancy shall file with the department a report for each termination within thirty days of the occurrence. The health care provider shall make…

The department may adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter , in accordance with chapter 17A . [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.3 ]

The funeral director who first assumes custody of a fetus shall file the fetal death certificate. In the absence of such a person, the physician or other person in attendance at or after the delivery shall file the certificate of fetal death. The person filing the certificate sha…

1. The medical certification for a fetal death shall be completed within seventy-two hours after delivery by the physician in attendance at or after delivery except when inquiry is required by the county medical examiner. 2. When a fetal death occurs without medical attendance up…

1. As used in this section : a. “Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth” means a document issued based upon a properly filed fetal death certificate to record the birth of a stillborn fetus. b. “Stillbirth” means stillbirth as defined in section 136A.2 . 2. After each fetal…

1. As used in this section : a. “Certificate of nonviable birth” means a document issued based upon a nonviable birth. b. “Health care provider” means the same as defined in section 144.29A . c. “Hospital” means the same as defined in section 135B.1 . d. “Nonviable birth” means a…

1. If a person other than a funeral director, medical examiner, or emergency medical service assumes custody of a dead body or fetus, the person shall secure a burial transit permit. To be valid, the burial transit permit must be issued by the county medical examiner, a funeral d…

A burial transit permit issued under the law of another state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state shall be authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in this state. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2324; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §141.18; C71, 73, 75, 7…

1. a. Disinterment of a dead body or fetus, without a court order, shall be allowed for the purpose of autopsy or reburial only, and then only if supervised by a funeral director. b. Disinterment of cremated remains, without a court order, shall be allowed, but only if supervised…

The department may, by regulation and upon such conditions as it may prescribe to assure compliance with the purposes of this chapter , provide for extension of the periods prescribed in sections 144.26 , 144.28 , 144.29 , and 144.31 , for filing of death certificates, fetal deat…

1. A certificate recording each marriage performed in this state shall be filed with the state registrar. The county registrar shall prepare the certificate on the form furnished by the state registrar upon the basis of information obtained from the parties to be married, who sha…

1. For each dissolution or annulment of marriage granted by any court in this state, a record shall be prepared by the clerk of court or by the petitioner or the petitioner’s legal representative if directed by the clerk and filed by the clerk of court with the state registrar. T…

To protect the integrity and accuracy of vital statistics records, a certificate or record registered under this chapter may be amended only in accordance with this chapter and regulations adopted hereunder. A certificate that is amended under this section shall be marked “amende…

Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order from a court of competent jurisdiction or certificate of the clerk of court pursuant to chapter 674 changing the name of a person born in this state, the state registrar shall amend the certificate of birth to reflect the new name…

The director or the director’s designee shall be the state registrar of vital statistics and shall carry out the provisions of this chapter . [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2387; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §144.2; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.4 ] 2023 Acts, ch 19, §248

Upon request and receipt of an affidavit of paternity completed and filed pursuant to section 252A.3A , or a certified copy or notification by the clerk of court of a court or administrative order establishing paternity, the state registrar shall establish a new certificate of bi…

When a certificate is amended under sections 144.38 through 144.40 the state registrar shall report the amendment to the custodian of any permanent local records and such records shall be amended accordingly. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.41 ] 2021 Acts, ch 80, §74 Referred to i…

To preserve original documents, the state registrar may prepare typewritten, photographic, or other reproductions of original records and files in the state registrar’s office. Such reproductions when certified by the state registrar shall be accepted as the original record. [C71…

1. To protect the integrity of vital statistics records, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the vital statistics system kept by the state registrar, access to vital statistics records kept by the state registrar shall be limited t…

1. In addition to other procedures by which birth certificates may be inspected under this chapter , the state registrar shall establish a mutual consent voluntary adoption registry through which adult adopted children, adult siblings, and the biological parents of adult adoptees…

The department may permit access to vital statistics by professional genealogists and historians, and may authorize the disclosure of data contained in vital statistics records when deemed essential for bona fide research purposes which are not for private gain. The department sh…

1. The state registrar and the county registrar shall, upon written request from any applicant entitled to a record, issue a certified copy of any certificate or record in the registrar’s custody or of a part of a certificate or record. Each copy issued shall show the date of reg…

Upon application and payment of a thirty-five dollar fee, the director may issue a commemorative copy of a certificate of birth or a certificate of marriage. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the emergency medical services fund established in section 1…

1. The department by rule shall establish fees based on the average administrative cost which shall be collected by the state registrar or the county registrar for each of the following: a. A certified copy or short form certification of a certificate or record. b. A copy of a ce…

1. A vital records fund is created under the control of the department. Moneys in the fund shall be used for purposes of the purchase and maintenance of an electronic system for vital records scanning, data capture, data reporting, storage, and retrieval, and for all registration…

Every person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal particulars and data concerning each person admitted or confined to the institution. This record shall include information required by the standard certificate of birth, death, and fetal death forms issued u…

When a dead human body is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record showing the name of the deceased, date of death, name and address of the person to whom the body is released, date of removal from the institution, or …

A funeral director or other person who removes from the place of death or transports or finally disposes of a dead body or fetus, in addition to filing any certificate or other form required by this chapter , shall keep a record which shall identify the body, and information pert…