There is established a division in the department which shall
install, maintain, and operate the system of vital statistics throughout the
state. No official 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 subdivisions other than the one provided for in
Iowa Code chapter 144, including, but not limited to, a system maintained by
any agency or private entity.
(1) No
person shall prepare or issue any certificate which purports to be an original
certified copy or a copy of a certificate of birth, death, fetal death,
adoption, marriage, dissolution, or annulment except as provided for in Iowa
Code chapter 144 and authorized by the state registrar.
(2) The state registrar and the county
registrar shall not maintain or issue copies of any vital record of an event
occurring outside the state registrar's or county registrar's jurisdiction
except as provided for in Iowa Code chapter 144 and authorized by the state
registrar.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code
r. 641-95.2
Amended by
IAB
February 1, 2017/Volume XXXIX, Number 16, effective
3/8/2017
