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Code · Iowa · Chapter 144 — Vital Statistics

144.23 State registrar to establish new certificate of birth.

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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 necessary to identify the original certificate of birth and to establish a new certificate of birth.
b. A request that a new certificate be established and evidence proving that the person for whom the new certificate is requested has been legitimated, or that a court of competent jurisdiction has determined the paternity of the person.
2. Pursuant to section 4.1A, a new certificate of birth established under subsection 1 shall include a designation of sex of the person at birth.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2406; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §144.21, 144.44; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.23]
Referred to in §144.23A, 144.24, 600.13
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