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Iowa

Chapter 144 — Vital Statistics
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144.1 Definitions.
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144.2 Records and statistics.
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144.3 Rules adopted.
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144.4 State registrar.
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144.5 Duties of state registrar.
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144.6 Reserved.
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144.7 Reserved.
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144.8 Reserved.
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144.9 County recorder as registrar.
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144.10 Reserved.
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144.11 Public access to records.
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144.12 Forms uniform.
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144.12A Declaration of paternity registry.
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144.13 Birth certificates.
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144.13A Fees — use of funds — electronic birth certificate system.
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144.13B Waiver of fees — military service.
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144.14 Foundlings.
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144.15 Delayed registrations of birth.
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144.16 Delayed registration of death or marriage.
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144.17 Petition to establish certificate.
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144.18 Court hearing.
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144.19 Adoption certificate.
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144.20 Information.
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144.21 Amended record.
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144.22 Clerk to report to state registrar.
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144.23 State registrar to establish new certificate of birth.
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144.23A Biological parent information — reestablishment of original certificate of birth.
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144.24 Substituting new for original birth certificates — inspection.
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144.24A Access to original certificate of birth — application — contact preference form — medical history form — fees.
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144.25 No previous certificate — procedure.
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144.25A Certificate of birth — foreign and international adoptions.
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144.26 Death certificate.
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144.27 Funeral director’s duties — death certificate — disposition of unclaimed veterans’ remains.
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144.28 Medical certification.
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144.29 Fetal deaths.
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144.29A Termination of pregnancy reporting — legislative intent.
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144.30 Funeral director’s duty — fetal death certificate.
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144.31 Medical certification — fetal death.
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144.31A Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
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144.31B Certificate of nonviable birth.
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144.32 Burial transit permit.
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144.33 Bodies brought into state.
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144.34 Disinterment — permit.
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144.35 Extensions of time by rules.
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144.36 Marriage certificate filed — prohibited information.
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144.37 Dissolution and annulment records.
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144.38 Amendment of official record.
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144.39 Change of name.
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144.40 Paternity of children — birth certificates.
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144.41 Amending local records.
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144.42 Reproduction of original records.
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144.43 Vital records closed to inspection — exceptions.
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144.43A Mutual consent voluntary adoption registry.
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144.44 Permits for research.
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144.45 Certified copies.
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144.45A Commemorative birth and marriage certificates.
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144.46 Fees.
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144.46A Vital records fund.
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144.47 Persons confined in institutions.
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144.48 Institutions — dead persons.
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144.49 Additional record by funeral director.
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144.50 Length of time records to be kept.
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144.51 Information by others furnished on demand.
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144.52 Unlawful acts — punishment.
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144.53 Other acts — simple misdemeanors.
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144.54 Report to county attorney.
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144.55 Attorney general to assist in enforcement.
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144.56 Autopsy.
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144.57 Public safety officer death — required notice — autopsy.
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