Your recorder/registrar:

  • Issues Marriage Licenses
  • Registers Birth, Death & Marriage Certificates
  • Certifies Vital Record

Marriage Records - 1954 to present can be obtained at any county Recorder's office.  Any marriage prior 1954, the record must be obtained in the county of which the couple made application for marriage.    

 

Birth Records - 1986 to present can be obtained at any county Recorder’s office.  Any birth prior to 1986, the record must be obtained in the county of birth.

Death Records - 1954 to present can be obtained at any county Recorder's office.  Any death prior 1954, the record must be obtained in the county of death.

 https://hhs.iowa.gov/health-statistics/vital-records