2009 Iowa Code
Title 4 - Public Health
Subtitle 2 - Health-Related Activities
CHAPTER 144 - VITAL STATISTICS
144.15 - DELAYED REGISTRATIONS OF BIRTH.

        144.15  DELAYED REGISTRATIONS OF BIRTH.
         When the birth of a person born in this state has not been
      registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with
      regulations.  The certificate shall be registered subject to
      evidentiary requirements prescribed to substantiate the alleged facts
      of birth.  Certificates of birth registered one year or more after
      the date of occurrence shall be marked "delayed" and shall show on
      their face the date of the delayed registration.  A summary statement
      of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration
      shall be endorsed on the certificate.  A delayed certificate of birth
      shall not be registered for a deceased person.
         When an applicant does not submit the substantiating evidence
      required for delayed registration or when the state registrar finds
      reason to question the validity or adequacy of the evidence, the
      state registrar shall not register the delayed certificate and shall
      advise the applicant of the reasons for this action.  The
      registration official shall advise the applicant of the applicant's
      right of appeal to the district court pursuant to sections 144.17 and
      144.18, which sections shall be applicable to such appeal
      notwithstanding the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act,
      chapter 17A.
         The department may by regulation provide for the dismissal of an
      application which is not actively prosecuted.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.15] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         97 Acts, ch 159, §13; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §114
         Referred to in § 144.17, 144.25, 331.611