2009 Iowa Code
Title 4 - Public Health
Subtitle 2 - Health-Related Activities
CHAPTER 144 - VITAL STATISTICS
144.17 - PETITION TO ESTABLISH CERTIFICATE.

        144.17  PETITION TO ESTABLISH CERTIFICATE.
         1.  If a delayed certificate of birth is rejected under the
      provisions of section 144.15, a petition may be filed with the
      district court for an order establishing a record of the date and
      place of the birth and the parentage of the person whose birth is to
      be registered.
         2. a.  The petition shall be made on a form prescribed and
      furnished by the state registrar and shall allege:
         (1)  That the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is
      sought was born in this state.
         (2)  That no record of birth of that person can be found in the
      office of the state or county custodian of birth records.
         (3)  That diligent efforts by the petitioner have failed to obtain
      the evidence required in accordance with section 144.15.
         (4)  That the state registrar has refused to register a delayed
      certificate of birth.
         (5)  Such other allegations as may be required.
         b.  The petition shall be accompanied by a statement of the
      registration official made in accordance with section 144.15 and all
      documentary evidence which was submitted to the registration official
      in support of such registration.  The petition shall be verified by
      the petitioner.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.17] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         88 Acts, ch 1158, §39; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §193
         Referred to in § 144.15, 144.25, 331.611