2009 Iowa Code
Title 4 - Public Health
Subtitle 2 - Health-Related Activities
CHAPTER 144 - VITAL STATISTICS
144.45 - CERTIFIED COPIES.

        144.45  CERTIFIED COPIES.
         The state registrar and the county registrar shall, upon written
      request from any applicant entitled to a record, issue a certified
      copy of any certificate or record in the registrar's custody or of a
      part of a certificate or record.  Each copy issued shall show the
      date of registration; and copies issued from records marked
      "delayed", "amended", or "court order" shall be similarly marked and
      show the effective date.
         A certified copy of a certificate, or any part thereof, shall be
      considered for all purposes the same as the original and shall be
      prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, provided that the
      evidentiary value of a certificate or record filed more than one year
      after the event, or a record which has been amended, shall be
      determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before
      whom the certificate is offered as evidence.
         The national division of vital statistics may be furnished copies
      or data which it requires for national statistics, provided that the
      state be reimbursed for the cost of furnishing data, and provided
      further that data shall not be used for other than statistical
      purposes by the national division of vital statistics unless so
      authorized by the state registrar.
         Federal, state, local, and other public or private agencies may,
      upon written request, be furnished copies or data for statistical
      purposes upon terms or conditions prescribed by the department.
         No person shall prepare or issue any certificate which purports to
      be an original, certified copy, or copy of a certificate of birth,
      death, fetal death, or marriage except as authorized in this chapter.
      

         Section History: Early Form

         [S13, § 2575-a45; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2349, 2416, 2426, 2429,
      2431; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 141.33, 144.31, 144.41, 144.46,
      144.48; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.45] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         95 Acts, ch 124, § 7, 26
         Referred to in § 144.18, 144.46, 331.611