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House File 714

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  1  1                                    HOUSE FILE 714     
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO NAME CHANGES.  
  1  5 
  1  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  7 
  1  8    Section 1.  Section 595.5, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  1  9 follows:
  1 10    595.5  SURNAME NAME ADOPTED.
  1 11    1.  A party may request indicate on the application for a
  1 12 marriage license the adoption of a name change to that of the
  1 13 other party or to some other surname mutually agreed upon by
  1 14 the parties.  The names used on the marriage license shall
  1 15 become the legal names of the parties to the marriage.  The
  1 16 marriage license shall contain a statement that when a name
  1 17 change is requested and affixed to the marriage license, the
  1 18 new name is the legal name of the requesting party.  If a
  1 19 party requests a name change, other than a change of surname
  1 20 to that of the other spouse or to a combination of the
  1 21 surnames of both spouses, the party shall request approval of
  1 22 the court pursuant to chapter 674 and shall submit to the
  1 23 court the information required by section 674.2.  Upon
  1 24 approval of the court and solemnization of the marriage, the
  1 25    2.  The county registrar shall send a certified copy of the
  1 26 return of marriage to the recorder's office in every county in
  1 27 this state where real property is owned by either of the
  1 28 parties, upon request of the parties.  The judge may approve
  1 29 the name change.  The new names and the immediate former names
  1 30 shall appear on the return of marriage, and the return of
  1 31 marriage shall be recorded in the miscellaneous records in the
  1 32 recorder's office.
  1 33    3.  An individual shall have only one legal name at any one
  1 34 time.
  1 35    Sec. 2.  Section 674.2, subsection 7, Code 1999, is amended
  2  1 to read as follows:
  2  2    7.  A certified copy of the birth certificate to be
  2  3 attached to the petition.  If a certified copy of the birth
  2  4 certificate is not available, the reason for the
  2  5 unavailability shall be stated and another form of
  2  6 identification, which may include documents provided by the
  2  7 United States department of immigration and naturalization
  2  8 service, shall be attached in lieu of the certified copy of
  2  9 the birth certificate.  
  2 10 
  2 11 
  2 12                                                             
  2 13                               BRENT SIEGRIST
  2 14                               Speaker of the House
  2 15 
  2 16 
  2 17                                                             
  2 18                               MARY E. KRAMER
  2 19                               President of the Senate
  2 20 
  2 21    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  2 22 is known as House File 714, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
  2 23 
  2 24 
  2 25                                                             
  2 26                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
  2 27                               Chief Clerk of the House
  2 28 Approved                , 1999
  2 29 
  2 30 
  2 31                               
  2 32 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  2 33 Governor
     

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