For each adoption decreed by any court in this state, the court shall require the preparation of a certificate of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar. The certificate shall include a report of the facts necessary to locate and identify the certificate of birth of the person adopted, provide information necessary to establish a new certificate of birth of the person adopted, identify the order of adoption, and be certified by the clerk of the court. A fee established by the department by rule based on average administrative cost shall be collected for the preparation of a certificate of adoption. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 144.44; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.19; 81 Acts, ch 64, § 4]
Referred to in § 144.23, 600.13
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