641—95.2  (144)  Vital records and statistics.  There is established a division in the department which shall install, maintain, and operate the system of vital statistics throughout the state. No official system for the registration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, dissolutions, and annulments shall be maintained in the state or any of its political subdivisions other than the one provided for in Iowa Code chapter 144, including, but not limited to, a system maintained by any agency or private entity.
	   95.2(1)  No person shall prepare or issue any certificate which purports to be an original certified copy or a copy of a certificate of birth, death, fetal death, adoption, marriage, dissolution, or annulment except as provided for in Iowa Code chapter 144 and authorized by the state registrar.
	   95.2(2) The state registrar and the county registrar shall not maintain or issue copies of any vital record of an event occurring outside the state registrar’s or county registrar’s jurisdiction except as provided for in Iowa Code chapter 144 and authorized by the state registrar.
[ ARC 0483C , IAB 12/12/12, effective 1/16/13; see Delay note at end of chapter;    ARC 2933C , IAB 2/1/17, effective 3/8/17]