House
File
2277
-
Enrolled
House
File
2277
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
INSPECTION
AND
EXAMINATION
OF
CERTAIN
PUBLIC
RECORDS
UNDER
THE
CUSTODY
OF
THE
STATE
ARCHIVIST
OR
A
COUNTY
REGISTRAR.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
22.16
Inspection
of
records
——
state
archives.
1.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
public
record
that
is
an
archive,
as
defined
in
section
305.2,
shall
be
available
for
public
examination
and
copying
under
this
chapter
if
the
public
record
was
created
at
least
one
hundred
years
prior
to
a
request
for
access
to
the
record,
subject
to
the
requirements
of
this
section.
2.
A
public
record
as
described
in
this
section
shall
not
be
available
for
examination
and
copying
under
any
of
the
following
circumstances:
a.
The
public
record
is
ordered
to
be
sealed
and
is
not
subject
to
inspection
by
any
federal
or
state
court.
b.
The
public
record
is
prohibited
from
being
disclosed
under
any
federal
law,
rule,
or
regulation.
Sec.
2.
Section
144.43,
subsection
3,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
a.
However,
the
The
following
vital
statistics
records
in
the
custody
of
a
county
registrar
may
be
inspected
and
copied
as
of
right
under
chapter
22
when
they
are
in
the
custody
of
a
county
registrar
or
when
they
are
in
the
custody
of
the
House
File
2277,
p.
2
state
archivist
and
are
at
least
seventy-five
years
old
:
a.
(1)
A
record
of
birth.
b.
(2)
A
record
of
marriage.
c.
(3)
A
record
of
divorce,
dissolution
of
marriage,
or
annulment
of
marriage.
d.
(4)
A
record
of
death
if
that
death
was
not
a
fetal
death.
b.
The
following
vital
statistics
records
in
the
custody
of
the
state
archivist
may
be
inspected
and
copied
as
of
right
under
chapter
22:
(1)
A
record
of
birth
that
is
at
least
seventy-five
years
old.
(2)
A
record
of
marriage
that
is
at
least
seventy-five
years
old.
(3)
A
record
of
divorce,
dissolution
of
marriage,
or
annulment
of
marriage
that
is
at
least
seventy-five
years
old.
(4)
A
record
of
death
or
fetal
death,
either
of
which
is
at
least
fifty
years
old.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2277,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor