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Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH | Back to Title Listing
Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS 
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| §144.1 - Definitions. | RTF | |
| §144.2 - Records and statistics. | RTF | |
| §144.3 - Rules adopted. | RTF | |
| §144.4 - State registrar. | RTF | |
| §144.5 - Duties of state registrar. | RTF | |
| §144.6 | RTF | |
| §144.7 | RTF | |
| §144.8 | RTF | |
| §144.9 - County recorder as registrar. | RTF | |
| §144.10 | RTF | |
| §144.11 - Public access to records. | RTF | |
| §144.12 - Forms uniform. | RTF | |
| §144.12A - Declaration of paternity registry. | RTF | |
| §144.13 - Birth certificates. | RTF | |
| §144.13A - Fees — use of funds — electronic birth certificate system. | RTF | |
| §144.13B - Waiver of fees — military service. | RTF | |
| §144.14 - Foundlings. | RTF | |
| §144.15 - Delayed registrations of birth. | RTF | |
| §144.16 - Delayed registration of death or marriage. | RTF | |
| §144.17 - Petition to establish certificate. | RTF | |
| §144.18 - Court hearing. | RTF | |
| §144.19 - Adoption certificate. | RTF | |
| §144.20 - Information. | RTF | |
| §144.21 - Amended record. | RTF | |
| §144.22 - Clerk to report to state registrar. | RTF | |
| §144.23 - State registrar to establish new certificate of birth. | RTF | |
| §144.23A - Biological parent information — reestablishment of original certificate of birth. | RTF | |
| §144.24 - Substituting new for original birth certificates — inspection. | RTF | |
| §144.24A - Access to original certificate of birth — application — contact preference form — medical history form — fees. | RTF | |
| §144.25 - No previous certificate — procedure. | RTF | |
| §144.25A - Certificate of birth — foreign and international adoptions. | RTF | |
| §144.26 - Death certificate. | RTF | |
| §144.27 - Funeral director’s duties — death certificate — disposition of unclaimed veterans’ remains. | RTF | |
| §144.28 - Medical certification. | RTF | |
| §144.29 - Fetal deaths. | RTF | |
| §144.29A - Termination of pregnancy reporting — legislative intent. | RTF | |
| §144.30 - Funeral director’s duty — fetal death certificate. | RTF | |
| §144.31 - Medical certification — fetal death. | RTF | |
| §144.31A - Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. | RTF | |
| §144.31B - Certificate of nonviable birth. | RTF | |
| §144.32 - Burial transit permit. | RTF | |
| §144.33 - Bodies brought into state. | RTF | |
| §144.34 - Disinterment — permit. | RTF | |
| §144.35 - Extensions of time by rules. | RTF | |
| §144.36 - Marriage certificate filed — prohibited information. | RTF | |
| §144.37 - Dissolution and annulment records. | RTF | |
| §144.38 - Amendment of official record. | RTF | |
| §144.39 - Change of name. | RTF | |
| §144.40 - Paternity of children — birth certificates. | RTF | |
| §144.41 - Amending local records. | RTF | |
| §144.42 - Reproduction of original records. | RTF | |
| §144.43 - Vital records closed to inspection — exceptions. | RTF | |
| §144.43A - Mutual consent voluntary adoption registry. | RTF | |
| §144.44 - Permits for research. | RTF | |
| §144.45 - Certified copies. | RTF | |
| §144.45A - Commemorative birth and marriage certificates. | RTF | |
| §144.46 - Fees. | RTF | |
| §144.46A - Vital records fund. | RTF | |
| §144.47 - Persons confined in institutions. | RTF | |
| §144.48 - Institutions — dead persons. | RTF | |
| §144.49 - Additional record by funeral director. | RTF | |
| §144.50 - Length of time records to be kept. | RTF | |
| §144.51 - Information by others furnished on demand. | RTF | |
| §144.52 - Unlawful acts — punishment. | RTF | |
| §144.53 - Other acts — simple misdemeanors. | RTF | |
| §144.54 - Report to county attorney. | RTF | |
| §144.55 - Attorney general to assist in enforcement. | RTF | |
| §144.56 - Autopsy. | RTF | |
| §144.57 - Public safety officer death — required notice — autopsy. | RTF |