Iowa Code Title IV. Public Health [Chs. 123-158] § 144.37. Dissolution and annulment records

1. For each dissolution or annulment of marriage granted by any court in this state, a record shall be prepared by the clerk of court or by the petitioner or the petitioner's legal representative if directed by the clerk and filed by the clerk of court with the state registrar. The information necessary to prepare the record shall be furnished with the petition, to the clerk of court by the petitioner or the petitioner's legal representative, on forms supplied by the state registrar.

2. The clerk of the district court in each county shall maintain the records of dissolutions and annulments of marriage as required by the state registrar.

3. On or before the tenth day of each calendar month, the clerk of court shall forward to the state registrar the record of each dissolution and annulment granted during the preceding calendar month and related reports required by regulations issued under this chapter.