Iowa Code Title XV. Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures [Chs. 595-686] § 674.7. Copy to department of health and human services

When the court grants a decree of change of name, the clerk of the court shall furnish the petitioner with a certified copy of the decree and mail an abstract of a decree requiring a name change to be reflected on a birth certificate to the state registrar of vital statistics of the department of health and human services on a form provided by the state registrar.