144.36 Marriage certificate filed — prohibited information.
1. A certificate recording each marriage performed in this state shall be filed with the state registrar. The county registrar shall prepare the certificate on the form furnished by the state registrar upon the basis of information obtained from the parties to be married, who shall attest to the information by their signatures. The county registrar in each county shall keep a record book for marriages. The form of marriage record books shall be uniform throughout the state. A properly indexed permanent record of marriage certificates upon microfilm, electronic computer, or data processing equipment may be kept in lieu of marriage record books.
2. Every person who performs a marriage shall certify the fact of marriage and return the certificate to the county registrar within fifteen days after the ceremony. The certificate shall be signed by the witnesses to the ceremony and the person performing the ceremony.
3. The certificate of marriage shall not contain information concerning the race of the married persons, previous marriages of the married persons, or the educational level of the married persons.
4. The county registrar shall record and forward to the state registrar on or before the tenth day of each calendar month the original certificates of marriages filed with the county registrar during the preceding calendar month and the fees collected by the county registrar on behalf of the state for applications for a license to marry in accordance with section 331.605, subsection 1, paragraph “g”.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2421, 2422, 2425; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §144.36, 144.37, 144.40; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.36]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10048, 10201; 85 Acts, ch 195, §18; 95 Acts, ch 124, §6, 26; 99 Acts, ch 114, §6; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §163
Referred to in §331.611, 595.16A
See also §595.13 regarding certificate return
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS
Section 144.2 - Division of records and statistics.
Section 144.3 - Rules adopted.
Section 144.5 - Duties of registrar.
Section 144.9 - County recorder as registrar.
Section 144.11 - Public access to records.
Section 144.12 - Forms uniform.
Section 144.12A - Declaration of paternity registry.
Section 144.13 - Birth certificates.
Section 144.13A - Fees — use of funds — electronic birth certificate system.
Section 144.13B - Waiver of fees — military service.
Section 144.15 - Delayed registrations of birth.
Section 144.16 - Delayed registration of death or marriage.
Section 144.17 - Petition to establish certificate.
Section 144.18 - Court hearing.
Section 144.19 - Adoption certificate.
Section 144.21 - Amended record.
Section 144.22 - Clerk to report to state registrar.
Section 144.23 - State registrar to issue new certificate.
Section 144.24 - Substituting new for original birth certificates — inspection.
Section 144.25 - No previous certificate — procedure.
Section 144.25A - Certificate of birth — foreign and international adoptions.
Section 144.26 - Death certificate.
Section 144.28 - Medical certification.
Section 144.29 - Fetal deaths.
Section 144.29A - Termination of pregnancy reporting — legislative intent.
Section 144.30 - Funeral director’s duty — fetal death certificate.
Section 144.31 - Medical certification — fetal death.
Section 144.31A - Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
Section 144.32 - Burial transit permit.
Section 144.33 - Bodies brought into state.
Section 144.34 - Disinterment — permit.
Section 144.35 - Extensions of time by rules.
Section 144.36 - Marriage certificate filed — prohibited information.
Section 144.37 - Dissolution and annulment records.
Section 144.38 - Amendment of official record.
Section 144.39 - Change of name.
Section 144.40 - Paternity of children — birth certificates.
Section 144.41 - Amending local records.
Section 144.42 - Reproduction of original records.
Section 144.43 - Vital records closed to inspection — exceptions.
Section 144.43A - Mutual consent voluntary adoption registry.
Section 144.44 - Permits for research.
Section 144.45 - Certified copies.
Section 144.45A - Commemorative birth and marriage certificates.
Section 144.46A - Vital records fund.
Section 144.47 - Persons confined in institutions.
Section 144.48 - Institutions — dead persons.
Section 144.49 - Additional record by funeral director.
Section 144.50 - Length of time records to be kept.
Section 144.51 - Information by others furnished on demand.
Section 144.52 - Unlawful acts — punishment.
Section 144.53 - Other acts — simple misdemeanors.
Section 144.54 - Report to county attorney.
Section 144.55 - Attorney general to assist in enforcement.
Section 144.57 - Public safety officer death — required notice — autopsy.