Iowa Marriage & Divorce Vital Records

Iowa Vital Records Offices

• Record Type:

  Marriage Certificates Iowa Department of Public Health
  Bureau of Vital Records
  321 E 12th St, Lucas Bldg
  Des Moines, IA 50319-0075

  Phone:

  515-281-4944

  Fax:

  515-281-0479

  Website:

  Website

  Business Hours:

  7AM-4:45PM

  Search Note:

  Must have copy of a photo ID (mail) or a photo ID (in person) to search. The requester's signature must be notarized. A request form is available from the web.

  Records Available:

  Divorce Records

  Note:

  Divorce records are found at the county court issuing the decree. In general, records are available from 1880. Iowa Bureau of Vital Records does keep a divorce index, but no records.

• Records Available:

  Statewide Court Records
  Clerk of Supreme Court
  Judicial Branch Bldg
  111 East Court Ave
  Des Moines, IA 50319
  

  Phone:

  515-281-5241

  Fax:

  515-242-0014

  Business Hours:

  8AM-4:30PM

  Note:

  Access docket information using the online system described below. Copies of case files must be obtained from the trial courts.

• Records Available:

  Criminal Records
  DPS - Division of Criminal Investigations
  Records Unit
  215 E 7th St
  Des Moines, IA 50319

  Phone:

  515-725-6066

  Fax:

  515-725-6073

  Website:

  Website

  Business Hours:

  8AM-4:30PM

  Note:

  Iowa law requires employers to pay the fee for potential employees record checks. (This is normal operating procedure when an employer uses a pre-employment screening company in compliance with FCRA.)

  Record Access Requirements:

  A signed release or waiver is not required, nor are fingerprints. If a waiver is included, the report will show any arrest over 18 months old without a disposition, otherwise not. Email questions to cchinfo@dps.state.ia.us.

  Search Note:

  Be sure to give the full name. Request form is required for each surname. Form can be obtained from the web by fax, mail, or in person. A returned record is genuine if the DCI logo is imbedded, except if returned by fax.

• Records Available:

  Incarceration Records
  Iowa Department of Corrections
  510 E 12th Street
  Des Moines, IA 50319

  Phone:

  515-725-5701

  Fax:

  515-725-5799

  Website

  Business Hours:

  8AM-4:30PM

  Note:

  When a person has a deferred judgment and is under the supervison of this Department, the record is public. When the probation is completed, the record is no longer public record.

  Record Access Requirements:

  Computer records go back to 1983.

  Search Note:

  Location, physical identifiers, county of conviction, and conviction information details are released. Deeper records - sentencing information - are also available; please include details of reason for request.

Iowa County Marriage & Divorce Vital Records