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Terms Used In Iowa Code 144.2

  • Department: means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 154A.1
  • Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 144.1
  • Registration: means the process by which vital statistic records are completed, filed, and incorporated by the department in the department's official records. See Iowa Code 144.1
  • State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
  • System of vital statistics: includes the registration, collection, preservation, amendment, and certification of vital statistics records, and activities and records related to the records including the data processing, analysis, and publication of statistical data derived from such records. See Iowa Code 144.1
 The department shall install, maintain, and operate the system of vital statistics throughout the state. No system for the registration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, dissolutions, and annulments, shall be maintained in the state or any of its political subdivisions other than the one provided for in this chapter. Suitable quarters shall be provided for the department by the executive council at the seat of government. The quarters shall be properly equipped for the permanent and safe preservation of all official records made and returned under this chapter.