144.23 - STATE REGISTRAR TO ISSUE NEW CERTIFICATE.
144.23 STATE REGISTRAR TO ISSUE NEW CERTIFICATE.
The state registrar shall establish a new certificate of birth for
a person born in this state, when the state registrar receives the
following:
1. An adoption report as provided in section 144.19, or a
certified copy of the decree of adoption together with the
information necessary to identify the original certificate of birth
and to establish a new certificate of birth.
2. A request that a new certificate be established and evidence
proving that the person for whom the new certificate is requested has
been legitimated, or that a court of competent jurisdiction has
determined the paternity of the person.
3. A notarized affidavit by a licensed physician and surgeon or
osteopathic physician and surgeon stating that by reason of surgery
or other treatment by the licensee, the sex designation of the person
has been changed. The state registrar may make a further
investigation or require further information necessary to determine
whether a sex change has occurred. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2406; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §
144.21, 144.44; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.23] Section History: Recent Form
2002 Acts, ch 1040, §1, 5; 2005 Acts, ch 89, §12
Referred to in § 600.13