144.24 - SUBSTITUTING NEW FOR ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES -- INSPECTION.
144.24 SUBSTITUTING NEW FOR ORIGINAL BIRTH
CERTIFICATES -- INSPECTION.
If a new certificate of birth is established, the actual place and
date of birth shall be shown on the certificate. The certificate
shall be substituted for the original certificate of birth.
Thereafter, the original certificate and the evidence of adoption,
paternity, legitimation, or sex change shall not be subject to
inspection except under order of a court of competent jurisdiction,
including but not limited to an order issued pursuant to section
600.16A, or as provided by administrative rule for statistical or
administrative purposes only. However, the state registrar shall,
upon the application of an adult adopted person, a biological parent,
an adoptive parent, or the legal representative of the adult adopted
person, the biological parent, or the adoptive parent, inspect the
original certificate and the evidence of adoption and reveal to the
applicant the date of the adoption and the name and address of the
court which issued the adoption decree. 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, § 144.24] Section History: Recent Form
91 Acts, ch 243, §2; 99 Acts, ch 141, §18