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| | IDPH - Bureau of Health Statistics Additional Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | At the county level, all vital records occurring in that county (excluding fetal death, adoptive records, and out-of-wedlock births prior to July 1, 1995) are open to the public for inspection. |
 | | In other words, you must be the registrant (person named on the record) or have a lineal relationship to the registrant, such as a legal parent, grandparent, spouse, brother, sister, child, legal guardian, or legal representative. |
 | | Vital records maintained at the state level are closed to inspection and are not open to public inspection. |
| www.idph.state.ia.us /eh/vital_records_add_info.asp (553 words) |
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