{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-144.19","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 144.19","heading":"Adoption certificate.","body":"For each adoption decreed by any court in this state, the court shall require the preparation of a certificate of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar. The certificate shall include a report of the facts necessary to locate and identify the certificate of birth of the person adopted, provide information necessary to establish a new certificate of birth of the person adopted, identify the order of adoption, and be certified by the clerk of the court. A fee established by the department by rule based on average administrative cost shall be collected for the preparation of a certificate of adoption. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/144.19.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:03Z","sha256":"4fbbe3edf97c991b3f25ab33984e9672fbdf87935ff67a7a7deb01e6ccd74d59","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-144.18","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-144.20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}