{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-238.17","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 238.17","heading":"Forms for registration and record — preservation and maintenance.","body":"1. The department shall prescribe forms for the registration and record of children cared for by any child-placing agency licensed under this chapter and for reports required by the department from the agencies.\n2. If, for any reason, a child-placing agency ceases to exist, all records of registration and placement and all other records of any kind and character maintained by the child-placing agency shall be turned over to the department to be preserved and maintained by the department as a permanent record.","path":["Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES (Ch. 216 - 255A)","Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/238.17.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:06Z","sha256":"86ff45664b301ceaabd30f3d6202c1d4fc02cfde54af6c142cae867374996f87","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-238.16","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-238.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}