{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-674.13","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 674.13","heading":"Further change barred.","body":"A person shall not change the person’s name more than once under this chapter unless just cause is shown. However, in a decree dissolving a person’s marriage, the person’s name may be changed back to the name appearing on the person’s original birth certificate or to a legal name previously acquired in a former marriage.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 674 - CHANGING NAMES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/674.13.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"64d9a5f2cd57ab727b407c3cbb5af157d1b4a41cbc54fdb4f59e2e4cd5e22015","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-674.12","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-674.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}