Terms Used In Iowa Code 144.4

  • State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
  • Vital statistics: means records of births, deaths, fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, dissolutions, annulments, and data related thereto. See Iowa Code 144.1
 The director of public health shall be the state registrar of vital statistics and shall carry out the provisions of this chapter.