Vital Record Fee Increases in CA and IA
California
Effective January 1, 2014, the fee for obtaining a certified copy of a birth certificate increased from $20 to $25, for a death certification from $16 to $21, for a fetal death certificate from $13 to $18, and for a marriage certificate from $14 to $15. The price increase is in place for documents ordered at either the county level or state level.
Iowa
Effective January 1, 2014, the fee for obtaining a certified copy of a vital record (birth, marriage, divorce) increased from $15 per record to $20 per record. The Iowa Bureau of Vital Records does keep a divorce index, but no record copies are available. Divorce records are found at the county court issuing the decree. In general, divorce records are available from 1880.
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