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[Driving Records]  [State Vehicle Information]  [Worker's Compensation]  [Accountancy Board]  [Secretary of State]  [Vital Statistics]  [Hunting & Fishing]
[Boat Registration]  [Adoption Records]  [State Clearing Houses for Missing Children]
[Archives/Record Holdings]  [VA Regional Offices]  [US COURTS BY STATE]

When available, records can be searched either by accessing free public records online via the record holders database or by requesting a copy from the agency holding the record - usually for a small fee.  Or, you can run a Background Check online right now using our connections to a worldwide network of databases.
Iowa State Website:
http://www.iowa.gov/

Driving Records
http://www.iowadot.gov/

Iowa Department of Transportation
Ames, IA 50010

Driving records are available by mail. Fee per request. Written request must include full name, date of birth, and license number.

Vehicle Information
http://www.iowadot.gov/

Vehicle Registration Iowa Department of Transportation
Ames, IA 50010

Fee per request.

Worker's Compensation
http://www.state.ia.us/government/wd/wc/index.html

Division of Industrial Services Records Department
Des Moines IA 50319

All telephone and mail inquiries must include the subject's complete name and SSN. If known, include date of injury and previous employer involved in claim. There is no search fee. Copy fee per page. A signed release is not required.

Accountancy Board
Accountants Professional Licensing

Iowa State Accountancy Board
Ankeny, IA 50021-3941

Will confirm license by phone. No fee. Include name.

Secretary of State
http://www.sos.state.ia.us/

Secretary of State Hoover Office Bldg.
Des Moines IA 50319

Service agent and address, date incorporated, standing with tax commission, and trade names are available by phone or mail.

Vital Statistics
http://idph.state.ia.us/pa/

Iowa Department of Public Health
Bureau of Vital Records
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0075

Birth and death records are available for a fee. State office has had records since July 1880. For birth records, supply full name, father's name and mother maiden, name and county of birth. For death records, supply name, date, place of occurrence, requesting party's relationship to decedent, and reason for inquiring.

Hunting and Fishing Licenses
http://www.iowadnr.gov/fish/index.html

State Conservation Commission
Fisheries Bureau
Des Moines, IA 50319-0034

Boat Registration
http://www.iowadnr.gov/law/index.html

Bureau of Law Enforcement
Fish & Wildlife Division
Department of Natural Resources
Des Moines, IA 50319-0034

Child Support Enforcement
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/Consumers/Child_Support/ChildSupportIndex.html

Bureau of Collection Iowa
Dept of Human Services
Des Moines IA 50319

State Clearing Houses for Missing Children
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/Consumers/Child_Support/ChildSupportIndex.html

Division of Criminal Investigation
Wallace State Office Building
Des Moines, Iowa 50319

Adoption Records
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/Consumers/Child_Welfare/Adoption/AdoptionRecords.html

Department of Human Services
Division of Adult
Iowa Dept of Human Services
Des Moines IA 50319

Archives/Record Holdings
http://www.culturalaffairs.org/

Bureau of Library Archives
Dept of Cultural Affairs
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0290

VA Regional Offices
https://va.iowa.gov/

VA Office
Des Moines IA 50309

US COURTS BY STATE
All Courts

CRIMINAL RECORDS

County Jail Inmate Locator
http://www.corrections.com/links/show/20

Department of Justice, Federal Prison System
http://www.bop.gov/

Use this page to locate a Federal inmate incarcerated from 1982 to present
For information on Federal inmates released before 1982: Released Before 1982 Page.

If you find any of the information on the is page to be incorrect, please email the webmaster.
 


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