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Death registration and disposition of dead human bodies, ch 97

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Death registration and disposition of dead human bodies, ch 97
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Iowa Code 135.1 Iowa Code 135.11(7) Iowa Code 139A.2 Iowa Code 144 Iowa Code 144.12 Iowa Code 144.16 Iowa Code 144.18 Iowa Code 144.26 Iowa Code 144.29 Iowa Code 144.30 Iowa Code 144.32 Iowa Code 144.34 Iowa Code 144.35 Iowa Code 144.47 Iowa Code 144.49 Iowa Code 144.51 Iowa Code 144C.5 Iowa Code 17A Iowa Code 331.802(3) Iowa Code 633.210 Iowa Code 633.226 Iowa Code 633.517 Iowa Code 633.520

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Abstraction and certification by the state registrar Acceptance of documentary evidence for registration Additional record by funeral director Application Burial-transit permit Definitions Delayed death registration—one year or more after event Denial of registration Disinterment permits Documentary evidence Duties of county registrar Extension of time Facts to be established Fees Forms—property of department Medical certification of death Medical certification of fetal death Medical certifier Preparation of the certificate of death or fetal death Registration of presumptive death Removal of a dead human body or fetus Report of autopsy findings Standard registration of death—up to one year Standard registration of fetal death—up to one year Transportation and disposition of a dead human body or fetus

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