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10/15/2026

🏡 OWN PROPERTY IN IOWA? READ THIS! 👀

A new statewide notification system is coming to Iowa, and there’s something you can do RIGHT NOW to make getting signed up easier when it launches! 👇

🔔 WHAT’S COMING?
Iowa is preparing to launch a FREE statewide system that will allow property owners to receive notifications when documents are recorded that may affect their property.

🌎 AND IT’S STATEWIDE!
You’ll be able to sign up for notifications on property you own in any and all Iowa counties — you won’t be limited to just one county.

💻 SO WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW?
Head over to IowaLandRecords.org and create your FREE Iowa Land Records account!

👉 WHY SIGN UP NOW?
Having your account already set up will make the registration process much smoother for you — and for the Iowa Land Records staff — once the notification system is ready.

📧 WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU SIGN UP?
Once you create your Iowa Land Records account, Iowa Land Records will email you when the property notification system is ready for you to register.

⚠️ ONE IMPORTANT NOTE!
The notification system is NOT available yet! It is currently in the testing phase, with plans to roll it out to the public this month.

Creating your Iowa Land Records account now is simply a way to get ahead of the game and be ready when the new system launches. 🎯

✅ FREE account
✅ Statewide access
✅ Get notified when registration opens
✅ Be ready for the rollout

👉 Get your account set up today at IowaLandRecords.org!

Have questions? 📞 Give your County Recorder’s Office a call — we’re happy to help!

🏡 A few minutes now can make the process much easier later!

09/04/2026

The Courthouse will be closed Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day.

08/07/2026

Sometimes the most important work we do isn't glamorous — it's the quiet act of keeping records safe, year after year, decade after decade, so that they're there when someone desperately needs them.

Recently, a VA Office in Minnesota reached out to Mitchell County Veterans Affairs Office with an unusual request: they were looking for the military discharge record of a man born in 1888. His ashes had been sitting on a shelf in a funeral home since 1974, over fifty years, because without proof of his military service, there was no way to secure him a VA burial plot and headstone.

Our Veterans Affairs Office turned to the Mitchell County Recorder's Office for help. We located the document: a half page record, preserved in our books for over a century, and it turned out to be the missing piece. With it, the funeral home was finally able to move forward and give this man the honorable burial he was entitled to as a veteran.

Without that record sitting safely in our archives, he may have remained on that shelf indefinitely.

This is a reminder that the work of the VA office doesn't end when a veteran's service ends, and it doesn't end when their life ends, either. VA offices are often thought of as a resource for benefits, claims, and support while a veteran is alive: helping them and their families navigate compensation, pensions, healthcare, and countless other services they've earned. But that responsibility doesn't stop there. They're also there in death: making sure a veteran's service is documented, honored, and recognized, even decades later, even when almost everyone who knew them is gone.

And behind that effort is another office entirely: the Recorder's Office, quietly preserving the records that make moments like this possible. This is why what we do matters. Record-keeping isn't just paperwork, it's a promise. A promise that even decades later, no one gets forgotten, and every veteran's service is honored in the end, in life and in death.

For veteran assistance contact your local Veterans Affairs Office. For records assistance contact your County Recorder's Office.

07/17/2026

The Iowa DNR restructured the regulations for Iowa residents by splitting the state into Zone A (91 counties) and Zone B (8 counties in northwest Iowa including Lyon, Sioux, O'Brien, Plymouth, Woodbury, Ida, Crawford, and Shelby) in efforts to allow the deer population to recover.

07/02/2026

Reminder that effective today, July 1, 2026, the fee for certified copies of vital records in Iowa will increase from $15 to $20 per copy. This includes certified copies of birth, death, and marriage records.

The additional revenue generated from this fee adjustment will help support increased workload and associated costs at the State Medical Examiner’s Office.

07/02/2026

Iowa Health and Human Services has increased the fee for certified copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates from $15 to $20, effective July 1. FULL STORY⬇️

06/29/2026

This week the Iowa County Recorders Association held their annual summer school conference in Council Bluffs. We networked, learned new things, and had some great presenters. Tonight, thanks to the support of our sponsors, we attended a Mardi Gras themed murder mystery party. We all had so much fun, and we were reminded that we’re more than an association, we’re family🤍

06/29/2026

The Courthouse will be closed July 3rd in observance of Independence Day.

05/22/2026

Recorder Offices will be closed Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day.

05/15/2026

Getting married in Iowa? Here’s what you need to know!

Marriage applications must be submitted at least 4 days before your wedding date. Iowa law requires a 3-day waiting period, meaning your license is valid on the 4th day after applying.

You may apply as early as you’d like, but the license must be picked up within 6 months of applying or it will be void. Once issued, the license remains valid until it is returned.

When signing the application, both applicants and one witness must present a photo ID. The cost of a marriage application in Iowa is $35.

If you apply for a marriage license in Iowa, your ceremony must take place within the state of Iowa. After the ceremony, the signed license must be returned to the Recorder’s Office where you applied.

Once the signed license is received and processed, you’ll be issued a certified copy of your marriage certificate, which you’ll need for name changes, insurance benefits, passport applications, and more.

Address

201 N. 12th Street
Centerville, IA
52544

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

Telephone

+16418566103

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