You will also need to file a certified copy of your birth certificate or a different form of identification with an explanation for why you cannot supply your birth certificate. Clerks of court offices do not have legal description records. If you need a legal description of your property, visit the County Auditor, Assessor, or Recorder in the county where the property is located, or check their website for online access options. Your current address and addresses for places you have lived during the past five yearsĪ legal description of all real estate in Iowa that you either: (1) own or (2) have a legal interest inĪ “legal description” is more than just a street address. Your height, weight, hair and eye color, race, sex, and place and date of birth You will provide the following information on the form: To change your name, but not as part of a divorce, you must electronically file the Petition for Change of Name (Adult-no dissolution of marriage) and pay a filing fee. Changing an adult’s name outside of a divorce See Iowa Code section 598.37 for details.įor more information on divorce, visit our section on Divorce. The court will include the name change in the final decree. You should include your request to change your name as part of the petition for the divorce or answer to the divorce papers. Changing an Adult’s Name Changing an adult’s name in a divorceĪs part of a divorce, you can file a petition to change your name back to either the name on your birth certificate or the name you had immediately before the marriage.

Iowa dissolution of marriage records