Search Story County, Iowa Public Records

Online access to maps, real estate data, tax information, and appraisal data.

Please check the Treasurers Office for any unsold properties · Accepted On-Line Payment Methods-eCheck, Discover, MasterCard and Visa are accepted for Internet transactions. You can now access the Assessor Property Information on each parcel from Step 3 of the property tax application.

Official public records resource for Story County, Iowa. Older material may require an in-person visit or a mailed request. Where the site is thin, a phone call to the listed office fills the gaps.

Court case information for Story County — dockets, hearing dates, and case lookups. If a link breaks, the office homepage at iowacourts.gov carries the new path.

This office serves as a repository for many public records, including land transactions which document title to property. We work with the Iowa Department of Public Health to provide certified copies of births that occurred in Story County, marriage certificates for license applications submitted in Story County, and death certificates from anywhere in Iowa.

This is the request channel for Story County vital records — births, deaths, and marriages. Searching the official side is free.

Vital-record certificates connected to Story County are ordered here. Searching the official side is free.

Vital-record certificates connected to Story County are ordered here. It is independently run, so verify anything critical against the official vital record office.

Most deaths were not recorded in the county death registers, but rather were reported directly to the State of Iowa through the submission of death certificates. Of special interest to researchers is an state-wide index to the certificates issued from about mid-1904 through 1916.

Voter registration status, polling place, and ballot lookup.

The voter pre-registration deadline is Monday, October 20, at 5 p.m. (Voter Registration Form) Register online via the Iowa DOT (for voters with an Iowa driver's license or Iowa non-operator ID) Download a paper version of the registration form Check your registration status (Iowa Secretary of State website)

If you will be registering new voters and/or collecting absentee ballot requests, we can help.

Search State of Iowa online services to verify professional licensure, and search inspection and survey records.

Iowa Professional Licensing — official statewide license verification via the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals & Licensing.

The Office of Recorder was created by the First Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa in 1839. In 1860, the law provided that "each organized county shall elect a judge of the county court, a prosecuting attorney, a clerk of the district, a recorder, a sheriff, a surveyor, a coroner and a supervisor of roads." It also provided that the recorder shall be treasurer of the county. The law required the recorder to "keep books for entering deeds" and a deed was not to be considered lawfully recorded unless previously acknowledged (notarized) or proved as provided by law.

Recorded land documents for Story County, Iowa — deeds, mortgages, and liens. Title companies work from this same index; you are seeing what they see. Older instruments live in bound books at the office; staff pull what the online index doesn't reach.

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Law-enforcement records for Story County route through this office. It sits outside government; official offices remain the record of authority.

The Records and Identification Unit includes three Criminal History Auditors. These auditors conduct quality assurance reviews and provide training throughout Iowa. Training is provided for law enforcement agencies, county attorneys, and clerks of court. This training is designed to ensure criminal history information is handled in accordance with the Code of Iowa.

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