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Iowa Code § 622.43 (2026)

Records and entries in public offices

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Duly certified copies of all records and entries or papers belonging to any public office, or by authority of law filed to be kept therein, shall be evidence in all cases of equal credibility with the original record or papers so filed. [C51, §2432; R60, §4047; C73, §3702; C97, §4635; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11296; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.43] Referred to in §321.556, 622.51 See Authentication of Records, preceding United States Constitution in Vol I Notarial acts, chapter 9B Similar provision, §446.36

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1949–1997 · leading case: State v. Cuevas, 282 N.W.2d 74 (Iowa 1979).
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State v. Cuevas, 282 N.W.2d 74 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 2× “Section 622.43, The Code, modifies the best evidence rule by putting on the same level as originals the “[d]uly certified copies of all records and entries or papers belonging to any public office, or by authority of law filed to be kept therein.”
Eaves v. City of Ottumwa, 38 N.W.2d 761 (Iowa 1949). · cites it 2× “When offered, the exhibit seems to have been properly received under section 622.43, Code, 1946, which applies to “Duly certified copies of' all records and entries or papers belonging to any public office * * Mr.”
State v. Hill, 57 N.W.2d 58 (Iowa 1953). · cites it 2× “Section 622.43 of the 1950 Code is as follows: “Records and entries in public offices.”
Liberty v. Kinney, 47 N.W.2d 835 (Iowa 1951). · cites it 2× “Section 622.43, Code of 1950, permits only the introduction of properly certified copies of public records.”
State v. Sonderleiter, 99 N.W.2d 393 (Iowa 1959). · cites it 2× “A duly certified copy of this notice would have been admissible under section 622.43, Code of Iowa, 1958, and is admissible upon the oral testimony of the custodian.”
State v. Baudler, 349 N.W.2d 493 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 2× “The abstract certified by the director may be admitted as evidence as provided in section 622.43. The abstract shall be pri-ma-facie evidence that the person named therein was duly convicted by the court .”
State v. McConnell, 178 N.W.2d 386 (Iowa 1970). · cites it 2× “) Section 622.43 provides: “Duly certified copies of all records and entries or papers belonging to any public office, or by authority of law filed to be kept therein, shall be evidence in all cases of equal credibility with the original record or papers so filed.”
Richard v. Holliday, 153 N.W.2d 473 (Iowa 1967). · cites it 2× “” And section 622.43, in the chapter on evidence, states “Duly certified copies of all records and entries or papers belonging to any public office, or by authority of law filed to be kept therein, shall be evidence in all cases of .”
Gimzo v. Iowa Dist. Court for Hardin Cnty., 561 N.W.2d 833 (Iowa Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “It concluded the affidavit was admissible under Iowa Rule of Evidence 803(8) and Iowa Code section 622.43 (1995). The court found, other than $910.”
State v. Johnson, 222 N.W.2d 483 (Iowa 1974). “See § 622.43, The Code. However, the ruling could not be reversible error.”
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