| Fayette County Recorder |
| The County Recorder also serves as the County Registrar and as such has the authority to issue marriage licenses and to register births, deaths, and marriages. The Recorder's Office can provide copies of Military Discharge Records on file in Fayette County. |
| Karen Ford, Recorder Kristie Reierson, Deputy Carol Ann Langreck, Clerk Fayette County Recorder 114 North Vine Street P.O. Box 226 West Union, IA 52175 Phone: (563) 422-3687 Fax: (563) 422-3739 Email: kford@co.fayette.ia.us Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00-4:00 Holiday Closings The Recorder's Office is located on the second floor of the Courthouse. |
| Birth - Marriage - Death Certificates Our office maintains the records of birth, death and marriages that have occurred in Fayette County. However, records of single-parent births prior to July 1, 1995; adoptions; any record ordered seal by a court of law; or birth, death, and marriages between the years 1921 and 1941 are not available at the county level and must be obtained from the Iowa Department of Public Health. Application for Birth Certificate Application for Death Certificate Application for Marriage Certificate Commemorative Birth and Marriage Certificates are available from the Iowa Department of Public Health |
Military Discharge Records
Original military discharge papers (DD214's)
may be recorded for a permanent record.
Once the original document is recorded, our
office can issue certified copies of the original.
If the original DD214 Military Discharge has
been misplaced or destroyed, a certified copy
may be obtained from the National Personnel
Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The
request form is available from our office or it
can be downloaded from the National Archives
and Records Administration at:
www.archives.gov
Effective July 1, 2003 all military personnel
records maintained by the county recorder will
be confidential records. Unless otherwise
provided by the veteran, the record shall not
be made available for examination or copying
except as follows:
Original military discharge papers (DD214's)
may be recorded for a permanent record.
Once the original document is recorded, our
office can issue certified copies of the original.
If the original DD214 Military Discharge has
been misplaced or destroyed, a certified copy
may be obtained from the National Personnel
Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The
request form is available from our office or it
can be downloaded from the National Archives
and Records Administration at:
www.archives.gov
Effective July 1, 2003 all military personnel
records maintained by the county recorder will
be confidential records. Unless otherwise
provided by the veteran, the record shall not
be made available for examination or copying
except as follows:
- To the veteran or the veteran's
immediate family or to the veteran's
agent or personal representative duly
authorized in writing, - To a person requesting to examine or
copy the record when the event that
resulted in the record being made
occurred more than 75 years prior to the
request, - To a licensed funeral director who has
custody of the body of the deceased
veteran, - When ordered by a court of competent
jurisdiction, - When required by a department or
agency of the federal or state
government or a political subdivision
thereof.
| Marriage License Applications for Marriage License are available through our office. |
| While Recorder's Office personnel can assist the public in using the documents on file to conduct research, time constraints often prevent office personnel from researching telephone and email requests for genealogy records. Genealogy research requests can be directed to the Fayette County Historical Society at www.fayettecountyiowa.org/HistoricalCenter.html. |