Confusion over whether marriage license applications are a public record

April 24, 2009

Confusion over whether marriage license applications are a public record

"Confusion lingered among Iowa’s county recorders today over whether marriage applications completed by engaged couples qualify as public records, as Polk County and others have treated them.

Lawyers from the Iowa Attorney General’s office still had not answered the question late today, three days before a high-profile Iowa Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage takes effect."

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Des Moines Register, Confusion over whether marriage license applications are a public record, April 24, 2009

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