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Iowa Public Records Search
Iowa public records are kept by state agencies, the courts and county offices. RecordsDirectory.com lists the official statewide record offices for Iowa and has a page for each of its 99 counties (combined 2024 population estimate: 3,241,488).
🏛 Iowa Record Offices at a Glance
| State vital records office | Iowa Department of Health and Human Services – Vital Records Source: hhs.iowa.gov ↗ |
| Sex offender registry | Iowa Sex Offender Registry (Iowa Department of Public Safety) Source: iowasexoffender.gov ↗ |
| Courts | Iowa Judicial Branch |
| Criminal cases | In Iowa, all criminal cases are heard by the District Court of the county; magistrates of the District Court handle simple misdemeanors. |
| Land records | In Iowa, deeds, mortgages and other land records are recorded by the County Recorder. |
| Divorce | Divorce cases in Iowa are heard by the District Court in each county. |
| Probate | Wills and estates in Iowa are handled by the District Court in each county. |
| Counties | Most Iowa court, land and probate records are kept at the county level, so RecordsDirectory.com lists Iowa records county by county. |
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Largest Counties
Polk County
Pop. 516,185
Linn County
Pop. 231,762
Scott County
Pop. 175,601
Johnson County
Pop. 160,080
Black Hawk County
Pop. 132,348
Dallas County
Pop. 115,343
Woodbury County
Pop. 107,257
Story County
Pop. 102,498
Dubuque County
Pop. 99,242
Pottawattamie County
Pop. 93,529
Warren County
Pop. 56,343
Clinton County
Pop. 46,015
All 99 Iowa Counties
Adair County
Pop. 7,431
Adams County
Pop. 3,606
Allamakee County
Pop. 14,184
Appanoose County
Pop. 12,106
Audubon County
Pop. 5,562
Benton County
Pop. 25,799
Black Hawk County
Pop. 132,348
Boone County
Pop. 26,729
Bremer County
Pop. 25,328
Buchanan County
Pop. 20,733
Buena Vista County
Pop. 20,816
Butler County
Pop. 14,156
Calhoun County
Pop. 9,711
Carroll County
Pop. 20,407
Cass County
Pop. 13,024
Cedar County
Pop. 18,231
Cerro Gordo County
Pop. 42,493
Cherokee County
Pop. 11,658
Chickasaw County
Pop. 11,719
Clarke County
Pop. 9,524
Clay County
Pop. 16,474
Clayton County
Pop. 16,931
Clinton County
Pop. 46,015
Crawford County
Pop. 16,378
Dallas County
Pop. 115,343
Davis County
Pop. 9,193
Decatur County
Pop. 7,656
Delaware County
Pop. 17,609
Des Moines County
Pop. 38,411
Dickinson County
Pop. 18,158
Dubuque County
Pop. 99,242
Emmet County
Pop. 9,162
Fayette County
Pop. 19,152
Floyd County
Pop. 15,008
Franklin County
Pop. 10,024
Fremont County
Pop. 6,494
Greene County
Pop. 8,662
Grundy County
Pop. 12,405
Guthrie County
Pop. 10,774
Hamilton County
Pop. 14,856
Hancock County
Pop. 10,616
Hardin County
Pop. 16,464
Harrison County
Pop. 14,626
Henry County
Pop. 19,361
Howard County
Pop. 9,360
Humboldt County
Pop. 9,617
Ida County
Pop. 6,810
Iowa County
Pop. 16,423
Jackson County
Pop. 19,390
Jasper County
Pop. 38,107
Jefferson County
Pop. 15,781
Johnson County
Pop. 160,080
Jones County
Pop. 21,116
Keokuk County
Pop. 9,855
Kossuth County
Pop. 14,408
Lee County
Pop. 32,376
Linn County
Pop. 231,762
Louisa County
Pop. 10,630
Lucas County
Pop. 8,758
Lyon County
Pop. 12,378
Madison County
Pop. 17,161
Mahaska County
Pop. 22,034
Marion County
Pop. 34,048
Marshall County
Pop. 40,392
Mills County
Pop. 14,717
Mitchell County
Pop. 10,632
Monona County
Pop. 8,429
Monroe County
Pop. 7,373
Montgomery County
Pop. 10,063
Muscatine County
Pop. 42,132
O'Brien County
Pop. 14,260
Osceola County
Pop. 6,036
Page County
Pop. 15,038
Palo Alto County
Pop. 8,809
Plymouth County
Pop. 25,825
Pocahontas County
Pop. 7,006
Polk County
Pop. 516,185
Pottawattamie County
Pop. 93,529
Poweshiek County
Pop. 18,454
Ringgold County
Pop. 4,608
Sac County
Pop. 9,533
Scott County
Pop. 175,601
Shelby County
Pop. 11,821
Sioux County
Pop. 36,554
Story County
Pop. 102,498
Tama County
Pop. 16,738
Taylor County
Pop. 5,825
Union County
Pop. 11,955
Van Buren County
Pop. 7,217
Wapello County
Pop. 35,681
Warren County
Pop. 56,343
Washington County
Pop. 22,631
Wayne County
Pop. 6,622
Webster County
Pop. 36,909
Winnebago County
Pop. 10,383
Winneshiek County
Pop. 19,723
Woodbury County
Pop. 107,257
Worth County
Pop. 7,307
Wright County
Pop. 12,729
Largest Iowa Cities & Towns
Iowa has 1,026 cities, towns, villages and townships with their own page. These are the 120 largest; open a county above to see every community in it.
Adel
Pop. 6,763
Albia
Pop. 3,579
Algona
Pop. 5,341
Altoona
Pop. 22,598
Ames
Pop. 69,026
Anamosa
Pop. 5,845
Ankeny
Pop. 76,727
Asbury
Pop. 6,051
Atlantic
Pop. 6,717
Bettendorf
Pop. 40,281
Bondurant
Pop. 9,511
Boone
Pop. 12,461
Burlington
Pop. 23,637
Camanche
Pop. 4,536
Carlisle
Pop. 4,381
Carroll
Pop. 10,125
Carter Lake
Pop. 3,752
Cedar Falls
Pop. 41,417
Cedar Rapids
Pop. 137,904
Centerville
Pop. 5,345
Chariton
Pop. 4,278
Charles City
Pop. 7,081
Cherokee
Pop. 5,186
Clarinda
Pop. 5,334
Clear Lake
Pop. 7,602
Clinton
Pop. 24,118
Clive
Pop. 19,508
Coralville
Pop. 23,959
Council Bluffs
Pop. 62,665
Cresco
Pop. 3,890
Creston
Pop. 7,421
Davenport
Pop. 100,938
DeWitt
Pop. 5,620
Decorah
Pop. 7,454
Denison
Pop. 8,302
Des Moines
Pop. 213,096
Dubuque
Pop. 58,987
Dyersville
Pop. 4,559
Eagle Grove
Pop. 3,615
Eldridge
Pop. 6,967
Emmetsburg
Pop. 3,632
Estherville
Pop. 5,796
Evansdale
Pop. 4,515
Fairfield
Pop. 9,511
Forest City
Pop. 4,199
Fort Dodge
Pop. 24,886
Fort Madison
Pop. 9,983
Glenwood
Pop. 5,250
Grimes
Pop. 17,266
Grinnell
Pop. 9,495
Hampton
Pop. 4,340
Harlan
Pop. 4,898
Hiawatha
Pop. 7,347
Humboldt
Pop. 4,774
Huxley
Pop. 4,737
Independence
Pop. 6,266
Indianola
Pop. 16,297
Iowa City
Pop. 76,710
Iowa Falls
Pop. 4,993
Jefferson
Pop. 4,148
Johnston
Pop. 25,022
Keokuk
Pop. 9,462
Knoxville
Pop. 7,440
Le Claire
Pop. 4,776
Le Mars
Pop. 10,674
Manchester
Pop. 5,283
Maquoketa
Pop. 6,064
Marion
Pop. 42,542
Marshalltown
Pop. 27,886
Mason City
Pop. 26,948
Milford
Pop. 3,258
Monticello
Pop. 4,095
Mount Pleasant
Pop. 8,509
Mount Vernon
Pop. 4,518
Muscatine
Pop. 23,298
Nevada
Pop. 7,082
New Hampton
Pop. 3,433
Newton
Pop. 15,709
North Liberty
Pop. 21,904
Norwalk
Pop. 15,396
Oelwein
Pop. 5,788
Orange City
Pop. 6,547
Osage
Pop. 3,559
Osceola
Pop. 5,585
Oskaloosa
Pop. 11,575
Ottumwa
Pop. 25,648
Pella
Pop. 10,965
Perry
Pop. 8,046
Pleasant Hill
Pop. 11,942
Polk City
Pop. 6,430
Red Oak
Pop. 5,420
Robins
Pop. 3,362
Rock Valley
Pop. 4,024
Saylorville
Pop. 3,366
Sergeant Bluff
Pop. 5,335
Sheldon
Pop. 5,584
Shenandoah
Pop. 4,878
Sioux Center
Pop. 8,675
Sioux City
Pop. 86,875
Solon
Pop. 3,284
Spencer
Pop. 11,418
Spirit Lake
Pop. 5,548
Storm Lake
Pop. 11,627
Story City
Pop. 3,439
Tiffin
Pop. 6,695
Tipton
Pop. 3,059
Urbandale
Pop. 47,759
Vinton
Pop. 4,962
Washington
Pop. 7,281
Waterloo
Pop. 67,477
Waukee
Pop. 34,420
Waukon
Pop. 3,799
Waverly
Pop. 10,576
Webster City
Pop. 7,763
West Burlington
Pop. 3,249
West Des Moines
Pop. 73,664
West Liberty
Pop. 3,724
Williamsburg
Pop. 3,380
Windsor Heights
Pop. 5,106
Winterset
Pop. 5,421