ACCESS TO IOWA STATE CRIMINAL RECORDS

To find out if an individual has a criminal record in the state of Iowa we check the state repository, the relevant county criminal court records, and civil court records. 

Forty-five (45) of Iowa's ninety-nine (99) counties make criminal records available by phones, mail or fax.  The remaining fifty-five (55) counties require that the request be made in person. If the county specified can only mail records back to us then there will be an unavoidable delay.
            
District Courts hold all criminal records and civil case filings involving amounts of over $2,000. Civil case filings involving amounts of less than $2,000 are stored in the individual municipalities. 

• *Full Name, first, last and middle (if applicable)
• *Date of Birth
• *Social Security Number (for county criminal records)
•  Gender
•  Aliases (if any)
•  Address

• Case Number
• County
• Defendant Name
• Date of Birth
• Race/Sex
• Charge(s)
• Offense Date
• Arrest Date
• File Date
• Disposition Date
• Disposition & Sentence

• Felonies are crimes that are usually punishable by at least one year or more of jail time.
• Misdemeanors are less severe charges punishable by a fine or jail time of less than one year.