Clerk of Court
227 South 6th Street Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 Phone 712-328-5604
Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates
Pottawattamie County's Recorder's Office 227 South 6th Street Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 Phone 712-328-5612 They will request cash, money order or cashier's check, and won't accept personal checks. The fee is $10.00 per certificate. You need to have as much of the following information as possible to help them in finding the correct file: 1. Event (death, marriage, birth)* 2. Type of certificate: Certified 3. Full name as it appears on record 4. Date of event 5. Place of event 6. Mother's maiden name 7. Father's name 8. Purpose for request: Genealogy, etc. 9. Number of copies requested 10. Requestor's relationship to person 11. Signature of person requesting 12. Daytime phone number 13. Mailing address * At the present time the records for the years 1921 thru 1941 have not yet been returned to the county level. You need to contact the Vital Statistics Department in Des Moines, Iowa.
Probate Clerk
227 South 6th Street Council Bluffs, Iowa Phone 712-5639