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After serving the county for over 100 years, the old courthouse was replaced. The second courthouse was started in 1958 and completed in 1959 for a total cost of $319,038.09. This courthouse currently serves Mills County. © 2026 Iowa Judicial Branch.

Iowa Vital Records are official registrations of births, deaths, and marriages . Certified copies of Vital Records can be obtained from a County Recorder's office or the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.

For certified copies of birth, death and marriage records or more recent birth, death, and marriage records contact Iowa HHS Vital Records . Divorce vital record statistics less than 75 years old are only available at Iowa HHS Vital Records .

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The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board have provided documents as informational resources. Find out who the Mills County Elected Officials are and their current terms. Beginning as early as December of 2017, voters will be required to present specified identification in order to vote.

You are a resident of Iowa. You will be at least 18 years old on or before election day. If you are 17½ years old, you may register to vote, but your registration will not be effective until your 18th birthday. If you move within the county where you are registered to vote, you may change your address before the close of registration: By notifying the county auditor in writing. Include your full name as it appears on the voter registration records, your old and new addresses, and your signature.

In Iowa, the County Recorder's office was created in 1839 by the First Legislative Assembly to record, manage and maintain real estate documents and other miscellaneous documents. Since its creation, the County Recorder's office has acquired numerous additional responsibilities. Records at length all instruments of record which may be filed for record consisting principally of deeds, military records, mortgages, plats, assignments, releases, affidavits, and vital records

The Mills County Recorder’s office maintains and records official records of documents affecting title to the property and miscellaneous documents.

LuAnne Christiansen Mills County Recorder · 2910 Westown Parkway #106 West Des Moines, IA 50266

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