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Selma, Iowa Public Records

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Where Selma's records are kept. Court and property records for Selma sit with Van Buren County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Iowa.

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Selma relies on Van Buren County for its court cases, deeds and other public records. The cards below are the county and state offices that keep them. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.

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Vital records

Iowa Death and Vital Records

Iowa HHS Vital Records issues certified birth, death and marriage records filed since July 1, 1880, by mail, in person or through VitalChek, for a fee per copy.

hhs.iowa.gov
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County court

Iowa Federal Cases

Iowa has two federal trial courts, the Northern District at Cedar Rapids and Sioux City and the Southern District at Des Moines; their case files are searched through PACER.

uscourts.gov
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Property records

Van Buren County Recorder

The Van Buren County Recorder in Keosauqua records deeds, mortgages, easements and surveys and holds real estate records back to 1837 and marriage records for genealogy.

vanburencounty.iowa.gov
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About public records in Selma

What we hold on Selma, and who keeps its records.

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Selma at a glance

County
Van Buren County
County seat
Keosauqua
Van Buren County population
7,203
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Van Buren County offices

About Selma public records

Records for Selma are kept by Van Buren County. Keosauqua, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each Van Buren County office is listed on our Van Buren County page.

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Other places in Van Buren County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Van Buren County records are on the county page.

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