View Polk County Recorder's Office home page, including announcements, address, contact information, and hours of operation.
View Polk County Recorder's Office vital records, including application guidelines for certified copies of birth, death, and marriage records.
Search Polk County Recorder recorded documents database by name, index type, group, kind, book/page, file number, date and property.
View Des Moines Public Library search page for website content by keyword.
View Polk County genealogical records, including obituaries, birth records and biographies.
View Des Moines City Clerk vital records information, including birth, death and marriage certificates, contacts and telephone numbers.
In Iowa, divorce records are kept by Iowa and county governments. The Iowa divorce database can be browsed by name, date of divorce, and state. In many cases, the Iowa divorce records database also includes information about the children of the divorce in Iowa.