Iowa Court Records online includes all types of court records such as miscellaneous court collections, guardianship records, some probate records, and more. This is a preliminary list.

 

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Iowa Court Records Online at the federal and state level

US – United States Public Records, 1970-2009, at FS 

US – United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955, at FS 

US – United States, Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878, at FS 

US – U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871, at Anc$ 

US – United States, Index of Court Cases, 1833-2018, at MH

US – U.S., F.B.I. Deceased Criminal Identification Files, 1971-1994, at Anc$ 

US – American Protective League Correspondence, 1917-1919, at Anc$ 

US – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909, at Anc$ 

US – United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patents, 1970-2019, at Anc$ 

US – International Patents, 1890-2020, at Anc$ 

Iowa – Iowa, Fayette County Probate Records, 1851-1928, at FS 

Iowa – Iowa, Polk County Probate Records, 1914-1924, at FS 

Iowa – Iowa, Poweshiek County Land Records, 1855-1934, at FS 

Iowa – Iowa, Poweshiek County Probate, School, and Court Records, 1850-1954, at FS 

Iowa – Iowa grave records and genealogical data, 1800-1900, at FS 

 

 

Iowa Court Records Online by County

Adair County – Court Records – Affidavit Index, 1907-1924, at FS

Adams County – Court Records – Change of Name Records, 1919, at FS

Adams County – Court Records – Widow’s Pension Records, 1907-1943, at FS

Appanoose County – Court Records – Circuit Court Records, 1869-1886, at FS

Appanoose County – Court Records – County Court Record, V. 1, 1851-1859, at FS

Appanoose County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1852-1910, at FS

Appanoose County – Court Records – Justice Dockets, 1881-1926, at FS

Benton County – Court Records – Iowa, Benton County, District Court Records, 1864-1931, at FS

Benton County – Court Records – Iowa, Benton County, Widow Pension Records, 1934-1940, at FS

Black Hawk County – Court Records – Judge’s Warrant Book, 1853-1866, at FS

Black Hawk County – Court Records – Justice’s Docket, 1868-1874, at FS

Bremer County – Court Records – Court Records, 1853-1866, at FS

Bremer County – Court Records – Court Records, 1854-1862, at FS

Bremer County – Court Records – Justice’s Docket, 1906-1921, at FS

Bremer County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1881-1927; Index 1880-1948, at FS

Buchanan County – Court Records – Affidavit Records, 1907-1938, at FS

Buchanan County – Court Records – Incumbrances and Liens, 1800-1941, at FS

Calhoun County – Court Records – Affidavit Records, 1907-1922, at FS

Carroll County – Court Records – Appearance Docket, 1875-1889, at FS

Carroll County – Court Records – Justice Docket, 1867-1898, at FS

Cass County – Court Records – Affidavits, 1873-1930, at FS

Cass County – Court Records – Court Record Index, 1875-1901, at FS

Cass County – Court Records – Register of the Justice of the Peace, 1888-1973, at FS

Cass County – Notarial Records – Notary Public Records, 1885-1987, at FS

Cedar County – Court Records – County Court Record, Vol. B, 1856-1865, at FS

Cedar County – Court Records – Court Records, 1840-1922; Index, 1839-1955, at FS

Cedar County – Court Records – Court Records, 1859-1866, at FS

Cedar County – Court Records – General Index, 1868-1886; Court Records, 1869-1886, at FS

Cedar County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1871-1910; Indexes, 1850-1980, at FS

Cedar County – Court Records – Sale Book, Vol. 1, 3, 1847-1858, at FS

Cherokee County – Court Records – Affidavit Record, 1907-1934, at FS

Cherokee County – Court Records – General Index to Circuit Court, Volume 1, 1872-1886, at FS

Cherokee County – Court Records – Inquest Record, No. 1, Coroner’s Certificate of Death, 1890-1933, at FS

Chester – Court Records – Township Record, 1859-1899, Chester Township, at FS

Chickasaw County – Court Records – Court Records, 1853-1871, at FS

Clarke County – Court Records – Appearance, Judgement, Execution Docket and Fee Book, 1882-1889, at FS

Clarke County – Court Records – Circuit Court Records, 1869-1890, at FS

Clarke County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1854-1920, at FS

Clarke County – Court Records – Insane Record V. 1, 1881-1903, at FS

Clarke County – Court Records – Lien Index for Circuit and District Courts, 1873-1889, at FS

Clay County – Court Records – Complete Record of the Circuit Court, 1870-1886, at FS

Clay County – Court Records – Divorce Records, 1906-1948, at FS

Clayton County – Court Records – Circuit Court Records, 1868-1886, at FS

Clayton County – Court Records – Coroner’s Reports, 1855-1959, at FS

Clayton County – Court Records – County Court Records, 1850-1855, at FS

Clayton County – Court Records – Court Records, 1850-1855, at FS

Clayton County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1838-1930, at FS

Clayton County – Court Records – Index to Coroner’s Reports, at FS

Clinton County – Court Records – Clinton County, Iowa, Circuit Court Record, 1869-1886, at FS

Clinton County – Court Records – Clinton County, Iowa, County Court Docket, 1861-1870, at FS

Clinton County – Court Records – Clinton County, Iowa, District Court Records, 1849-1931, at FS

Clinton County – Court Records – Clinton County, Iowa, Statement of Names, Ages, & Residences of Widows and Heirs, 1860-1905, at FS

Colesburg – Court Records – Docket, 1863-1868, at FS

Corydon – Court Records – Clippings from the Times Republican, Corydon, Iowa, at FS

Council Bluffs – Court Records – Widow’s Pension Record, No. 1, 1915-1925, at FS

Dallas County – Court Records – Court Records, 1855-1913, at FS

Dallas County – Court Records – Court Records, 1869-1888, at FS

Dallas County – Court Records – Incumbrance Book, 1860-1891, V. 1, at FS

Dallas County – Court Records – Minute Book, 1855-1860, at FS

Dallas County – Court Records – Minute Books, 1861-1886, at FS

Dallas County – Court Records – Stay Bond Record, No. 1, 1873-1897, at FS

Davis County – Court Records – Court Records, 1844-1925; Index, 1844-1927, at FS

Davis County – Court Records – General Index to Journals, Judgements, Fee Books, and Execution Dockets, 1869-1884, at FS

Davis County – Court Records – Minute Book, 1855-1868, at FS

Decatur County – Court Records – Circuit Court General Index, 1873-1886 : Complete Record, Vol. 1, 1874-1886, at FS

Decatur County – Court Records – Court Records, 1874-1920; Index, 1871-1922, at FS

Decatur County – Court Records – Insane Record, Vol. 2, 1893-1903, at FS

Decatur County – Court Records – Lien Index, 1925-1976 : Index to Pigeon Holes & Flat Files, at FS

Decatur County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1886-1902; Index, 1873-1904, at FS

Delaware County – Court Records – Court Records, 1869-1886, at FS

Delaware County – Court Records – Justice’s Docket, 1870-1894, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Appeals Record, 1869-1870, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Chancery Record, V. A-C, 1839-1855, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Change of Name Records, V. 1, 1908-1991, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Combined Juvenile Docket and Record of Dependent Children, 1915, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – County Court Records, V. A, 1849-1857, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Court Records, 1869-1886; Indexes 1836-1928, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Court Records, 1869, 1874-1875, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – District Court Record Index, 1835-1850, Des Moines County, Iowa, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1835-1937; Indexes, 1883-1932, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Indentured Children Index, 1833-1920, Des Moines County, Iowa, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Indentured Children, 1844-1886, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Index to Powers of Attorney and Affidavits, 1907-1932, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Ledger, 1919-1926, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Plats of Estates, V. 1, 1847-1865, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Stay Bond, 1873-1884, at FS

Des Moines County – Court Records – Trial Docket, 1835, at FS

Dubuque County – Court Records – Affidavits, 1907-1940, at FS

Dubuque County – Court Records – Change of Name Records, 1905-1949, at FS

Dubuque County – Court Records – Clerk’s Calendar, V. B, 1869-1895, at FS

Dubuque County – Court Records – Commissioner’s Minutes, 1836-1851, at FS

Dubuque County – Court Records – Judge’s Docket, V. A, 1837-1847, at FS

Dubuque County – Court Records – Judge’s Minutes, 1837-1838, at FS

Emmet County – Court Records – Divorce Record, 1906-1986, at FS

Emmet County – Court Records – Judgment Docket, 1859-1913, A – Z of Emmet County, Iowa, at FS

Fayette County – Court Records – Circuit Court Records, 1878-1887, at FS

Fayette County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1851-1884, at FS

Fayette County – Court Records – Index to Powers of Attorney, 1907-1925, at FS

Fayette County – Court Records – Judge’s Minute Book, No. 2, 1858-1861, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Affidavits, Powers of Attorney, and Other Records, 1850-1987, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Judge’s Minute Book, 1855-1874, at FS

Greene County – Court Records – Affidavits, 1889-1932, at FS

Grundy County – Court Records – Coroner’s Record, 1907-1925, at FS

Grundy County – Court Records – Court Records, 1871-1887, at FS

Grundy County – Court Records – District Court Record (probate), 1858-1878, at FS

Grundy County – Court Records – Divorce Record, 1904-1946, at FS

Grundy County – Court Records – Incumbrance Book, 1861-1905, at FS

Grundy County – Court Records – Record of Names Changed, 1905-1987, at FS

Hancock County – Court Records – Circuit and District Court Index, 1869-1959 ; Circuit and District Court Court Records, 1858-1933, at FS

Hardin County – Court Records – Minute Books, 1853-1861, at FS

Henry County – Court Records – County Court Record, 1853-1857, at FS

Henry County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1837-1888, at FS

Henry County – Court Records – Index to Papers Disposed of in Circuit Court, at FS

Henry County – Court Records – Index to Papers Disposed of in District Court, Ca. 1800s-1935, at FS

Henry County – Court Records – Judgement for Costs, 1838-1850, at FS

Howard County – Court Records – Minute Book, 1860-1866, at FS

Iowa County – Court Records – Change of Name Records, 1933-1946, at FS

Iowa County – Court Records – Circuit Court Records, 1869-1887, at FS

Iowa County – Court Records – District Court Record Books, 1857-1933, at FS

Iowa County – Court Records – Index to Liens, 1856-1925, at FS

Iowa County – Court Records – Justice’s Dockets, 1863-1934, at FS

Iowa County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1877-1932, at FS

Jackson County – Court Records – County Judge Records, 1851-1860, at FS

Jackson County – Court Records – Court Records, 1868-1886, at FS

Jackson County – Court Records – Index to Affidavits, 1907-1926, at FS

Jackson County – Court Records – Mechanic’s Lien, 1860-1932, at FS

Jackson County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Court Records, 1895-1937, at FS

Jackson County – Court Records – Tax Sale Deed Records, 1867-1932, at FS

Jasper County – Court Records – County Court Minute Book, 1846-1855, at FS

Jefferson County – Court Records – A List of Pioneer Settlers of Jefferson County, Iowa, at FS

Jefferson County – Court Records – Company E, 2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment, at FS

Jefferson County – Court Records – Forty-niners, at FS

Jefferson County – Court Records – Jefferson County, Iowa Historical Information, at FS

Jefferson County – Court Records – Judgement Docket, V. A-B, 1840-1861, at FS

Johnson County – Court Records – Court Records, 1839-1943; Indexes 1842-1934, at FS

Jones County – Notarial Records – Alphabetical Listing of Justice of the Peace and Notarial Records, 1898- 1972, at FS

Jones County – Court Records – Affidavits, 1903-1935; Index 1901-1939, at FS

Jones County – Court Records – Alphabetical Listing of Justice of the Peace and Notarial Records, 1898- 1972, at FS

Jones County – Court Records – Court Records, 1841-1932, at FS

Jones County – Court Records – Court Records, 1851-1883, at FS

Jones County – Court Records – Judges Minute Book, 1848-1862, at FS

Jones County – Court Records – Justice of the Peace Records, 1837-1947, at FS

Keokuk County – Court Records – Judgement Docket, V. 1, 1844-1864, at FS

Keokuk County – Court Records – Minute Book of County Judge, 1851-1854, at FS

Keokuk County – Court Records – Minute Books, 1851-1854, at FS

Kossuth County – Court Records – Circuit Court Record, March 1869-March 1877, at FS

Kossuth County – Court Records – Powers of Attorney and Affidavits, 1910-1924; Index, 1907-1935, at FS

Lee County – Court Records – Circuit Court Records, 1869-1886; Index, 1850-1930, at FS

Lee County – Court Records – County Commissioner’s Reports, 1840-1856, at FS

Lee County – Court Records – Court Records, 1840-1841, at FS

Lee County – Court Records – Lee County Court Records, 1837-1993; Indexes, 1848-1930, at FS

Linn County – Court Records – Change of Name Records, V. 1, 1904-1973, at FS

Linn County – Court Records – Complete Record, Vol. 1, 1855-1860, at FS

Linn County – Court Records – Court Records, 1840-1845, at FS

Linn County – Court Records – Justice Docket, 1843-1902, at FS

Louisa County – Court Records – Iowa, Louisa County, Tax Books, 1847-1892, at FS

Louisa County – Court Records – Judgement Docket, V. A, 1839-1855, at FS

Louisa County – Court Records – Louisa County, District Court, Ledger Causes, 1860-1870, at FS

Louisa County – Court Records – Louisa County, Iowa, Circuit Court Judgement Docket and Record, 1869-1887, at FS

Louisa County – Court Records – Louisa County, Iowa, District Court Appearance Docket, 1869-1886, at FS

Louisa County – Court Records – Louisa County, Iowa, District Court Combined Docket, 1887-1927, at FS

Louisa County – Court Records – Louisa County, Iowa, District Court Records, 1837-1926, at FS

Louisa County – Court Records – Louisa County, Iowa, District Court, Widows Pension Ledger, 1914-1924, at FS

Louisa County – Court Records – Sheriff’s Sale Book, 1852-1929, at FS

Lucas County – Court Records – Affidavits, 1907-1931, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – Collateral Inheritance Tax and Lein Book, Madison County, Iowa, 1899-1926, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – Court Records, 1850-1985; Indexes 1855-1910, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – District Court Records, Madison County, Iowa, 1885-1911, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – Execution Docket, Vol. A, 1854-1874, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – General Index to Affidavits, 1921-1935, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – Iowa, Madison County, District Court Records, 1885-1941, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – Judgment Docket and Fee Book from Other Counties, 1879-1885, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – Justice Docket, 1870-1923, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Land Records, 1868-1927; Indexes, 1868-1978, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – Records, 1869-1907, at FS

Mahaska County – Court Records – Circuit Court Records, 1868-1887, at FS

Mahaska County – Court Records – County Court Record, 1851-1864, at FS

Mahaska County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1844-1926, at FS

Marion County – Court Records – Affidavit Index, 1877-1937, at FS

Marion County – Court Records – Court Records, 1857-1886, at FS

Marion County – Court Records – Minutes, 1851-1858, at FS

Marion County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Court Records, 1866-1882, at FS

Marion County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1881-1901; Index, 1895-1908, at FS

Marion County – Court Records – Name Change Records, 1907-1989, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – Collateral Inheritance Tax and Lein Book, Madison County, Iowa, 1899-1926, at FS

Marshall County – Court Records – Circuit Court Journal, Vol. 1, 1869-1872, at FS

Marshall County – Court Records – Complete Record, 1873-1886, at FS

Marshall County – Court Records – District Court Record, Vol. A-B, 1854-1862, at FS

Marshall County – Court Records – Iowa, Marshall County, Circuit Court Records, at FS

Marshall County – Court Records – Iowa, Marshall County, District Court Records, 1878-1937, at FS

Monona County – Court Records – Circuit Court Record, 1869-1882; General Index, 1869-ca. 1887, at FS

Monona County – Court Records – County Court Minute Book, 1861-1878., at FS

Monroe County – Court Records – District Court Record, V. 1-2, 1847-1861, at FS

Monroe County – Court Records – Iowa, Monroe County, Circuit Court Records, 1869-1886, at FS

Monroe County – Court Records – Iowa, Monroe County, District Court Records, 1861-1931, at FS

Muscatine County – Court Records – County Judge Minutes, 1853-1869, at FS

Muscatine County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1839-1930, at FS

Muscatine County – Court Records – Probate Records, 1838-1992, at FS

Page County – Court Records – Index to Power of Attorney and Affidavit Records, 1907-1925, at FS

Palo Alto County – Court Records – Circuit and District Court Record, 1862-1875, at FS

Palo Alto County – Court Records – Complete Record of the Circuit Court, 1876-1885, at FS

Palo Alto County – Court Records – Divorce Record, 1906-1986, at FS

Polk County – Court Records – Coroner’s Docket, Polk County, Iowa, 1911-1925, at FS

Polk County – Court Records – Judgment Docket, 1846-1862, at FS

Polk County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records and Index to Miscellaneous Records, Polk County, Iowa, 1866-1927, at FS

Polk County – Court Records – Sale Book, 1874-1877, for District and Circuit Courts, at FS

Pottawattamie County – Court Records – Complete Record, 1865-1911, at FS

Pottawattamie County – Court Records – Sale Book, 1855-1901, at FS

Poweshiek County – Court Records – Iowa, Poweshiek County Probate, School, and Court Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1850-1954, at FS

Poweshiek County – Court Records – Iowa, Poweshiek County, Circuit Court Records, 1861-1921, at FS

Poweshiek County – Court Records – Iowa, Poweshiek County, District Court Records, 1856-1927, at FS

Ringgold County – Court Records – Affidavits, 1907-1922 ; Index, 1907-1927, at FS

Ringgold County – Court Records – Iowa, Ringgold County, Circuit Court Records, 1868-1887, at FS

Ringgold County – Court Records – Iowa, Ringgold County, District Court Records, 1856-1913, at FS

Ringgold County – Court Records – Minute Books, 1855-1863, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Change of Names, No. 1, 1914-1969, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Court Records, 1835-1954, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Court Records, 1857, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Court Records, 1859-1887, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Index to Powers of Attorney and Affidavits, V. 1, 1907-1939, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Register of Crippled Children, 1915-1924, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Scott County Index to Court Records, 1837-1917 : Steamboats, Ferry Boats, Stage Coach, Telegraph, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Scott County Index to Early Records, 1836-1850, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Scott County Iowa Index to Court Records for the LeClaire Family, 1837-1917, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Scott County Iowa Index to Court Records, Davenport Family, 1839-1884, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Scott County Iowa Index to Name Change Records, 1914-1954, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Scott County Iowa Index to Railroad Court Cases, 1860-1930, at FS

Shelby County – Court Records – Complete Record, 1855-1878, at FS

Shelby County – Court Records – Iowa, Shelby County Court Records, 1853-1875, at FS

Sioux County – Guardianship – Probate Records, 1870-1963 ; Probate Index, 1870-1984, at FS

Story County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Record, 1876-1937 ; Index, 1876-1925, at FS

Tama County – Court Records – Index to District Court, Circuit Court and Probate Cases, 1853-1930, at FS

Tama County – Court Records – Iowa, Tama County, District Court Records, 1859-1927, at FS

Tama County – Court Records – Iowa, Tama County, Justice Court Records, 1874-1876, at FS

Tama County – Court Records – Justice Dockets, V. 1-2 1867-1877, at FS

Tama County – Court Records – Minute Book, Vol. A, 1850-1870, at FS

Tama County – Court Records – Minute Books, 1852-1870, at FS

Tama County – Court Records – Records of Name Changes, 1914-1991, at FS

Tama County – Court Records – Tama County Marriages from 1855-1870, at FS

Union County – Court Records – Change of Name Records, 1909-1990, at FS

Union County – Court Records – General Index to Affidavits, 1907-1932, at FS

Van Buren County – Court Records – Court Record, 1837-1875, at FS

Van Buren County – Court Records – Day Book, Vol. M, 1844-1847, at FS

Van Buren County – Court Records – General Court Records, 1857-1864, at FS

Van Buren County – Court Records – Justice of the Peace Records, 1832-1852, at FS

Van Buren County – Court Records – Van Buren County, Iowa, Circuit Court Records, 1869-1912, at FS

Van Buren County – Court Records – Van Buren County, Iowa, Disctrict Court Records, 1854-1928, at FS

Van Buren County – Court Records – Van Buren County, Iowa, Ledger of Widow’s Pension or Dependent Children, V. 1, 1913-1933, at FS

Wapello County – Court Records – Complete Record, 1874-1887, at FS

Wapello County – Court Records – County Court Record, 1856-1863, at FS

Wapello County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1844-1866, at FS

Wapello County – Court Records – Index to District Court Case Files, 1844-1934, at FS

Wapello County – Court Records – Naturalization Record, 1879-1883; Default Record, 1879-1897, at FS

Warren County – Court Records – Injunction Bonds and Attachment Bonds, Vol. A, 1875-1941, at FS

Warren County – Court Records – Judgment Docket, 1849-1861; District Court Record, V. A, 1849-1851, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Court Records, 1838-1927, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Court Records, 1865-1886, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Dockets, 1861-1866, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Justice’s Docket, 1867-1923, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Powers of Attorney and Affidavits Index, 1907-1928, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Sale Book, 1864-1976, at FS

Wayne County – Court Records – Affidavit Index, 1908-1946, at FS

Wayne County – Court Records – Affidavit Index, 1908-1946, at FS

Wayne County – Court Records – District Court Complete Records, 1851-1932, at FS

Wayne County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1873-1913; Index, 1873-1951, at FS

Wayne County – Court Records – Widow’s Pension Records, 1923-1943, at FS

Wells Township – Court Records – Justice Dockets, 1881-1919, Wells Township, at FS

Winnebago County – Court Records – Clerk’s Calendar, 1875, at FS

Winneshiek County – Court Records – Court Records, “Record of Everything” and Vol. B, 1851-1868, at FS

Winneshiek County – Court Records – Winneshiek County Clerk of Court Collection Index : an Alphabetical List of Selected Names, Pt. 1, at FS

Woodbury County – Court Records – Divorce Record, Sept. 1906 – Aug. 1943, at FS

Worth County – Court Records – Court Records, 1869-1925; Indexes, 1862-1928 [Worth County, Iowa], at FS

Worth County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1859-1993, at FS

 

 

 

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