Iowa Secretary of State

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The Iowa Secretary of State is a constitutional officer of the state of Iowa and is elected every four years. The secretary of state serves as the state commissioner of elections, maintains corporations' records, registers trademarks, commissions notaries public, and preserves original documents.

The current officeholder is Michael Mauro.

Divisions

The office of the secretary of state is divided into four divisions: Elections and Voter Registration, Business Services, Administrative Services, and Communications and Publications.

  • Elections and Voter Registration deals with supervising the 99 county auditors, elections, and voter registration. The division of the office helps the county auditors in telling them which election practices work best. The division also helps in increasing voter registration.
  • The Business Services Division is a records center for businesses in Iowa.
  • The Administrative Services Division and the Communications and Publications Division is involved in scheduling and providing media information, preservation of documents, recordkeeping, and publishing the Iowa Official Register and the Iowa Official Directory of Federal, State and County Officers.

Contact information

1007 East Grand Avenue
Room 105, State Capitol
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone:515-281-8993
Fax:515-242-5952
E-mail: sos@sos.state.ia.us

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References

Portions of this article were adapted from Wikipedia.

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