MARSHALL COUNTY, IOWA COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER DATABASE
Legal disputes, including contracts, real estate, personal injuries, child custody, support, and visitation, among other significant matters, are all handled by the courts. Additionally, courts decide if traffic, criminal, or juvenile laws have been broken, and if so, what punishments should be applied.
In these matters, petitions, pleadings, orders, etc., are filed with the clerk of court, who keeps track of the docket. The docket was manually maintained until October 31, 1996. The Clerk of Court’s office started electronically docketing this information on November 1, 1996.
RECORDS SEARCH AND PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
Fill out the Public Information Request form to obtain records in Marshall County from the Iowa Department of Health. The County accepts Public Information Requests in any legible format; this form is intended to be a guide to help accelerate your request more efficiently.
Iowa Department of Public Health
Bureau of Health Statistics
Lucas State Office Building, 1st Floor
321 E. 12th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0075
One can also obtain public records from the Recorder’s office. To obtain public records, please use the following information:
Nan Benson
Auditor/Recorder
[email protected]
Physical Address
11 N 1st Ave
Marshalltown, IA 50158
Phone: 641-754-6323
Fax: 641-754-6321
STATISTICS: CRIME, BIRTH, DEATH, PROPERTY, MARRIAGE, DIVORCE
Marshall County Birth, Death Records
Births (2007): 607
Per 1,000 population: 15.5
Deaths (2007): 410
Per 1,000 population: 10.5
Infant Deaths (2007): 1
Per 1,000 population: 1.6
Marshall County Criminal Records
Violent Crimes (2008): 189
Murder and non-negligent manslaughter: 2
Forcible rape: 6
Robbery: 10
Aggravated Assault: 171
Property Crimes (2008): 1,132
Burglary: 302
Larceny-Theft: 763
Motor Vehicle Theft: 67
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,816 (1.6%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,828 (1.6%)
7,992 spouses (7,919 opposite-sex spouses), 1,252 unmarried partners, (1,230 opposite-sex unmarried partners)
HOUSING
Total HU (Housing Units) 16,734 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU 11,004 (65.8%)
Renter Occupied HU 4,250 (25.4%)
Vacant Housing Units 1,480 ( 8.8%)
Median Home Value $134,600
Average Home Value $169,643
Housing Affordability Index 178