§ Iowa Code § 48A.35Voter registration records under control of the commissioner

48A.35 Voter registration records under control of the commissioner.
1. The county commissioner of elections shall be responsible for the maintenance and
storage of all paper and electronic voter registration records in the commissioner’s custody.
Original registration records shall not be removed from the commissioner’s office or from any
other designated permanent storage location except upon request of a county commissioner
or a court order, as provided in subsection 2, or as provided by section 48A.32. The state
registrar of voters and the state voter registration commission shall adopt administrative rules
to implement this section.
2. The county commissioner of elections may store an unaltered version of completed
voter registration applications, including the applicant’s signature, as an electronic
document, or in another format suitable for preserving information in the registration
record, regardless of the format in which the application is submitted.