RG 009 Auditor

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The Office of Auditor was established on January 7, 1840, during the territorial period, with the auditor to be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Council.  With the enactment of the Constitution of 1846, the office of auditor became an elected office. 

Some or all of these records are available to search in the Iowa History Collections Catalog

The following is a partial list of the records of the Auditor in our holdings – a complete list of record series is available at the Research Center in Des Moines:

General
TitleDate Span
Abstracts of General Elections1884
Abstracts of Monthly Reports from State Institutions1887-1891
Abstracts of Original Land Entries, Adams County-Wright County1847-1859
Annual Reports to the Governor and General Assembly1859-1883
Articles of Incorporation, Amendments and By-Laws of Insurance Companies1919-1920
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of Insurance Companies1919-1920
Assessments, County1848-1910
Assessments, Miscellaneous1849-1910
Assessments, Railroads1854-1901
Assessments, Telegraph and Telephonec.1869-c.1904
Attorney General Opinions1855-1908
Audits of State Schools, Colleges and Universities1903-1947
Balance Books1863-1895
Cancelled State Bonds, Civil War and Defense Fund Issue1861
Cancelled State Bonds, Issues of 1847, 1849, 1858
Certificates1840-1908
Claims1884-1890
Commissioners Records of Claims & Evidence for the Civil War & Defense Fund1861-1866
Corporations, Annual Statements of Causality, Fidelity and Surety Insurance Companies1911
Corporations, Annual Statements of Fire and Life Insurance Companies1891-1909
Corporations, Annual Statements of Fire Insurance Companies1871-1911
Corporations, Annual Statements of Fraternal Accident Insurance Companies1910
Corporations, Annual Statements of Insurance Companies1863-1890
Corporations, Annual Statements of Life Insurance Companies1871-1910
Corporations, Annual Statements of Miscellaneous Insurance Companies1907-1911
Corporations, Annual Statements of Mutual Insurance Associations1888-1908
Corporations, Annual Statements of Mutual Insurance Companies1891-1909
Corporations, Banks1870-1916
Corporations, Building and Loan1895-1905, 1911-1914
Corporations, Express1897-1900
Corporations, Insurance1855-1916
Corporations, Insurance Agents Record1857-1911
Corporations, Ledger of Annual Fees Paid by State Banks1904-1909
Corporations, List of Banks1871-1882
Corporations, Loan, Trust, and Investment Companies1890-1915
Corporations, Registers of Savings Banks1874-1900
Corporations, Registers of State Banks1883-1900
Corporations, Telegraph and Telephone1890-1915
Correspondence1840-1912
Correspondence, Banks1915-1917
Correspondence, Claims1841-1907
Correspondence, Insurance 
Dictionary Fund1859-1867
Journals1849-1911
Ledger and Warrant Books, Guaranty Fund Association1883-1889
Ledgers, County1888-1913
Ledgers, General1854-1913
Ledgers, State Institutions1900-1933
Letter Books, Banks1884-1907
Letter Books, Building and Loan1896-1905
Letter Books, County Officers1871-1909
Letter Books, Insurance1873-1909
Letter Books, Miscellaneous1840-1908
Letter Books, Miscellaneous, Revenue1893-1904
Letter Books, Telephone1903-1904
Letter Books, Warrants1901-1909
Orphans Home Fund1867-1868
Reports, State Institutions1849-1916
Reports, Municipal Accounting Examiners1913-1930
Warrant Registers1843-1911