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Walk It Through: Turning Eighteen in Iowa

Majority on a birthday, registering to vote, a name change, and a marriage that could have come sooner.

A high school senior turns eighteen in March, before a primary in June.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

Milestones at eighteen. Contracts signed by a minor, emancipation, and military enlistment are not worked through here.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.