Alabama
Open Records
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Resources, Office of Adoption, S.
Gordon Persons Building, 50 Ripley St., Montgomery, AL 36130 (205)
242-9500.
Alaska
At age 18 adoptees have full access to records, passive
registry for birth parents.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Social Services, Pouch H-05,
Juneau, AK 99811 (907)465-3191.
Arizona
By court order. Intermediary system.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Economic Security, Admin. for Children,
Youth, & Families, 3001 W Indian School Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85017 (602)
277-3564.
Arkansas
By court order. Passive registry, intermediary system.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Svcs., Division of Social
Services: Adoption Services, P.O. Box 1437 slot 808, Little Rock, AR 72203 (501) 682-8345.
Pending legislation: Bill HB 2202, all adoptees permitted OBC at age 21
State Registry: Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry, 626 Donaghey Plaza
South, P.O. Box 1437 Little Rock, AK (501)203-1437.
California
By court order. Waiver system.
State Adoption Dept. and Registry: Dept. of Social Services, Adoption
Branch, 744 P St., MS 19-31, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 973-3827.
Colorado
By court order before 6/9/99. At age 18 after that unless
birth parent vetoes. Passive registry, intermediary system. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Social Services, Post Adoption Services,
1575 Sherman St., Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-5700.
State Reunion Registry: Voluntary Adoption Registry, 4210 E. 11th
Ave., Denver, CO 80220 (303) 320-8333)
Connecticut:
By court order. Intermediary system.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Children & Youth Services: Adoption
Resource Exchange, Under cliff Road Bldg. 2, Meriden, CT 06450 (203)
238-6640.
Pending legislation: 1999SB-01274-R00-SB. Opens records with
provisions for both birthparent waiver, and hearings to open records
despite said waiver. Status: referred to Committee on Judiciary
State Reunion Registry: Each agency is required to maintain its own
registry.
Delaware
Original Birth Certificate at 21, unless Birth parent vetoes, active registry.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Services for Children, Youth & their
Families, Division of Child Protective Services, Attn.: Adoption
Coordinator, 1825 Faulkland Rd., Wilmington, DE 19805-1195 (302)
633-2655.
Washington DC
By court order only.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Services, Adoption & Placement
Rsrcs., 609 H Street, NE, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20002 (202) 727-5930.
Florida
By court order. Passive registry, intermediary system.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Rehabilitative Services, Family
and Child Services, 1317 Winewood Blvd. Bldg. 8, Rm. 100, Tallahassee, FL 32301 (904) 488-8000.
State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept. Registration: $35
Updates: $10.
Georgia
By court order. Active registry.
State Adoption Dept: GA Dept. of Human Resources, State Adoption Unit,
Rm. 501, 878 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 894-2641.
State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept.
Hawaii
Original Birth certificate at 18 for those adopted after
1991, if no disclosure veto is on file. Post 1991 if waiver is on
file, adoptees may obtain records, if not, a Confidential intermediary
is assigned to obtain waiver from birth parents. If the birth parents
are not found in 120 days, adoptees are granted access to records.
Birth parents rules are the same, and may obtain an original birth certificate.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Svcs., Child & Family Svcs., P. O.
Box 339, Honolulu, HI 96809-0339 (808) 548-2211.
State Reunion Registry: No formal registry on state level. 1st Circuit
Family Court maintains a registry for the 1st circuit only.
Idaho
By court order.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Welfare: Adoption Dept., 450 W. State Street, Boise, ID 83720 (208) 334-5697.
State Reunion Registry: Contact Vital Statistics Agency: Bureau of
Vital Statistics, State Dept of Health & Welfare: Statehouse, Boise,
ID 83720 (208) 334-5988.
Illinois
By court order. Confidential Intermediary Sys. Recent
legislation instituted an active registry reunited adoptees and Birth
parents may obtain OBC with permission from other parties.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Children & Family Services, 406 E. Monroe, Springfield, IL 62706 (217) 785-2519.
State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept.
Indiana
By court order, except those adopted before 1940, who have
full access to records. Intermediary system, passive registry.
State Adoption Dept: State Dept. of Public Welfare, Social Services
Division, 141 Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46225 (317) 232-4956.
State Reunion Registry: IN Adoption History Registry, State Registrar
of Vital Stats., P. O. Box 1964, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1964 (317)
633-0274.
Iowa
By court order after 1941. Pre 1941 open. Passive registry,
State Adoption Dept: Iowa Dept. of Human Services: Division of Adult,
Children & Family Svcs., Hoover Building, Des Moines, IA 50319 (515)
281-5358.
Kansas
All adoption records open to adoptee at age 18. Active
registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Social & Rehabilitative
Services: Division of Children & Youth, 300 SW Oakley, Topeka, KS
66606 (913) 296-2500.
Kentucky
Adoptees have access to records only with birth parent
permission at age 18. Intermediary program, passive registry. State
Adoption Dept: Dept. for Social Services, Cabinet for Human Rscrs.,
275 E. Main St. -6th Floor W, Frankfort, KY 40621 (502) 564-2136.
Louisiana
Court order only. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept:
Office of Human Development, Adoption Program, P. O. Box 3318, Baton
Rouge, LA 70821 (504) 342-4040. State Reunion Registry: Must be over
25 yrs. old. Contact the State Adoption Dept.
Maine
Adoption Records:
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/bohodr/ovrpage.htm
Reunion Registry:
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/cw/adoption/reunionregistry.htm
Court order only. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept: Bur.
of Child & Family Svcs., Main Dept. of Human Svcs., 221 State Street,
Augusta, ME 04333 (207) 289-5060. State Reunion Registry: Contact
Vital Statistics Agency: Office of Vital Statistics, ME Dept. of Human
Svcs., 221 State St., State House, Station 11, Augusta, ME 04333 (207)
289-3184.
Maryland
By court order only after June 1, 1947. New CI system, access
to OBC with identifying info removed. By contacting the circuit court
pre 1947, unless sealed by the parties involved. State Adoption Dept:
Dept. of Human Resources, 311 W. Saratoga Street, Baltimore, MD
21201(410) 333-0235. State Reunion Registry: MD Mutual Consent
Registry, 311 W. Saratoga St., Baltimore, MD 21201 (There is a $25 enrollment
fee).
Massachusetts
By court order. Waiver system. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of
Social Services, 150 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02114(617) 727-0900.
State Reunion Registry: Massachusetts Adoption Search Coordinator
Department of Social Services 24 Farnsworth St. Boston, MA 02210.
Michigan
By court order. Waiver System in central registry,
Intermediary system. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Social Services, P.
O. Box 30037, Lansing, MI 48909 (517)373-3513. State Reunion Registry:
Contact State Adoption Dept.
Minnesota
Post 1982 records released when adoptee is an adult, unless
Birth parent disclosure veto is on file. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of
Human Services, 444 Lafayette Rd., St. Paul, MN 55155-3831(612)
296-0584.
Mississippi
By court order. Intermediary system, post 1994 birth parent
registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Public Welfare, 855 S Plaza
Drive, Jackson, MS 39284 (601)373-3526.
Missouri
Missouri does not have an active registry, rather, it
is passive and requires both the adult adoptee and the biological
parent to have registered. True, an adult adoptee may request the
court to order a search, which would be active, however this is a
different action than the registry. (573)
751-4329.
Montana
After Oct. 1, 1997, placement records released unless birth
parent veto. July 1, 1967- Sept. 30, 1997, by court order. Before
1967, original birth certificates released upon request. Passive
registry, intermediary system. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Social &
Rehabilitation Services: Social Svcs. Bureau, 111 Sanders Street,
Helena, MT 59601 (406) 444-5622. Nebraska: By law, Over age 25 unless
birthparent veto is on record. In practice, adoptive parents can veto,
and unless a birth parent waiver is on file, records are being denied.
Waiver system, active registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Public
Welfare, Division of Social Services, P. O. Box 95026, Lincoln, NE
68509 (401) 471-3121. State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption
Dept. Nevada: By court order. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept:
Dept. of Human Resources., Welfare Division, 251 Jeanell Drive, Capitol
Mall Complex, Carson City, NV 89710 (702) 687-4760.
New Hampshire
State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept. New
Hampshire: By court order. Waiver system, intermediary system. State
Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Welfare, Bureau of Child & Family
Services, 6 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-6202. New Jersey:
By court order. State Adoption Dept: Dept of Institutions & Agencies:
Division of Youth & Family Services, P. O. Box 510, Trenton, NJ 08625
(609) 292-8816. State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept.
Limited access.
New Jersey
By court order. State Adoption Dept: Dept of Institutions & Agencies: Division of
Youth & Family Services, P. O. Box 510, Trenton, NJ 08625 (609)
292-8816
State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept. Limited access. New Mexico
By court order. Intermediary system. State Adoption Dept:
Human Services Dept., Social Services Division, Adoption Services,
P.O. Box 2348, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2348 (505) 827-8413.
New York
By court order. Passive registry, (Now available to siblings)
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Social Services, NY St. Adoption
Services, 40 N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12243-0001 (518) 474-2868. State
Reunion Registry: NY St. Health Dept., Adoption Information Registry,
Corning Tower - Room 208, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0023
(518) 474-1746.
North Carolina
By court order. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Rscrs.,
Child Services Bureau, Division of Social Services, 325 N. Salisbury,
Raleigh, NC 27611 (919) 733-0598.
North Dakota
By court order. Active registry. Waiver system. State
Adoption Dept: Children & Family Services, Russell Building, P. O. Box
7, Bismarck, ND 58505 (701) 224-2316. State Reunion Registry: Contact
State Adoption Dept.
Ohio
Before 1964, adoptees may be able to obtain original birth
certificate, unless there was a request to reissue the adoptive birth
certificate. After 1964, By court order. Passive registry. State
Adoption Dept: OH Dept. of Human Services, Division of Social
Services, Bureau of Child Services, 30 E. Broad Street 30th Floor,
Columbus, OH 43215. State Reunion Registry: Contact Vital Statistics
Agency: Ohio Dept. of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, 65 South
Front Street, Columbus, OH 43266-0333 (614) 466-2531.
Oklahoma
By court order. Passive registry, new intermediary system.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Services, Division of Child
Welfare, P. O. Box 25352, Oklahoma City, OK 73125 (405) 521-2778.
State Reunion Registry: Only for adoptions arranged by the state.
Contact State Adoption Dept.
Oregon
Open Records State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Resources., Children Services
Division, Adoption Services, 198 Commercial St. SE, Salem, OR
97310-0450 (503) 378-6224. State Reunion Registry: Contact State Dept.
Pennsylvania
Access to original birth certificate at age 18 with waiver from birth parent.
Intermediary system, passive registry, medical registry. Statewide Adoption and
Permanency Network (SWAN) PO Box 2675 Harrisburg, Pa. 17105-2675.
State Reunion Registry: For birthparents only. Adoptees should write
frequently to check registry.
Website
Rhode Island
Court order. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of
Children & Their Families, 618 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI
02908 (401) 457-4708.
South Carolina
Court order. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept: SC Dept.
of Social Services, Adoption & Birth Parent Svcs., P.O. Box 1520,
Columbia, SC 29202-1520 (803) 734-6095. State Reunion Registry:
Contact State Adoption Agency.
South Dakota
Court order. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of
Social Services, Richard F. Kneip Bldg., 700 Governor's Dr., Pierre,
SD 57501 (605) 773-3521. State Reunion Registry: Voluntary. Contact
State Adoption Dept.
Tennessee
Original birth certificates to adult adoptees at age 21
unless their birth was a result of rape or incest. If Birthparents do
not desire contact, adoptees must sign an agreement not to in order to
obtain records. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Services, Post
Adoption Branch, 400 Deaderick St., Nashville, TN 37248-9000 (615)
741-3263. State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept.
Texas
Court order. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of
Human Resources, 706 Bannister Ln., P.O. Box 2960, Austin, TX 78709
(512) 450-3011. State Reunion Registry: Contact Dept. of Health: Texas
Dept. of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1100 W. 49th St., Austin,
TX 78756 Attn: Voluntary Mutual Consent Registry (512) 458-7111.
Utah
Court order. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of
Social Services, Division of Family Services, 120 N. 200 West, Salt
Lake City, UT 84103 (801) 468-5465.
State Reunion Registry: Contact: Vital Statistics Agency, Attn:
Adoption Registry, (801) 538-6363 Utah State Dept. of Health, Bureau
of Vital Statistics, P. O. Box 16700, Salt Lake City, UT 84116-0700
(801) 538-6380.
Vermont:
Before 1986, access for adoptees age 18 with birth parent consent.
After 1986, full access unless a birth parent veto is on file. Waver
system maintained in central registry. State Adoption Dept and
Registry: Dept. of Social and Rehabilitation Services, 103 S. Main
St., Waterbury, VT 05676 (802) 864-7467.
Virginia
In parental consent adoptions after July 1994, at age 18 All
records are open to all involved parties. Before this date, by court
order only. Intermediary system. State Adoption Dept: VA Dept. of
Health, Division of Social Services, Adoption Reports Unit, 8007
Discovery Dr., Richmond, VA 23229-8699 (804) 662-9855.
Washington
At age 18 after Oct. 1, 1993 unless birth parent vetoes. By
court order prior to that. Intermediary System. State Adoption Dept:
Dept. of Social & Health Services: Bureau of Children's Services,
Office Building #2, Olympia, WA 98504.
West Virginia
Court order. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of
Social Services, 1900 Washington St. E, Charleston, WV 25305, (304)
348-4098. State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept.
Wisconsin
Access to original birth certificate at age 18 with birth
parent consent. Passive registry for birth parents, Active registry
for adoptees. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Social Services:
Division of Community Services, 1 W. Wilson St., Madison, WI 53702
Attn: Adoption Search Coordinator. (608)266-7163. Pending legislation:
Assembly bill 526. An open records for adoptees age 18 and older to
obtain original birth certificate, but with many restrictions.
Wyoming
By court order: Intermediary system and registry. State
Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Social Services: Division of Public
Assistance & Social Services, Hathaway Bldg., Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307)
777-7656.
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