Oregon Adoption Resources

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Location: Oregon
Surnames/tags: Oregon_Adoptions Adoption Adoptions

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Oregon is an "open state" as of 2015, "an adult adoptee can get an original birth certificate."

Contents 1 Original birth certificate 2 Non Identifying Information 3 Third Party Agencies 4 State Laws 5 Additional Local Resources 5.1 Voluntary Adoption Registry 6 WikiTree Project

Original birth certificate

• Oregon Preadoption Birth Records ($30)

Who may order preadoption birth records?

• Adoptee must be 21 years of age
• Adoptee must be born in Oregon
• Must be the adoptee or their legal representative - not other family members.

Legal representatives should include a notarized permission note from the adoptee.

• Order must be for a birth record where an adoption report was received, a new birth certificate was created and the original birth record was placed in a sealed file.

Non Identifying Information

Third Party Agencies

(adoption agencies, orphanages, intermediaries)

State Laws

Additional Local Resources

• Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center

• Oregon Adoption Search and Registry Program

• Adoption Services Unit of the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)

Voluntary Adoption Registry

DHS Adoption Services Unit offers a voluntary adoption registry to help people receive adoption information.

Information is available to:

• Birth parents of an adoptee
• Adult adoptee
• An adoptee's genetic sibling who is 18 years of age or older
• Adoptive parents of a deceased adoptee
• Adult siblings of deceased birth parents of an adoptee
• Parents of deceased birth parents of an adoptee
• Putative father of adult adoptee

When DHS determines a match exists, they notify the affected persons of the match by a direct and confidential method. DHS may recommend appropriate counseling by a DHS social worker prior to the release of identifying information.

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