ND HB1319

Adopted individuals age eighteen years or older may request and receive a copy of their original birth record from the department or child-placing agency upon written request.

Lineal descendants of a deceased adopted individual may also request and receive a copy of the original birth record if the adopted individual is deceased.

Exchanges of identifying information between genetic parents, adoptive parents, and adopted children before adulthood require consent from all parties, except that adopted individuals can access their original birth record at age eighteen without consent.

Original birth records become accessible to adopted individuals at age eighteen through inspection, with other access limited to court order or as provided by rules and regulations.

The state registrar must reference subsection 4-6 of section 23-02.1-18 when determining filing requirements for delayed birth records.