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Certificates and Vital Records

Adoption

Important identification and/or eligibility documentation requirementsnew

Adoption Registry

Information about the adoption registry expanded to include siblings Adobe Acrobat Reader Logo

Colorado Court of Appeals Ruling on Adoptee Access to Birth Records Adobe Acrobat Reader Logo

Application to Open Sealed Adoption File to release original birth certificate Adobe Acrobat Reader Logo

Report of adoption form  Adobe Acrobat Reader Logo

Birth certificate application form Adobe Acrobat Reader Logo

Birth certificate application form in Spanish Adobe Acrobat Reader Logo

Consent to release an original birth certificate from a sealed adoption file form Adobe Acrobat Reader Logo

Colorado voluntary adoption registry registration form Adobe Acrobat Reader Logo

Birth mother or father contact preference form and medical history statement Adobe Acrobat Reader Logo

Information about the contact preference form and medical history statement Adobe Acrobat Reader Logo 

Frequently asked questions about adoption in Colorado


Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Vital Records Section
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
HSVRD-VR-A1
Denver, CO 80246-1530

Phone: 303.692.2200

Fax: USA 1.800.423.1108; outside continental U.S. 303.691.9307

E-mail: vital.records@state.co.us

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday

 

newADOPTIONS FINALIZED:
Prior to July 1, 1951..................... Records remain sealed except via court order


July 1, 1951 to June 30, 1967......... Records open to adoptee


July 1, 1967 to August 31, 1999...... Records remain sealed except via court order


September 1, 1999 to present........ Records open to adult adoptee (18 years of age or older)

 
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Correct or change marriage verification

Correct or change divorce verification

Identity theft and vital records

Vital records from other states
(link takes you to site managed by the National Center for Health Statistics)

Vital records for citizens born abroad
(link takes you to site managed by the federal Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs)

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