Complete an Adoption

Our office requires a Certified Report of Adoption to update a Utah birth record after an adoption. This form is submitted to the courts when the adoption petition is filed. The parent(s) or attorney complete parts 1 and 2, the court clerk completes and certifies part 3. The court clerk is required to forward a report of all adoptions to our office by the 15th of the month for the month before. The attorney providing representation to a party to the adoption or the child-placing agency may also request a copy of the report of adoption form. 

Our office will email or mail a letter to the parents or attorney when the report has been received. If our office has sent this correspondence to you, you can order online. Within the online ordering system, please follow the prompts 'Attention Adoptive Parents' before choosing the type of certificate.

If you prefer to order through the mail you will need to submit the certified Report of Adoption or the email/letter from our office with a Birth Certificate Application for Adoptions/Court Order Paternity, a copy of the requester’s ID and a check or money order for the correct fees.

If the adoptive parents are not related to the minor child and the child is under 18 years old, the Non-Identifying Health History Form or a Health History Not Available form is required.

If the adoptive child was born out of this country and the adoption was finalized out of the country we will need a foreign adoption packet. 

If the adoptive child was born out of this country and the adoption was finalized in Utah we will need the report of adoption form and a court order establishing facts of birth. 

All applications and forms can be found on our forms page.