Idaho Original Birth Certificate Request for Adoptees
Official state formAdoptionFree downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Packet that explains how an adoptee born in Idaho can get the sealed original birth certificate, by court order or through the Voluntary Adoption Registry. It includes a request form. Sent to Idaho Vital Records.
Who can use this form
- Adoptee born in Idaho who has an Idaho court order directing release
- Registrants matched through the Voluntary Adoption Registry
What to send with it
- Certified Idaho court order directing release
- Signed certificate request form (included in the packet)
- Payment
- Copy of the signer's ID
Where to send it
- Mail to
- IDAHO VITAL RECORDS ATTN: LEGAL AMENDMENTS PO BOX 83720 BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0036
- State fee
- $16.00 search of the sealed file, even if nothing is found; $16.00 per copy released
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- Revised 11/2023
- Source
- Official government page