Minnesota Birth Certificate After Adoption Request
Official state formAdoptionFree downloadLast verified November 12, 2026
Request for a birth certificate of an adopted person after the birth record was replaced to show the adoption. Mail it, signed before a notary, to the Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Vital Records.
Who can use this form
- A parent of the subject.
- The subject of the record, the adopted person.
- A local, state, tribal or federal government agency.
- An attorney for the subject, or another person listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.225, paragraph (a), clause (1).
- Not available through county vital records offices.
What to send with it
- The completed form, signed in front of a notary public.
- A copy of the employee ID if you act for a government agency.
- The attorney license number, or a copy of the license for a non-Minnesota attorney.
- Payment, not cash.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Minnesota Department of Health Office of Vital Records Mail: PO Box 64499, St. Paul, MN 55164-0499 Courier/express delivery: 625 Robert St. N, St. Paul, MN 55155 (no vital-records counter service at this location) Fax: 866-416-1357 (credit card payments only)
- State fee
- $40 to register the replacement birth record, plus $26 for the first birth certificate with the post-adoption information. Extra copies are $19 each. Faster processing is $20 and express delivery is $21. As printed on the form.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- 01/2024
- Source
- Official government page