Idaho Adoption Filing Packet
Official state formAdoptionFree downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Instructions and Legal Action form to file an adoption with Idaho Vital Records and order the new birth certificate. It also covers a Certificate of Foreign Birth for a foreign-born child adopted in an Idaho court.
Who can use this form
- Adoptive parent or parents, or the person who signs the written request
What to send with it
- Signed written request with ID
- Idaho Court Certification of Adoption certified by the county clerk (the office mails the form on request), or another state's certified adoption report or certificate
- Child's name per the adoption order, date and place of birth, and parents' names after adoption
- $20.00 legal amendment fee
Where to send it
- Mail to
- VITAL RECORDS P.O. BOX 83720 BOISE, ID 83720-0036
- State fee
- $20.00 legal amendment fee; $16.00 per certified copy
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- Revised 01/2026
- Source
- Official government page