Minnesota Fathers' Adoption Registry Search Request
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Request to search the Minnesota Fathers' Adoption Registry for a putative father. Only the people listed on the form may ask. Mail it to the Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Vital Records.
Who can use this form
- The birth mother, the legal father, or a putative father registered in the registry.
- A person supervising the adoptive placement, or a social services petitioner in a juvenile protection matter.
- An attorney for the birth mother, putative father, legal father or prospective adoptive parents.
- A county agency representative or a child support representative, as listed on the form.
What to send with it
- The completed form, signed by the requester.
- For attorneys, the attorney affidavit and 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
- $25 when requested by the birth mother, adoption agency, social services representative, attorney or county agency. $0 for a child support agency representative. Faster processing is $20 and express delivery is $21. As printed on the form.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- 03/2025
- Source
- Official government page