New Jersey Report of Adoption (REG-44)
Official state formAdoptionForm REG-44Free downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Report of a completed adoption that the State Registrar uses to create a new birth certificate. The form says the adoptive parents' attorney or the adoption agency completes it and the Surrogate of the Court signs the certification. It is mailed to the Record Modification Unit in Trenton.
Who can use this form
- Completed by the attorney who represents the adoptive parent or parents, or by the adoption agency that has custody of the child
- The certification section is signed by the Surrogate of the Court and carries the seal of the court
- Adoptive parents do not complete this form themselves
What to send with it
- The completed REG-44 with the court's certification
- An original certified copy of the adoption decree
- The $2 fee, plus the fee for any certified copies you order. Do not send cash
Where to send it
- Mail to
- New Jersey Department of Health Vital Statistics - Record Modification Unit P. O. Box 370 Trenton, NJ 08625-0370
- State fee
- $2.00 for creating the new birth certificate. A certified copy is $25.00, and $2.00 for each additional copy.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- FEB 19
- Source
- Official government page