A Summary of State Laws on Access to Identifying Information I. States with Passive Registries II. States with Search and Consent Procedures III. States with Notice and Consent Procedures IV. States with Birth Parent Registries V. States Allowing Release by Court Order Only VI. States Permitting Access to Original Birth Certificate Several other Web sources maintain updates on open records legislation. Bastard Nation http://www.primenet.com/~patdenn/openbill.html American Adoption Congress National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://www.visualimage.com/cyn/Adoption.HTML#sb291 AIML http://www.infi.net/adopt/i8stlaw.html POLICY AND PRACTICE putative father registries | open records and voluntary ragistries | state registries

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