Ohio § 3705.123 Records for adoptions decreed before 1/1/1964

Ohio Statutes

§ 3705.123 — Records for adoptions decreed before 1/1/1964

Ohio § 3705.123

Title 37Health-Safety-Morals

Ch. 3705Vital Statistics

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3705.123 (2026).

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No original birth record of any person whose  birth occurred in this state and whose adoption was decreed before  January 1, 1964, no birth record in the adopted name of any person  whose birth occurred in this state and whose adoption was decreed  before January 1, 1964, and no papers or documents that pertain to  either such type of birth record or to the adoption of any such  person shall be sealed on or after March 19, 1985. The department  of health shall maintain in an adoption file all such records,  papers, and documents that are in the possession of the department  and were sealed pursuant to division (C) or (D) of section3705.12of the Revised Code as it existed before March 19, 1985, or that  were mistakenly or otherwise sealed. The contents of the adoption  file are not a public

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No original birth record of any person whose birth occurred in this state and whose adoption was decreed before January 1, 1964, no birth record in the adopted name of any person whose birth occurred in this state and whose adoption was decreed before January 1, 1964, and no papers or documents that pertain to either such type of birth record or to the adoption of any such person shall be sealed on or after March 19, 1985. The department of health shall maintain in an adoption file all such records, papers, and documents that are in the possession of the department and were sealed pursuant to division (C) or (D) of section3705.12of the Revised Code as it existed before March 19, 1985, or that were mistakenly or otherwise sealed. The contents of the adoption file are not a public record and shall be made available only in accordance with section3705.126of the Revised Code.