North Carolina adoption records can be accessed by utilizing the information located below. This type of information is regulated by the courts and there is often legal red tape that an adult adoptee may have to work through. Adoption records are often more difficult to obtain because they are sealed by the courts when the adoption takes place and when the child is young. Non-identifying information is available in North Carolina for medical purposes. See below for more details

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North Carolina Adoption Records Information

How to Contact North Carolina's Adoption Offices

North Carolina Children's Services Branch
Div. of Social Services
Office of Vital Records
100 E. 6 Forks Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27609-7750

Phone Number: (919) 733-3801

North Carolina State Division of Social Services
325 N. Salisbury St.
Office of Adoption Services
Raleigh, NC 27603

Adopted adults, 21 or older, adoptive parents of a minor child, and legal guardians may obtain non-identifying information.

Birth parents or birth relatives may submit important medical information that may deal with a health or genetic condition that is transferable and may affect the adopted adult. An appropriate employee will make an effort to contact the adult adoptee or the adoptive parents of a minor child.

An adoptee must petition the court in which the adoption was finalized.

An adoptee must petition the court in which the adoption was finalized to receive an original birth certificates.