States: DC

District of Columbia

Bastard Nation is a proud core member of the Capitol Coalition for Adoptee Rights

Sealed: 1937

Access Status: Sealed

Those adopted before September 1, 1937, should be able to access OBCs and court records
Those adopted after September 1, 1937, can only access through a court order

WDC recently modified its vital records law and now birth records (of the non-adopted) are not public for 125 years (up from 100) and death records 75 years (up from 50). We will be following up on this.

Through a special arrangement with the Adoptee Rights Law Center, Bastard Nation is linking our individual state pages to ARLC state access law links and summaries. In addition. our state pages include information specific to Bastard Nation actions and activities in each state.ead about current OBC access.

Read about current OBC access legislation with links to current and past years bills at our”Keep Informed” legislative pages (middle sidebar.)

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