2000 Minnesota Statutes

     144.1761 Access to adoption records. 

    Subdivision 1.    Request.  (a) Whenever an adopted 
 person requests the state registrar to disclose the information 
 on the adopted person's original birth certificate, the state 
 registrar shall act in accordance with the provisions of section 
 259.89. 

    (b) The state registrar shall provide a copy of an adopted 
 person's original birth certificate to an authorized 
 representative of a federally recognized American Indian tribe 
 for the sole purpose of determining the adopted person's 
 eligibility for enrollment or membership.  Information contained 
 on the birth certificate may not be used to provide the adopted 
 person information about the person's birth parents except as 
 provided in this section or section 259.83. 

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1982 c 584 s 6 

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1982 c 584 s 6 

    Subd. 4. Repealed, 1982 c 584 s 6 

    Subd. 5. Repealed, 1982 c 584 s 6 

    HIST: 1977 c 181 s 3; 1982 c 584 s 1; 1994 c 631 s 31; 1999 c 
 245 art 8 s 1