North Carolina

Vital Records and Other Help

State Reunion Registry: 
No Intermediary System: No Central Information Agency: State Capitol, 
Raleigh, NC 27611, 
919-829-1110

State Adoption Department: 
Dept of Human Resources, 
Adoption Department, 
Division of Social Services,
 325 North Salisbury,
 Raleigh, NC 27603, 
919-733-3055

Adoption Records: Closed. Year Closed: 1938 
Degree of Availability: Court records are closed upon being finalized and a Court Order is required to release any information from them.
 All agencies will release non-identifying information to an adult adoptee. 
Birth parents are not entitled to any non-identifying information. 
Age of Majority: 18 years old however, must be 21 to receive non-identifying information

Department of Motor Vehicles: 
Must be 16 years old to get a driver's license. 
Transcripts are $5.00. You must have the driver's full name and driver's license #. 
Payment must be in the form of a money order or cashier's check made out to the
 "North Carolina Department of Transportation". 
Mail request to: Department of Transportation, 
Division of Motor Vehicles, 
Motor Vehicle Building, 1100 New Bern Avenue,
 Raleigh, NC 27697, 
919-733-4241

Physician Licensing Board: 
North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners,
 1313 Navajo Drive, 
Raleigh, NC 27609, 
(919) 876-4720

Attorney Licensing Board: 
North Carolina State Bar, 
208 Fayetteville St. Mall,
P.O. Box 25850,
Raleigh, NC 27611,
 (919) 828-4720

Vital Statistics Agency:
 Department of Human Resources, 
Division of Health Services - Vital Records Section, 
P O Box 29537, 225 N. McDowell Street, 
Raleigh, NC 27626-0537, 
(919) 733-3526

Birth, Cost: $10.00, Availability: Kept since 1913; public Information

Marriage & Divorce Cost: $10.00, Availability: Public Information

Death, Cost: $10.00, Availability: Kept since 1913; Public Information

Duke University Libraries

Bits & Pieces, A Charity
Not only does she have a registry for NC, but SC/GA/MD/VA & DC as well. She also does free DOB searches for her registrants if they have enough info to run.

North Carolina center for the Advancement of Adoption Education

Birth Certificate Fees

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