OREGON Law/Reform

Oregon has a Court Intermediary (CI) Program. For information Write to:

  Oregon Adoption Rights Association, 
P.O.Box 882, 
Portland, OR 97207, 
or call 503-235-3669. 


Adoptees, birth parents or siblings can request a search. 
Oregon CSD 503-378-6242; or 503-945-6643.

Charge for a search through an intermediary who will be using identifying information is $400.00.

The mutual consent registry is for adult adoptees (age 21), birth parent, biological siblings (age 21), and parents of deceased birth parent. Registration is $25. Non-identifying information is available for a fee of $45 to adoptees 18 or older, birth parent, adoptive parents, and in the event of the death of an adoptee, an adoptee's spouse and children if they are 18 or older. For registry information, contact: 


Department of Human Resources, 
Children's Services Division, 
198 Commercial Street, S.E., 
Salem, Oregon 97310-0450. 
503- 378-4452.

Oregon Links

Adoption Laws

Text of Measure 58, Oregon's new Adoption Records Law FAQ on obtaining records under Oregon's new open records law

Oregon passes adoptee open records ballot Measure! Oregon Open '98

Statutes