Ohio Code § 3705.123
Ohio Code § 3705.123. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 3705.123.
No original birth record of any person whose birth occurred in this state and whose
adoption was decreed before January 1, 1964, no birth record in the adopted name of
any person whose birth occurred in this state and whose adoption was decreed before
January 1, 1964, and no papers or documents that pertain to either such type of birth
record or to the adoption of any such person shall be sealed on or after March 19,
1985. The department of health shall maintain in an adoption file all such records, papers,
and documents that are in the possession of the department and were sealed pursuant
to division (C) or (D) of section 3705.12 of the Revised Code as it existed before
March 19, 1985, or that were mistakenly or otherwise sealed. The contents of the adoption file are not a public record and shall be made available
only in accordance with section 3705.126 of the Revised Code .
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 3705.123
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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