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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will prepare and issue the child’s new birth certificate.  

Vital Records, Birth Unit 
4300 Cherry Creek Drive 
South Denver, Colorado 80246-1530 
(303) 692-2200 
Link to Website: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/vitalrecords 

Steps to a new birth certificate

Step 1 

Complete a Report of Adoption Form found on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment website or by clicking on this link: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/adoption-information A report of Adoption must be completed for each child that has been adopted. Fill it out very carefully! This form will be used to create the new birth certificate. A form with cross outs and white out over mistakes will not be accepted. 

Step 2 

Submit the original Report of Adoption Form and 2 additional copies to the court on the date of the adoption hearing. The court will certify the Report of Adoption and send it along with a certified copy of the Final Decree to the Colorado Vital Records Division. 

Step 3 

Vital Records Division will process a new birth certificate. The Vital Records Division will contact you within 4-6 weeks of the hearing and ask the adoptive parents to:

• Complete a Vital Records application
• Provide photo identification of the adopting parents
• Pay a processing and a birth certificate fee

Yes. Persons petitioning the court to adopt a child, and all adults residing in the home, must complete three background checks: 

1. Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) background check
2. FBI Fingerprint Identification
3. Child Abuse and Neglect Records Check (CDHS TRAILS)  

Background checks must be conducted within 90 days prior to filing. Petitioner should attach copies of all three background checks to the petition.