---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 23.140"
title: "25"
number: "23.140"
heading: "What information must States furnish to the Bureau of Indian Affairs?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/23.140"
---

# §23.140. What information must States furnish to the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

- (a) Any State court entering a final adoption decree or order in any voluntary or involuntary Indian-child adoptive placement must furnish a copy of the decree or order within 30 days to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Chief, Division of Human Services, 1849 C Street NW, Mail Stop 3645 MIB, Washington, DC 20240, along with the following information, in an envelope marked “Confidential”:
  - (1) Birth name and birthdate of the Indian child, and Tribal affiliation and name of the Indian child after adoption;
  - (2) Names and addresses of the biological parents;
  - (3) Names and addresses of the adoptive parents;
  - (4) Name and contact information for any agency having files or information relating to the adoption;
  - (5) Any affidavit signed by the biological parent or parents asking that their identity remain confidential; and
  - (6) Any information relating to Tribal membership or eligibility for Tribal membership of the adopted child.
- (b) If a State agency has been designated as the repository for all State-court adoption information and is fulfilling the duties described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the State courts in that State need not fulfill those same duties.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 2256, Jan. 13, 1994, as amended at 83 FR 55268, Nov. 5, 2018]

### Source

Source: 81 FR 38867, June 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 1901-1952.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 2256, Jan. 13, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 2256, Jan. 13, 1994, as amended at 83 FR 55268, Nov. 5, 2018]