State Statutes and Codes Online

• Under each state listing below, users will find the following information: First, we supply a link to the state's legislature homepage. Next, we provide the section of the code or statute which concerns adoption law and a link directly to the code or statutes if they are available online. In parenthesis we provide the year that the statutes were updated to or through. Finally, we provide contact information for state's statutes not available online.

  Summaries of State adoption laws can also be found online.

  Alabama

  http://www.legislature.state.al.us/
  Code of Alabama 1975, 26-10A-1 to 26-10A-38.
  http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm

  Alaska

  http://www.legis.state.ak.us/
  Alaska Statutes (1998), Sections 18.50.500 to 18.50.510 and 25.23.010 to 25.23.240.
  http://www.legis.state.ak.us/folhome.htm

  Arizona

  http://www.azleg.state.az.us/
  Arizona Revised Statutes, Ttile 8, Chapter 1, Article 1, Sections 8-101 through 8-173.
  http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp?Title=8

  Arkansas

  http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/
  Arkansas Code Title 9 Family Law, Subtitle 2 Domestic Relations, Chapter 9 Adoption
  Click to See Code

  California

  http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
  California General Laws, under the Family Law Code Sections 8500 to 8700 and 9200-9206. See also 8700 to 8720 for information specific to agency adoptions; 8800 to 8823 for independent adoptions; 8900 to 8919 for intercountry adoptions; and 9000 to 9007 for stepparent adoptions.

  1. SECTION 8700-8720
  2. SECTION 8800-8823
  3. SECTION 8900-8919
  4. SECTION 8500-8548
  5. SECTION 8600-8622
  6. SECTION 9200-9206
  7. SECTION 8623-8638
  8. SECTION 9000-9007
  9. SECTION 9320-9328
  10. SECTION 7660-7670
  11. SECTION 9100-9102
  12. SECTION 9210-9212
  13. SECTION 8730-8736
  14. SECTION 7840-7841
  15. SECTION 9300-9307
  16. SECTION 7890-7895
  17. SECTION 7820-7829
  18. SECTION 9340
  19. SECTION 7880-7884
  20. SECTION 7630-7644

  Colorado

  http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/stateleg.html
  Colorado Revised Statutes (1999), Sections 19-5-201 to 19-5-304; 19-5-106, and Section 25-5-113.5.
  Click to see statutes

  Connecticut

  http://www.cga.state.ct.us/default.htm
  General Statutes of Connecticut (1997), Sections 45a-707 to 45a-779.
  http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/statutes/index.htm

  Delaware

  http://www.state.de.us/delegis.htm
  Delaware Code, Chapter 13, Section 901 to 1114.
  http://www.state.de.us/delegis.htm

  District of Columbia

  http://www.washingtondc.gov/ccouncil/exlinks/cclegislation.htm
  District of Columbia Code (1998), Title 16 Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters, Chapter 3, Section 16.301 to 16.315 and 16.311.
  http://www.lexislawpublishing.com/resources
  Scroll down the page under "State Codes & Statutes" for District of Columbia.

  Florida

  http://www.leg.state.fl.us/
  Florida Statutes (2003), Title 6 Chapter 63.
  Click to view statutes

  Georgia

  http://www.ganet.org/services/leg
  Georgia Code, Section 19-8-1 to 19-8-26.
  http://www.ganet.org/services/ocode/ocgsearch.htm

  Guam

  http://www.justice.gov.gu/
  Guam Code, Title 19, Sections 4202-4222.

  Hawaii

  http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/
  Hawaii Revised Statutes, Sections 578-1 to 578-17.
  http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/docs.asp?press1=docs

  Idaho

  http://www.state.id.us/legislat
  Idaho Statutes, Sections 16-1501 to 16-1513 and 39-258 to 39-259A .
  http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/idstTOC.html

  Illinois

  http://www.legis.state.il.us/
  Illinois Compiled Statutes (1998), Sections 750-50-.01 to 750-5-24
  http://www.legis.state.il.us/ilcs/chapterlist.html

  Indiana

  http://www.state.in.us/legislative
  Indiana Code (1998), Sections 31-19-1-1 to 31-19-25-14.
  http://www.state.in.us/legislative/ic/code/

  Iowa

  http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/
  Code of Iowa, Sections 600.1 to 600.24.
  http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/Code.html

  Kansas

  http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/main.html
  Kansas Statutes (1998), Sections 38-1101 to 38-1131, 59-2111 to 59-2143, and 65-2401 to 65-2438.
  http://www.ink.org/public/statutes/statutes.html

  Kentucky

  http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/krs/titles.htm
  Kentucky Revised Statutes (1998), Sections 199.470 to 199.590
  http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/krs/titles.htm
  NOTE: In order to view the Code, users will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software. If you do not have this software, you may follow the link that the top of the Kentucky Revised Statutes homepage to download a free copy.

  Louisiana

  http://www.legis.state.la.us/
  Louisiana Revised Statues, Sections 9:400, Ch.C. Title XII, and 40:74 to 40:79.
  Statutes not available online; please contact the Law Library at (504) 568-5701.

  Maine

  http://janus.state.me.us/legis/
  Maine Revised Statutes (1998), Title 19, Sections 1101 to 1144, Title 22, Sections 2706-A to 2766, 4171 to 4176, and 8201 to 8204.
  http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/

  Maryland

  http://mlis.state.md.us/
  Maryland Statutes (1999) Under Family Law, Sections 5-301 to 5-330 and 5-4A-01 to 5-4A-07.
  http://mlis.state.md.us/cgi-win/web_statutes.exe

  Massachusetts

  http://www.state.ma.us/legis/
  Massachusetts General Laws (1998), Chapter 210, Sections 1 to 11A.
  http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/index.htm

  Michigan

  http://www.michiganlegislature.org/
  Michigan Compiled Laws (1999), Sections 710.21 to 710.68b.
  http://www.michiganlegislature.org/law

  Minnesota

  http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
  Minnesota Statutes (1998), Sections 259.10 to 259.49 and 259.89.
  http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/statutes.htm

  Mississippi

  http://www.ls.state.ms.us/
  Mississippi Code of 1972 (1998), Sections 93-17-1 to 93-17-223.
  http://www.mscode.com/

  Missouri

  http://www.moga.state.mo.us/
  Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 453, Sections 453.005 to 453.503.
  http://www.moga.state.mo.us/homestat.htm

  Montana

  http://www.state.mt.us/leg/branch/branch.htm
  Montana Code Annotated 1997, Sections 42-2-101 to 42-2-503 and 42-6-103 to 42-6-109.
  http://www.state.mt.us/leg/branch/services/legal/laws.htm

  Nebraska

  http://statutes.unicam.state.ne.us/
  Nebraska Revised Statutes, Sections 43-101 to 43-160.
  http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/statutes.htm

  Nevada

  http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
  Nevada Revised Statutes (1998), Sections 43-101 to 43-160.
  http://www.leg.state.nv.us/law1.htm

  New Hampshire

  http://www.state.nh.us/gencourt/gencourt.htm
  New Hampshire Revised Statutes (1998), Sections 170-B:1 to 170-B:26.
  http://199.92.250.14/rsa/

  New Jersey

  http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
  New Jersey Revised Statutes (1999), Sections 9:3-38 to 9:3-54.
  http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/

  New Mexico

  http://legis.state.nm.us/
  New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978 Compilation (1999), Sections 32A-5-1 to 32A-5-45.
  http://www.lexislawpublishing.com/resources/

  New York

  http://assembly.state.ny.us/
  New York State Consolidated Laws, Domestic Relations Chapter 14, Article 7, Title 1-4; Social Services Chapter 55, Article 6, Title 1, Sections 372-374a; Public Health Chapter 45, Article 41, Title 3, Section 4138.
  http://assembly.state.ny.us/ALIS

  North Carolina

  http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
  North Carolina General Statutes (1997), Sections 48-1 to 48-38.
  http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/statutes/toc-1.html

  North Dakota

  http://www.state.nd.us/lr/
  North Dakota Century Code (1999), Sections 14-15-01 to 14-15-23.
  http://www.state.nd.us/lr/centurycode.html

  Northern Mariana Islands

  http://www.cnmilaw.org/
  Northern Mariana Commonwealth Code Title 8, Sections 1401-1420.
  http://www.cnmilaw.org/

  Ohio

  http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/
  Ohio Revised Code (1999), Sections 3107.01 to 3107.46.
  http://orc.avv.com/

  Oklahoma

  http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/
  Oklahoma Statutes Annotated (1998), Title 10, Sections 55 to 60.23, and Section 7508-1.2-1.3.
  http://www.onenet.net/oklegal/statutes.basic.html

  Oregon

  http://landru.leg.state.or.us/
  Oregon Revised Statutes (1997), Sections 109.305 to 109.500 and 432.405 to 432.430.
  http://landru.leg.state.or.us/ors

  Pennsylvania

  http://www.legis.state.pa.us/
  Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 23, Sections 2101 to 2910 and Title 55, Sections 33501.1 to 3350.14.
  http://members.aol.com/StatutesPA/

  Puerto Rico

  Puerto Rico Laws, Title 31, Sections 531-539, as amended 1995 Puerto Rico laws Act 8 (H.B. 1607) and Puerto Rico Laws, Title 32, Sections 2691-2699, as amended 1995 Puerto Rico Laws Act 9 (S.B. 899)

  Rhode Island

  http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/gen_assembly/genmenu.html
  General Laws of Rhode Island, Sections 15-7-2 to 15-7-22, and 15-7.2-1 to 15-7.2-15.
  http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/Statutes.html

  South Carolina

  http://www.scstatehouse.net/
  Code of Laws of South Carolina (1998), Sections 20-7-1650 to 20-7-1895.
  http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/statmast.htm

  South Dakota

  http://www.state.sd.us/state/legis/lrc.htm
  South Dakota Codified Laws, Sections 32:27 and 25-6-1 to 25-6-18.
  http://www.state.sd.us/state/legis/lrc/statutes/lrcmenu.htm

  Tennessee

  http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/
  Tennessee Code (1998), Sections 36-1-102 to 36-1-206.
  http://www.lexislawpublishing.com/resources/

  Texas

  http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/
  Texas Statutes (1997), Sections 162.001 to 162.025; Sections 15.01 to 15.07; Sections 11.03 to 11.04 and Sections 162.401 to 162.416.
  http://capitol.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.html

  Utah

  http://www.le.state.ut.us/
  Utah Code Annotated, Sections 78-30-1 to 78-30-9; Sections 78-30-17 to 78-30-18 and 78-30-16.3.
  http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/code.htm

  Vermont

  http://www.leg.state.vt.us/
  Vermont Statutes (1999), Title 15, Sections 431 to 464; Sections 6-102 to 6-112.
  http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/statutes.htm

  Virginia

  http://legis.state.va.us/
  Code of Virginia (1999), Sections 63.1-220 to 63.1-238.5
  http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/codhome.htm

  Virgin Islands

  Virgin Islands Code, Title 16, Sections 141-144.

  Washington

  http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/default.htm
  Revised Code of Washington, Sections 26.33.020 to 26.33.410.
  http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/rcw.htm

  West Virginia

  http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
  West Virginia Code (1999), Sections 48-4A-1 to 48-4A-8 and 48-4-1 to 48-4-15.
  http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Code/toc1.html

  Wisconsin

  http://www.legis.state.wi.us/
  Wisconsin Statutes (1998), Sections 48.42 to 48.975
  http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/stats.html

  Wyoming

  http://legisweb.state.wy.us/
  Wyoming Statutes (1999), Sections 1-22-101 to 1-22-203.
  http://legisweb.state.wy.us/titles/statutes.htm

For more information, contact the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse at naic@calib.com.