KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After celebrating a major victory in 2016, thousands of people adopted in Missouri are facing a new roadblock in their quest to see their original birth certificate in hopes ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Jan. 1, 2018, a new law takes effect in Missouri that will allow people who were adopted in Missouri to get a copy of their original birth certificate. Those original birth ...

“I could have this and I wouldn’t have known that had I not had my birth certificate,” she told The Associated Press. Missouri is one of more than 31 states that restrict adoptees’ access ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says the state no longer will make children in foster care pay a $15 fee to get copies of their birth certificates. Greitens in a Friday statement ...

Fifteen Republican members of the Missouri General Assembly have signed ... shall request an official copy of the candidate’s birth certificate. Other certifications, such as a certificate ...

Unlike Missouri, Kansas has no restrictions on ... “What people I don’t think realize is, the birth certificate is really part of my identity. It’s not just a piece of paper,” said Don ...

Sen. Mike Cierpiot, R-Lee's Summit, has a bill to bar transgender Missourians from changing the sex on their birth certificates, (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Photo Credit: Annelise ...

A birth certificate will be needed in most cases to apply for a state ID. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, and Bureau of Vital Records can provide one fee-exempt copy of a ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri residents who were adopted now have access to their original birth certificates. The Southeast Missourian reports that access to the birth certificates began ...