R21-9-229. Closure of Adoption Agency: Record Requirements

A. An adoption agency shall not destroy any files, records, reports, and other papers not filed in or in the possession of the court for 99 years; B. If an adoption agency ceases operations, the adoption agency shall do all of the following: 1. Transfer the documents described in subsection (A) of this section to the Department or to another adoption agency in this state if the documents concern a matter that is closed; 2. Transfer the documents described in subsection (A) of this section to another adoption agency in this state if the documents concern a matter that is open; 3. Notify the Department of the transfer of any documents to another adoption agency in this state; and 4. Notify all adoptive parents whose files the adoption agency is transferring to the Department or another adoption agency in this state of the transfer.