Virginia does not provide adult adoptees an unrestricted right to request and obtain their own original birth certificates. Release of an OBC requires either a) a state agency’s decision, upon good cause shown, to release identifying information from the adoption records; or b) a court order upon good cause shown.
New York
Until November 14, 2019, New York was one of the most restrictive states in the country for releasing an OBC. That has now completely changed.