Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.170 (2026)
Applications for birth certificates
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Sec. 25.23.170. Applications for birth certificates.
Within 30 days after an adoption decree becomes final, the clerk of the court shall, if requested by the adoptive parents, prepare an application for a birth certificate in the name of the adopted person. Upon issuing a decree terminating parental rights on grounds set out in AS 25.23.180(c)(2) the court may order the preparation of an application for a birth certificate in the name of the child without reference to the parent whose parental rights have been terminated. The clerk of the court shall forward the application
(1) for a person born in the United States, to the appropriate vital statistics office of the place, if known, where the adopted person was born and a copy of the decree to the department for statistical purposes; and
(2) for a person born outside the United States to the state registrar of vital statistics.
Within 30 days after an adoption decree becomes final, the clerk of the court shall, if requested by the adoptive parents, prepare an application for a birth certificate in the name of the adopted person. Upon issuing a decree terminating parental rights on grounds set out in AS 25.23.180(c)(2) the court may order the preparation of an application for a birth certificate in the name of the child without reference to the parent whose parental rights have been terminated. The clerk of the court shall forward the application
(1) for a person born in the United States, to the appropriate vital statistics office of the place, if known, where the adopted person was born and a copy of the decree to the department for statistical purposes; and
(2) for a person born outside the United States to the state registrar of vital statistics.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1988–1991 · leading case: Native Vill. of Venetie I.R.A. Council v. Alaska, 687 F. Supp. 1380 (D. Alaska 1988).
Native Vill. of Venetie I.R.A. Council v. Alaska, 687 F. Supp. 1380 (D. Alaska 1988). “In the case at bar, the State of Alaska has refused to issue birth certificates in the names of the adoptive parents, as it does for children adopted in Alaska courts pursuant to AS 25.23.170. Plaintiffs claim that this amounts to an unlawful refusal to give full faith and…”
Matter of K.L.J., 813 P.2d 276 (Alaska 1991). “For example, the clerk of the court issues the new birth certificate in the name of the adopted person, AS 25.23.170, the court ensures the legislatively mandated confidentiality of the proceedings, AS 25.”
Matter of KLJ, 813 P.2d 276 (Alaska 1991). “For example, the clerk of the court issues the new birth certificate in the name of the adopted person, AS 25.23.170, the court ensures the legislatively mandated confidentiality of the proceedings, AS 25.”
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