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Alaska Statutes.
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations
Chapter 23. Adoption
Section 185. Records and Information.
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AS 25.23.185. Records and Information.

(a) At the time a petition for adoption is filed with the court, the agency or individual placing the person for adoption, or the petitioner, shall file with the court, for release to the state registrar of vital statistics, the following information, or an explanation of its unavailability, on forms provided by the department:

(1) the address of each parent named on the original birth certificate; and

(2) background information required under AS 18.50.510 .

(b) Upon entry of a decree of adoption, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the Bureau of Vital Statistics the information provided under (a) of this section. The bureau shall attach the information to the original birth certificate of the adopted person.

(c) A child adoption agency licensed under AS 47.35 shall maintain records of the information required to be furnished to the court under this section or under regulations of the commissioner implementing this section. If a child adoption agency ceases to place persons for adoption, it shall transfer its records to the commissioner.


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