Alaska Statutes.
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations
Chapter 23. Adoption
Section 170. Applications For Birth Certificates.
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AS 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.

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