{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-25.23.170","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 25.23.170","heading":"Applications for birth certificates.","body":"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\n(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\n(2) for a person born outside the United States to the state registrar of vital statistics.","path":["Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations.","Chapter 23. Adoption."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#25.23.170","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:56Z","sha256":"3d46a2c9114979c9a28f50e0177ea2910761725fe563d1abc9733e7b3fbc933d","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-25.23.160","next":"us-ak/as-25.23.173"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}