Alaska · Certified copy
Alaska Birth Certificate: Order a Certified Copy Online
We prepare your application and file it with the Alaska Health Analytics & Vital Records Section, Department of Health. The office mails the certified copy to you.
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Alaska at a glance
- Issuing office
- Alaska Health Analytics & Vital Records Section, Department of Health
- Who can order
- 6 relationships · see the list
- Standard processing
- 30–40 Business Days
- What you need
- Photo ID, names, date and place of birth, parents' names
- Expedited processing
- 20–30 Business Days
- Proof of relationship
- Required for some relationships
A certified copy is the document most agencies accept for a passport, a driver's license, school enrollment or benefits. Alaska issues it for births recorded in the state.
Alaska birth certificate: consent letters and the Anchorage and Juneau offices
Alaska issues a birth certificate to a parent named on the current record, the person named once fourteen, a legal guardian, an attorney or agency with supporting documents, and anyone holding a notarized consent letter from the person named or their guardian. The state offices in Juneau and Anchorage serve walk-in customers for births anywhere in Alaska.
Parents, the person named, and everyone else by consent
Alaska's request form keeps the list short. A parent named on the current certificate can order, and so can the person named once fourteen or older, who may show a current school ID. A legal guardian sends certified guardianship papers, and attorneys and government agencies send a letter on letterhead with certified or notarized supporting documents. Everyone else, including grandparents, brothers and sisters and spouses, needs a consent letter from the person named, or from that person's guardian, signed in front of a notary.
Juneau and Anchorage
Health Analytics and Vital Records runs two walk-in offices, on Commercial Boulevard in Juneau and on Old Seward Highway in Anchorage, and both are state offices, so either can issue a certificate for a birth anywhere in Alaska. The Municipality of Anchorage points residents to the state form rather than issuing copies itself. The state's records begin in the 1890s, but many births before 1930 were never registered.
What the form needs, and accepted ID
The request form asks for the full name on the record, the date of birth, the city or village of birth, and Parent A's and Parent B's names before marriage, plus your relationship, purpose and contact details. Requests without a signature and a copy of ID are not processed. Alaska accepts a driver's license or state ID, a passport, a military ID, a tribal or BIA card with a photo, or a school ID, and takes an ID that expired less than a year ago. Faxed legal documents are refused.
Heirloom certificates and public records
Alaska sells an heirloom birth certificate in two artist designs. It is a keepsake rather than a legal document, and only the person named, or a parent for a child, may order it. Birth records become public a hundred years after the birth, and older records can be supplied as a plain public record copy.
Adoptees, paternity and changes
After an adoption the state creates a new certificate, and the original opens only under the adoptee-access statute or by superior court order; adoptees eighteen or older can ask the state registrar for an uncertified copy of their original birth certificate. A father is added by acknowledgment, by affidavits or by a court, and legitimation produces a new certificate. Amendments and court-ordered name changes go to the Special Services Unit with original or certified documents, and births registered twelve or more years late become sworn delayed certificates of birth.
How it works when you order with BirthChek
Our Alaska form covers parents, guardians, attorneys, holders of a power of attorney and people with the registrant's notarized consent. If you are ordering with a consent letter, your order page asks you to upload it before we file. You give both parents' names before marriage and the city or village of birth, upload your ID and sign, and BirthChek files with Alaska Health Analytics and Vital Records.
Facts checked October 24, 2026 against the sources below.
Sources
- Vital records orders — Alaska Department of Health – Health Analytics and Vital Records
- Birth certificate request form — Alaska Department of Health – Health Analytics and Vital Records
- Heirloom birth certificate — Alaska Department of Health – Health Analytics and Vital Records
- Alaska Statutes 18.50: vital statistics act — Alaska State Legislature
- Health Analytics and Vital Records — Alaska Department of Health
- Where to write for vital records: Alaska — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Where to get a Alaska birth certificate: state and local offices
Certified copies for births recorded in Alaska are issued by the Alaska Health Analytics & Vital Records Section, Department of Health.
We take orders for births anywhere in Alaska, including Anchorage.
Who can order a Alaska birth certificate
- You, the person named
- Attorney · proof needed
- Legal Guardian · proof needed
- Parent
- Person with notarized consent of the registrant · proof needed
- My relationship is not listed · proof needed
Relationships marked "proof needed" must send proof of the relationship with the application; we tell you what counts after you order.
If your relationship is not listed, the office may refuse the application or ask for a court order.
Reasons to request a Alaska birth certificate
- Adoption (International)
- Adoption (US Only)
- Driver's License
- Dual Citizenship/Immigration
- Employment
- Genealogy/Family History
- Government Assistance/Benefits
- Housing
- Identification
- Income Tax
- Inheritance/Estate Settlement
- Insurance
- Legal Purposes
- Marriage (International)
- Marriage (US Only)
- Other
- Passport
- Personal Records/Use
- Retirement
- School
- Social Security Card/Benefits
- Sports
- Travel
What you need to order a Alaska birth certificate
- A photo ID: driver's license, state ID, passport or military ID
- Full name on the certificate and date of birth
- City or county of birth
- Both parents' names, including the mother's maiden name
- A debit or credit card
- Proof of your relationship, for the relationships marked above
Prefer to order directly? Find the office in the CDC directory
Ready to order your Alaska birth certificate?
About ten minutes. Have your photo ID nearby.