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Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar.
Sec. 18.50.010. Bureau of Vital Statistics. - There is established within the department a section to be...
Sec. 18.50.020. Department to adopt regulations. - The department may, in compliance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure...
Sec. 18.50.030. Appointment of state registrar of vital statistics. - The commissioner shall select the state registrar of vital statistics...
Sec. 18.50.040. Duties of state registrar. - The state registrar shall (1) administer and enforce this chapter...
Sec. 18.50.050. Delegation of duties. - The state registrar may delegate the functions and duties vested...
Sec. 18.50.060. Seal. - The state registrar shall have a seal, which shall bear...
Sec. 18.50.070. Registration districts. - The state registrar shall establish registration districts throughout the state....
Article 2. Local Registrars.
Sec. 18.50.080. Appointment of local registrars. - (a) Where feasible, the state registrar shall use the services...
Sec. 18.50.090. Duties of local registrars. - Within the local registration district, the local registrar shall (1)...
Sec. 18.50.100. Keeping of permanent records. - The state registrar may, where feasible, require permanent local records...
Sec. 18.50.110. Duties of deputy local registrar. - In accordance with regulations adopted under this chapter, the deputy...
Sec. 18.50.120. Compensation of local registrars. - When a local recording official receiving a salary or other...
Sec. 18.50.130. Subregistrars. - (a) In registration districts containing scattered villages, the local registrar...
Sec. 18.50.140. Payment of fees to local registrars and others. - The state registrar shall certify monthly, or at least quarterly,...
Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates.
Sec. 18.50.150. Form of certificate. - The form of certificates, reports, and other returns required by...
Sec. 18.50.160. Birth registration. - (a) A certificate of birth for each live birth that...
Sec. 18.50.162. Notification about hearing screening. - When the bureau receives a certificate of live birth under...
Sec. 18.50.165. Acknowledgement of paternity; forms. - (a) The state registrar shall prepare a form for use...
Sec. 18.50.170. Foundling registration. - (a) The person who assumes the custody of a living...
Sec. 18.50.180. Delayed registration of birth. - (a) When the birth of a person born in the...
Sec. 18.50.190. Delayed registration of death or marriage. - When a death or marriage occurring in the state has...
Sec. 18.50.200. Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth. - (a) If a delayed certificate of birth is not accepted...
Sec. 18.50.210. Court reports of adoption. - (a) For each adoption decreed by a court in the...
Sec. 18.50.211. Certificate of birth for foreign-born adopted person. - (a) The state registrar shall issue a certificate of birth...
Sec. 18.50.220. New certificate of birth. - (a) The state registrar shall establish a new certificate of...
Sec. 18.50.225. Birth certificates suitable for display. - (a) In addition to another birth certificate issued under this...
Sec. 18.50.230. Death registration; disclosure for child support purposes. - (a) A death certificate for each death that occurs in...
Sec. 18.50.235. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. - (a) After a stillbirth occurs in the state, the person...
Sec. 18.50.240. Fetal death registration. - (a) A fetal death certificate for each fetal death that...
Sec. 18.50.245. Report of induced termination of pregnancy. - (a) A hospital, clinic, or other institution where an induced...
Sec. 18.50.250. Permits. - (a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, the...
Sec. 18.50.260. Extension of time. - (a) By regulation and upon the conditions it prescribes to...
Sec. 18.50.270. Marriage registration. - (a) A certificate of marriage for each marriage performed in...
Sec. 18.50.272. Heirloom certificates of marriage suitable for display. - (a) In addition to a certificate of marriage issued under...
Sec. 18.50.280. Court reports of divorce, dissolution, and annulment. - (a) For each dissolution, divorce, and annulment of marriage granted...
Article 4. Records.
Sec. 18.50.290. Corrections and amendments. - (a) A certificate or record registered by the bureau may...
Sec. 18.50.300. Reproduction of records. - To preserve original documents the state registrar may prepare typewritten,...
Sec. 18.50.310. Disclosure of records. - (a) To protect the integrity of vital statistics records, to...
Sec. 18.50.315. Records of missing children. - (a) Upon receiving notification by the Department of Public Safety...
Sec. 18.50.320. Copies of data from vital records. - Except as otherwise provided and in accordance with the regulations...
Sec. 18.50.330. Fees for services. - (a) The state registrar shall prescribe the fees to be...
Sec. 18.50.340. Persons required to keep records. - (a) A person in charge of an institution shall keep...
Sec. 18.50.350. Duty to furnish information. - A person having knowledge of the facts shall furnish the...
Article 5. Access to Adoption Information.
Sec. 18.50.500. Identity of biological parents. - (a) After receiving a request by an adopted person 18...
Sec. 18.50.510. Descriptive information regarding biological parents. - (a) The state registrar shall, at the request of an...
Article 6. General Provisions.
Sec. 18.50.900. Prohibited acts and penalties. - (a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon...
Sec. 18.50.950. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “adoptive parent” means a person who...
Sec. 18.50.990. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Vital Statistics Act.