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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.211. Certificate of birth for foreign-born adopted person.

(a) The state registrar shall issue a certificate of birth for a person born outside the United States whose adoptive parents are residents of the state at the time of the adoption, upon request by the adopted person, or by the adopted person's adoptive parent or guardian that the certificate be made, and upon receipt of an adoption report as provided in AS 18.50.210 together with
(1) the information necessary to identify the original certificate of birth; or
(2) if there is no original certificate of birth, the findings of the court under AS 25.23.175, unless the adoption proceeding is commenced before August 31, 1982, in which case an affidavit of an adoptive parent setting out the true or probable date and place of birth and parentage of the adopted person must accompany the adoption report.
(b) [Repealed, § 2 ch 14 SLA 1995.]
(c) A certificate of birth issued under this section shall be in a form prescribed by the state registrar and shall state that it is not evidence of United States citizenship.
(d) Upon proof of naturalization an amended certificate of birth shall be issued under this section that deletes the statement that the certificate is not evidence of United States citizenship.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.220. New certificate of birth.

(a) The state registrar shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in the state, upon proper request that the certificate be made, and upon receipt of
(1) an adoption report as provided in AS 18.50.210, or a certified copy of the decree of adoption from a court of competent jurisdiction in another state, together with the information necessary to identify the original certificate of birth and to establish the new certificate of birth; however, a new certificate of birth may not be established if so requested by the court decreeing the adoption, the adoptive parents, or the adopted person if the adopted person is of legal age; or
(2) the evidence required by law and regulation proving that the person has been legitimated.
(b) When a new certificate of birth is established, the actual place and date of birth shall be shown. The new certificate shall be substituted for the original certificate of birth, and
(1) thereafter, in the case of an adoption, the original certificate and the evidence of adoption are not subject to inspection except as provided in AS 18.50.500 - 18.50.510 or by order of the superior court under AS 25.23.150, but the state registrar shall allow inspection by an agent of the state or federal government acting in the performance of the agent's official duties; in the case of a legitimation, the original certificate and the evidence of legitimation are not subject to inspection except upon order of the superior court or as provided by regulation; however, the regulation shall allow inspection by an agent of the state or federal government acting in the performance of the agent's official duties;
(2) upon receipt of a report that an adoption has been vacated, the original certificate of birth shall be restored to its place in the files and the new certificate and evidence are not subject to inspection except upon order of a superior court.
(c) If no certificate of birth is on file for the person for whom a new certificate is to be established under this section, a delayed certificate of birth shall be filed with the bureau as provided in this chapter before a new certificate of birth may be established.
(d) When a new certificate of birth is established by the state registrar, the state registrar shall direct the disposition of and substitution for all copies of the original certificate of birth in the custody of a local registrar of vital statistics or other local custodian of the records. When an adoption has been vacated, the state registrar shall instruct the local officials as to a necessary action.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.225. Birth certificates suitable for display.

(a) In addition to another birth certificate issued under this chapter, the state registrar shall issue, on request and payment of a fee of $25, a birth certificate representing that the birth of the person named on the certificate is recorded in the office of the registrar. The fee required under this subsection is in addition to a fee required under AS 18.50.330 for a copy of a birth certificate.
(b) The certificate issued under (a) of this section must be in a form consistent with the need to protect the integrity of vital records and must be suitable for display. It may bear the seal of the state and may be signed by the governor.
(c) A certificate issued under (a) of this section has the same status as evidence as an original birth certificate.
(d) The estimated amount by which the fees received under this section exceed the cost of issuing birth certificates under (a) of this section may be appropriated annually by the legislature to the Alaska children's trust grant account (AS 37.14.205).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.230. Death registration; disclosure for child support purposes.

(a) A death certificate for each death that occurs in the state shall be filed with the local registrar of the registration district in which the death occurred within three days after death and before final disposition of the body or removal of the body from the state, except as provided by regulation in special problem cases. For the purpose of this section, if the place of death is unknown, a death certificate shall be filed in the registration district in which the dead body is found. When a death occurs on a moving conveyance a death certificate shall be filed in the registration district in which the dead body is first removed from the conveyance.
(b) The funeral director or person acting as the funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body shall file the death certificate. The funeral director or the person acting as the funeral director shall obtain the personal data from the next of kin or the best qualified person or source available and the medical certification of cause of death from the person responsible for this information.
(c) The medical certification shall be completed and signed within 24 hours after death by the physician, the advanced practice registered nurse, or the physician assistant in charge of the patient's care for the illness or condition that resulted in death except when an official inquiry or inquest is required and except as provided by regulation in special problem cases.
(d) When a death occurs without medical attendance, or when official inquiry is required, the department shall provide by regulation, in accordance with law, the responsibility for completing and signing the medical certification. This subsection is intended to include, among others, cases involving a medical examiner and cases involving presumption of death.
(e) To assist the Alaska Court System to remove the names of deceased persons from jury lists under AS 09.20.050(c), the state registrar of vital statistics shall forward to the administrative director of the Alaska Court System the names of persons for whom certificates of death were issued and reported to the registrar.
(f) A death certificate issued under this section must include the decedent's social security number, if ascertainable. Upon request, the registrar shall provide a decedent's social security number to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010, or the child support agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.235. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.

(a) After a stillbirth occurs in the state, the person required to file a fetal death registration under AS 18.50.240(b) shall advise the mother and, if the father is present, the father
(1) that the parent may request the preparation of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth;
(2) that the parent may obtain a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth by contacting the bureau; and
(3) of the contact information for the bureau.
(b) A parent who requests a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth may provide a name for placement on the certificate. If a name is not provided, the bureau shall cause the certificate to show either “baby boy” or “baby girl,” as appropriate, and the last name of the parent who requested the certificate. The name provided on the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth must be the same name as the name on the fetal death certificate.
(c) A certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth must include the state file number of the corresponding fetal death certificate.
(d) The department shall prescribe the form and content of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to record the birth and specify the information required to prepare the certificate.
(e) A certificate issued under this section is not proof of a live birth, and the certificate must contain the phrase “not proof of live birth.” The bureau may not use a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to calculate live birth statistics.
(f) A parent may request that the bureau issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth regardless of the date on which the certificate of fetal death was issued.
(g) The department may adopt regulations needed to implement this section.
(h) In this section,
(1) “fetal death” has the meaning given in AS 18.50.950;
(2) “stillbirth” means a fetal death that resulted in the issuance of a fetal death certificate under AS 18.50.240.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.240. Fetal death registration.

(a) A fetal death certificate for each fetal death that occurs in the state shall be filed with the local registrar of the registration district in which the delivery occurred within three days after the delivery and before final disposition of the fetus or removal of the fetus from the state, except as provided by regulation in special problem cases. However, the filing of a certificate for a product of a pregnancy of less than 20 weeks may be determined by regulation. For the purposes of this section, if the place of fetal death is unknown, a fetal death certificate shall be filed in the registration district in which the dead fetus is found. When a fetal death occurs on a moving conveyance a fetal death certificate shall be filed in the registration district in which the fetus is first removed from the conveyance.
(b) The funeral director or person acting as the funeral director who first assumes custody of a fetus shall file the fetal death certificate. In the absence of a funeral director or a person acting as a funeral director, the physician or other person in attendance at or after the delivery shall file the certificate of fetal death. The person who files the certificate shall obtain the personal data from the next of kin or the best qualified person or source available and the medical certification of cause of death from the person responsible for this information.
(c) The medical certification shall be completed and signed within 24 hours after delivery by the physician in attendance at or after delivery except when an official inquiry or inquest is required and except as provided by regulation in special problem cases.
(d) When a fetal death occurs without medical attendance upon the mother at or after the delivery, or when official inquiry is required, the department shall provide by regulation, in accordance with law, the responsibility for completing and signing the medical certification.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.250. Permits.

(a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, the funeral director or person acting as the funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus shall obtain a burial-transit permit before final disposition or removal from the state of the body or fetus and within 72 hours after death, except as otherwise authorized by regulation for special problem cases.
(b) The local registrar of the registration district where the death occurred shall issue a burial-transit permit when a certificate of death or fetal death has been filed in accordance with this chapter, except as otherwise authorized by regulation in special problem cases.
(c) A burial-transit permit that accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into the state is authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in the state.
(d) A permit for disinterment and reinterment is required before disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by regulation or otherwise provided by law. Upon proper application the permit shall be issued by the local registrar of vital statistics in accordance with instructions of the state registrar.
(e) The state medical examiner shall obtain the burial-transit permit before a body is transported under AS 12.65.025(a)(2).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.260. Extension of time.

(a) By regulation and upon the conditions it prescribes to assure compliance with the purposes of this chapter, the department may provide for the extension of the periods prescribed in AS 18.50.160 and 18.50.230 - 18.50.250 for the filing of birth certificates, death certificates, fetal death certificates, medical certifications or causes of death, and for the obtaining of permits, in cases in which compliance with the applicable prescribed period would result in undue hardship.
(b) Regulations may provide for the issuance of a burial-transit permit under AS 18.50.250 before the filing of a certificate of death or fetal death upon conditions designed to assure compliance with the purposes of this chapter in a case in which compliance with the requirement that the certificate be filed before the issuance of the permit would result in undue hardship.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.270. Marriage registration.

(a) A certificate of marriage for each marriage performed in the state shall be filed with the local registrar of vital statistics of the registration district in which the marriage was performed within seven days of the marriage.
(b) The official who issues the marriage license shall prepare the certificate of marriage on forms prescribed and furnished by the bureau, as specified elsewhere in the statutes and in regulations adopted under this chapter.
(c) A person who performs a marriage shall complete the forms as specified elsewhere in the statutes or in regulations adopted under this chapter, and shall file the original certificate of marriage with the local registrar.
(d) An official issuing a marriage license shall report to the state registrar before the 11th day of each calendar month, on forms prescribed and furnished by the bureau, the information required concerning each marriage license issued during the preceding month.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.272. Heirloom certificates of marriage suitable for display.

(a) In addition to a certificate of marriage issued under this chapter, the state registrar shall issue, on request and payment of a fee established by regulation, an heirloom certificate of marriage representing the marriage of the persons named on the certificate of marriage that is recorded in the office of the registrar.
(b) The department shall adopt regulations that establish the amount of the fee for each design of an heirloom certificate of marriage. Notwithstanding AS 37.10.050(a), each fee shall be set at an amount that is more than the estimated actual costs to the department, not to exceed the estimated fair market value of a comparable artistic rendition. The fee required under this subsection is in addition to any fee established under AS 18.50.330 for a copy of a certificate of marriage.
(c) The certificate issued under (a) of this section must be in a form consistent with the need to protect the integrity of vital records and must be suitable for display. It may bear the seal of the state and may be signed by the governor.
(d) An heirloom certificate of marriage issued under (a) of this section has the same status as evidence as an original certificate of marriage filed under AS 18.50.270.
(e) The estimated amount by which the fees received under this section exceed the cost of issuing heirloom certificates of marriage under (a) of this section may be appropriated annually by the legislature to the Alaska children's trust grant account (AS 37.14.205).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.280. Court reports of divorce, dissolution, and annulment.

(a) For each dissolution, divorce, and annulment of marriage granted by a court in the state, the clerk of the court shall prepare and file a certificate of dissolution, divorce, or annulment with the bureau, on forms prescribed and furnished by the bureau. The forms must require the reporting of the social security numbers of the petitioner or plaintiff and, if ascertainable, the other party to the dissolution, divorce, or annulment of marriage. The petitioner or plaintiff shall furnish the court with the information necessary to complete the certificate, and the furnishing of this information is prerequisite to the issuance of a decree.
(b) Before the 11th day of each month the clerk of the court shall forward to the bureau the certificate of each dissolution, divorce, and annulment granted during the preceding calendar month and the related reports required by regulation adopted under this chapter.
(c) Upon request, the bureau shall provide a social security number supplied under (a) of this section to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010, or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 4. Records. › Sec. 18.50.290. Corrections and amendments.

(a) A certificate or record registered by the bureau may be amended only in accordance with this chapter and the regulations the department adopts to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital statistics records.
(b) A certificate that is amended under this section shall be marked “amended,” with the date of amendment. A summary description of the evidence submitted in support of the amendment shall be endorsed on or made a part of the record. The department shall prescribe by regulation the conditions under which additions or minor corrections may be made to vital statistics records without the certificate being considered amended.
(c) Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order changing the name of a person born in the state or a person born outside the United States whose adoptive parents are residents of the state at the time of the adoption and upon request of the person or the person's parent, guardian, or legal representative, the state registrar shall amend the certificate of birth to reflect the new name.
(d) When a certificate is corrected or amended under this section, the state registrar shall instruct the local custodian of the copy of the certificate to make the changes in the copy.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 4. Records. › Sec. 18.50.300. Reproduction of records.

To preserve original documents the state registrar may prepare typewritten, photographic, or other reproductions of original records and files in the state registrar's office. When certified by the state registrar, the reproduction shall be accepted as the original record.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 4. Records. › Sec. 18.50.310. Disclosure of records.

(a) To protect the integrity of vital statistics records, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the vital statistics system, it is unlawful for a person to permit inspection of or to disclose information contained in vital statistics records, or to copy or issue a copy of all or part of a record, except as provided by this section or as authorized by regulations issued under this chapter. Regulations issued under this chapter may not authorize inspection, disclosure, or copying of all or part of any report or record received under AS 18.50.245, except that the statistical report prepared under AS 18.50.245(d) may be copied and distributed.
(b) The bureau may permit the use of data contained in vital statistics records, other than reports of induced terminations of pregnancy, for research purposes.
(c) Information in vital statistics records indicating that a birth occurred out of wedlock may not be disclosed except upon order of a superior court or as provided by regulations.
(d) Appeals from decisions of the custodians of local records refusing disclosure under (a) and (b) of this section shall be made to the state registrar, whose decision is binding upon the custodian of local records.
(e) The department may by regulation provide for the release of information, other than information in reports of induced terminations of pregnancy, to authorized representatives of organizations or foundations that counsel the next of kin of victims of sudden infant death syndrome.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 40.25.120, when 100 years have elapsed after the date of a birth, or 50 years have elapsed after the date of a death, marriage, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment, the records of these events in the custody of the state registrar become public records subject to inspection and copying as provided in AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.140.
(g) The principal health officer of a municipality, or a municipal health officer designated by the principal health officer, may inspect vital statistics records pertinent to the functions of the principal health officer. The state registrar may enter into an agreement with a municipality governing the conditions and purposes of those inspections.
(h) Marriage license applications shall be open for public inspection or examination during normal business hours. The bureau may, in response to a request under AS 25.27.300, disclose to the child support services agency whether the bureau has a record indicating that a person has remarried after the date specified by the agency.
(i) In this section, “principal health officer” means the municipal official who is exercising health powers and who is primarily responsible for public health in the municipality.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 4. Records. › Sec. 18.50.315. Records of missing children.

(a) Upon receiving notification by the Department of Public Safety or another law enforcement agency that a child born in this state is missing, the bureau shall flag the birth certificate record of the missing child in a manner that alerts the bureau to the fact that the record is that of a missing child when a copy of that birth certificate or information regarding that birth certificate is requested. Upon notification by the department that the person who was listed as a missing child has been found, the bureau shall remove the flag from the person's birth certificate record.
(b) The bureau may not provide a copy of a birth certificate or information concerning the birth record of a person whose record is flagged under (a) of this section except as provided in this section.
(c) When a copy of a flagged birth certificate is requested, the bureau shall immediately notify the Department of Public Safety. If a flagged record is requested in person, the bureau shall record the name, address, and telephone number of the person making the request. The bureau may only provide a copy of the requested birth certificate by mail.
(d) In this section,
(1) “child” means a person under 18 years of age;
(2) “law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in AS 12.36.090.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 4. Records. › Sec. 18.50.330. Fees for services.

(a) The state registrar shall prescribe the fees to be paid for certified copies of certificates, for issuing marriage licenses, for searches of the files or records, for the filing of delayed or substitute certificates, for making amendments, for supplying documentary evidence for these purposes, and for special services rendered by the bureau.
(b) [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 4. Records. › Sec. 18.50.340. Persons required to keep records.

(a) A person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal particulars and data concerning each person admitted or confined to the institution. This record must include the information required by the certificates of birth, death, and fetal death issued under the provisions of this chapter, and other information required by the bureau. The record shall be made at the time of admission from information provided by the person, but when it cannot be obtained from the person it shall be obtained from relatives or other sources acquainted with the facts. The name and address of the person providing the information must be a part of the record.
(b) When a dead human body or fetus is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record showing the name of the deceased, date of death, name and address of the person to whom the body is released, date of removal from the institution, or if finally disposed of by the institution, the date, place, and manner of disposition.
(c) A funeral director, embalmer, or other person who removes from the place of death or transports or finally disposes of a dead body or fetus, in addition to filing a certificate or form required by this chapter, shall keep a record identifying the body, and the information pertaining to the receipt, removal, and delivery of the body required by the bureau.
(d) Records maintained under this section shall be retained for a period of not less than five years and shall be made available for inspection by the state registrar or a representative of the state registrar upon demand.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 4. Records. › Sec. 18.50.350. Duty to furnish information.

A person having knowledge of the facts shall furnish the information the person possesses regarding a birth, death, fetal death, induced termination of pregnancy, marriage, or divorce, upon demand of the state registrar.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 5. Access to Adoption Information. › Sec. 18.50.500. Identity of biological parents.

(a) After receiving a request by an adopted person 18 years of age or older for the identity of a biological parent of the person, the state registrar shall provide the person with an uncertified copy of the person's original birth certificate and any change in the biological parent's name or address attached to the certificate.
(b) The state registrar may not disclose the name and address of a biological parent, except as required under (a) of this section or by the court under AS 25.23.150.
(c) An adopted person 18 years of age or older, or a biological parent, may submit to the state registrar a notice of change of name or address. The state registrar shall attach the information to the original birth certificate of the adopted person.
(d) The state registrar shall disclose to a biological parent, at that parent's request, the most current name and address of an adopted child that appear in the state registrar's adoption files if the child is 18 years of age or older and has requested in writing that the information be disclosed if ever requested by the biological parent.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 5. Access to Adoption Information. › Sec. 18.50.510. Descriptive information regarding biological parents.

(a) The state registrar shall, at the request of an adoptive parent or of an adopted person 18 years of age or older, release the following information regarding a biological parent named on the original birth certificate of the adopted person if available from the registrar's adoption records:
(1) the age of the biological parent on the day the adopted person was born;
(2) the heritage of the biological parent, to include
(A) national origin;
(B) ethnic background; and
(C) tribal membership;
(3) the medical history of the biological parent and of blood relatives of the biological parent;
(4) the number of years of school completed by the biological parent by the day the adopted person was born;
(5) a physical description of the biological parent on the day the adopted person was born, including height, weight, and color of hair, eyes, and skin;
(6) the existence of other children of the biological parent;
(7) whether the biological parent was alive at the time of adoption;
(8) the religion of the biological parent; and
(9) other information provided by the biological parent for disclosure to the child, which may include such items as photographs, letters, and a statement explaining the reasons for the adoption.
(b) Information released under (a) of this section shall be on a standard form prepared by the commissioner. The information may not include the name of a biological parent or other information not listed in (a) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 6. General Provisions. › Sec. 18.50.900. Prohibited acts and penalties.

(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both, who
(1) without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, makes, alters, amends, or mutilates a certificate of birth or certified copy of a certificate of birth with the intent that it may be used;
(2) wilfully and knowingly uses or attempts to use, or furnishes to another for use, for the purpose of deception, a certificate of birth or certified copy of a record of birth so made, altered, amended, or mutilated;
(3) with the intention to deceive wilfully uses or attempts to use a certificate of birth or certified copy of a record of birth knowing that the certificate or certified copy was issued upon a record that is false in whole or in part or that relates to the birth of another person; or
(4) wilfully and knowingly furnishes a certificate of birth or certified copy of a record of birth with the intention that it be used by a person other than the person to whom the record of birth relates.
(b) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $300, or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both, except when a more severe penalty is provided for in this chapter, who
(1) wilfully and knowingly makes a false statement in a report or certificate of birth required to be filed under this chapter or regulations adopted under it, or in an application for amendment of it, or in an affidavit or paper submitted in support of such a certificate or application, with intent to induce or secure the registration of a birth, or the acceptance of a certificate of birth as evidence of the date and place of birth, identity, or citizenship, or the amendment of a birth certificate for a purpose of deception; or
(2) wilfully and knowingly falsifies, makes or alters a certificate or certified copy of a vital statistics record except as provided in this chapter or regulations adopted under it.
(c) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $100, except when a different penalty is provided for in this chapter, who
(1) knowingly transports or accepts for transportation, interment, or other final disposition a dead body without the required permit issued in accordance with this chapter or regulations adopted under it;
(2) refuses to provide information, or who knowingly furnishes false information, required by this chapter or regulations adopted under it; or
(3) violates the provisions of this chapter or neglects or refuses to perform a duty imposed upon the person by this chapter or the regulations adopted under it.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.010. Purpose of AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290.

The purpose of AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290 is to remedy the acute housing shortage that exists in certain localities of the state by undertaking slum clearance, housing for low-income households, housing for persons and their families engaged in national defense activities in the state, and housing projects and housing for veterans and other citizens of the state and to remedy the short supply of necessary public buildings by providing for the financing, construction, and acquisition of public buildings for lease to the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.080. Members or employees prohibited from acquiring interest in projects.

A member of the board of directors or employee of the corporation may not acquire an interest, direct or indirect, in a housing or public building project authorized by AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290, or in property or a contract for materials or services included or planned to be included in a project authorized by AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290. If a member of the board of directors or employee owns or controls an interest, the member or employee shall immediately disclose the interest in writing to the corporation. Failure to make disclosure constitutes misconduct in office.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.110. Cooperation with and aid of federal government.

For purposes of AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290, the corporation may do all things necessary or desirable to cooperate with or act as agent for the federal government, or to secure financial aid for housing projects for veterans of World War II and other citizens of the state, provided that those projects may not be undertaken unless an acute shortage of housing exists. With respect to those projects, the corporation may not be subject to limitations, restrictions, or requirements of other laws, except those relating to land acquisition, prescribing or limiting the procedure or action to be taken in the development or administration of any buildings, property, public works, undertakings, or projects of municipal or public corporations or agencies of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.120. Housing for low-income households.

For purposes of AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290, the corporation shall manage and operate housing for low-income households with rentals fixed at the lowest rates consistent with decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.130. Qualifications of tenants.

(a) In the operation or management of housing for low-income households, the corporation shall, from time to time, establish rents and requirements for admission of tenants to its housing in each municipality in which the housing of the corporation is located.
(b) Except in the case of leased housing as provided in 42 U.S.C. 1437f, the corporation shall fix the income limits for occupancy in its housing for low-income households after taking into consideration
(1) the family size, composition, age, physical disabilities, and other factors that might affect the rent-paying ability of the family; and
(2) the economic factors that affect the financial stability and solvency of the project.
(c) [Repealed, § 18 ch 7 SLA 2011.]
(d) [Repealed, § 18 ch 7 SLA 2011.]
(e) Nothing in this section or AS 18.55.120 limits the power of the corporation to vest in an obligee the right to take possession of a housing project or have a receiver appointed free from the restrictions imposed by this section or AS 18.55.120 in case of default by the corporation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.140. Issuance of bonds, notes, and refunding bonds.

The corporation may issue bonds and notes from time to time in its discretion for a purpose authorized by this chapter and may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued under this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.150. Security for bonds.

(a) In conjunction with projects authorized by this chapter, the corporation may issue bonds, including bonds on which the principal and interest are payable
(1) exclusively from the income and revenue of the housing project financed with the proceeds of the bonds;
(2) exclusively from the income and revenue of designated housing projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of the bonds;
(3) from its revenue generally; or
(4) exclusively from rents collected on public buildings.
(b) Bonds authorized by (a) of this section may be additionally secured
(1) by a pledge of a grant or contribution from the federal government or from another source;
(2) by a pledge of income or revenue of the corporation; or
(3) by a mortgage of a housing project or other property of the corporation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.160. Limitation of liability on bonds.

(a) The members of the board of directors of the corporation and any person executing the bonds issued under AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290 are not liable personally on the bonds by reason of their issuance.
(b) The bonds of the corporation issued under AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290 are not a debt of the state or a political or municipal corporation or other subdivision of the state and each bond shall so state on its face. Neither the state nor a political or municipal corporation or other subdivision of the state other than the corporation is liable on the bonds, nor are the bonds payable out of money or property other than those of the corporation.
(c) The corporation may not pledge the faith of the people of the state for a loan or obligation that is entered into under AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290.
(d) Bonds of the corporation issued under AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290 are not a debt, indebtedness, or the borrowing of money within the meaning of any limitation or restriction on the issuance of bonds contained in the constitution or laws of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.170. Exemption from taxes.

Bonds and other obligations of the corporation issued under AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290 are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and are public instrumentalities and, together with interest on them and income from them, are exempt from taxes.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.180. Issuance and sale of bonds and notes.

Bonds and notes of the corporation issued under AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290 are authorized by adoption of a resolution prescribing the date of issuance and maturity, interest rate, denomination, form, conversion privilege, rank or priority, execution, terms of redemption, medium and place of payment. Bonds and notes may be sold in the manner, on the terms, and at the price the corporation determines. Each bond and note is negotiable. The signature of a member of the board of directors of the corporation or an officer of the corporation upon a bond or note or coupon is not invalidated by that person's ceasing to hold office before the delivery of the bond or note. The recitation of a bond or note that it has been issued in the financing of a housing or public building project under AS 18.55.010 - 18.55.290 is conclusive as to the issuance of the bond or note and the character of the project in a challenge of the validity of the bond or note or the security for it.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.187. Independent financial advisor.

In negotiating the private sale of bonds or bond anticipation notes to an underwriter when that sale is authorized by AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290, the corporation shall retain a financial advisor who is independent from the underwriter. The financial advisor may not bid on the bonds or notes if offered at public sale or negotiate for their purchase if sold at private sale.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.210. Right of obligee of corporation to bring action.

An obligee of the corporation may, in addition to all other rights that may be conferred by AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290 and subject only to contractual restriction binding upon the obligee, seek an injunction or an action in the nature of an action for mandamus against the members of the board of directors, the corporation, or its officers, agents, or employees for a matter arising out of AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.220. Power of corporation to confer upon obligee right to bring action or proceeding.

In conjunction with the exercise of a power authorized by AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290, the corporation may, by resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract, confer upon an obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right upon a default as defined in the resolution or instrument by suit, action, or proceeding
(1) to have possession of a housing or public building project or part of one surrendered to the obligee, with possession retained by the obligee as long as the corporation continues in default;
(2) to obtain the appointment of a receiver of a housing or public building project or part of one and its rents and profits, who may enter, take possession, and for the duration of the default operate and maintain it, collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising, and keep the money in a separate account or accounts to be applied in accordance with the obligations of the corporation as the court directs;
(3) to require the corporation and the members of its board of directors to account as if they were the trustees of an express trust.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.230. Exemption of real property of corporation from execution or other process.

In conjunction with the exercise of a power authorized by AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290, the real property of the corporation is exempt from levy and sale by execution. Execution or other judicial process may not issue against it and judgment against the corporation may not be a charge or lien upon its real property. However, this section does not limit the right of an obligee to foreclose or otherwise enforce a mortgage of the corporation or to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of a pledge or lien given by the corporation under AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290 on its rents, fees, or revenues.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities › Article 1. Housing Project and Public Building Assistance Act. › Sec. 18.55.240. Power of corporation to obtain federal aid and cooperation.

The corporation may borrow, accept contributions, grants, or other financial assistance from the federal government in aid of any housing or public building project and for this purpose may comply with conditions and enter into the mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements that are necessary, convenient, or desirable in order to obtain financial aid or cooperation from the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance, or operation of a housing or public building project authorized by AS 18.55.100 - 18.55.290.