Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 1 - Administration
Chapter 05 - Vital Records
Article 3 - Special Procedures
7 AAC 05.900 - Change of name
A court order of legal change of name, accompanied by the proper request that it be entered on the appropriate certificate, shall be considered an amendment, and so entered and indicated. Authorized legitimation entries and additional information entered on presumptive death certificates shall be considered amendments, and so indicated. A new certificate of birth following legitimation or adoption shall not be considered amended, and shall not in any way be so marked. When extensive corrections or major alterations are authorized on a certificate, other than cases specified hereinabove, the State Registrar shall determine the feasibility of the alternative method of filing a new certificate at that time, marked "Amended" and containing a statement of the circumstances, and a description of the evidence submitted. In such cases the original certificate shall be retained as evidence.
Authority:AS 18.50.290