Search Alaska Public Records - Free Government Databases
Free links to official Alaska state and county government records — courts, criminal histories, vital records, property, voter, business, and licenses across all 30 boroughs and census areas.
How to Search Alaska Public Records
Alaska's court, criminal, vital, property, voter, and licensing records are maintained across state agencies and the 30 boroughs and census areas listed below. Use the tabs to filter by record type, or jump directly to any source.
Courts: The Alaska Supreme Court sits at the top of the system; trial-court business is handled by the Superior Court (4 districts) and District Court. Most courts publish dockets and case lookups online.
Criminal history: Official background checks run through the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS); the Alaska criminal records page covers the current fee and request process.
Vital records: Birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates are issued by the Health Analytics and Vital Records Section and may also be available locally.
Property & recorded documents: Maintained at the borough or census area level by the Assessor, Recorder, or Clerk's office.
Business filings: the Corporations Section of the Department of Commerce operates the official business-entity search.
Population
740,133
Households
273,954
Median Income
$89,336
Median Home Value
$320,900
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2024 Population Estimates Program; 2022 ACS 5-year)
Alaska Public Records at a Glance
Alaska keeps most of what people look for in two places. Case records for the whole state sit in CourtView, the Alaska Court System's public index, so a court records search here rarely means calling individual courthouses. Background checks are separate: the Department of Public Safety handles official criminal history requests, and Alaska is unusual in allowing any member of the public to request another person's conviction record. Birth, death, and marriage certificates come from the state health department, not the boroughs. Property is the local layer — recording districts, a system left over from territorial days, hold the deeds. The 62 databases below are all official government sources.
Official Databases
62
Borough & Area Pages
17
Record Categories
8
Directory Since
1997
Figures reflect sources indexed in this directory and the latest official reports. Content reviewed July 30, 2026 by the SearchSystems editorial team.
Alaska Guides
Step-by-step pages for the searches people actually run:
This service provides access to opinions of the Alaska Supreme Court and Alaska Court of Appeals. Opinions can be searched by word, official citation, docket number, case name, judge name, counsel name, opinion type.
Browse Alaska Court of Appeals opinions from 1991-2001. Full texts of opinions are accessible here. Also includes link to a word search of Alaska state court opinions.
Provided by: U.S. District Court of Alaska. Register with the fee-based PACER system to search for Federal civil & criminal court records by case. Note: PACER charges $0.10/page; the first $30 per quarter is free.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Alaska. Register with the fee-based PACER system to search for Federal bankruptcy court records by case number, name. Note: PACER charges $0.10/page; the first $30 per quarter is free.
Verify your Alaska voter registration, find your polling place and assigned districts, view your sample ballot, and check absentee-ballot status. Operated by the Alaska Division of Elections.
Search campaign-finance filings, candidate disclosures, and lobbying reports for Alaska elections. Operated by the Alaska Department of Administration.
Alaska keeps public records at three levels: federal (FBI, federal courts via PACER), state (court of last resort, state police, department of health, secretary of state), and borough-level (sheriffs, clerks, recorders, assessors). Each borough maintains its own court, criminal-justice, property, and vital-records offices linked from the borough pages below.
Where do I start an Alaska court-case search?▼
For statewide trial-court information, start at the Alaska Court System (CourtView): courts.alaska.gov. Alaska federal cases are searched through PACER. For local case dockets, see the Court Records tab and the borough page for your area.
How do I get an official Alaska background check?▼
Alaska's official statewide criminal-history check is run by the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS) at dps.alaska.gov. Most state-level checks require fingerprints and a fee. A nationwide FBI Identity History Summary is available separately.
Where do I obtain Alaska birth, death, or marriage certificates?▼
Certified Alaska vital records are issued by the Official Alaska Vital Records at health.alaska.gov. Recent local events (births, deaths, marriages) can often also be requested from the borough clerk or local registrar where the event was filed.
What does it cost to access Alaska public records?▼
Most online record indexes in Alaska are free to search; fees apply for certified copies, fingerprint background checks, full document images at the recorder, and statewide bulk data. Each agency publishes its current fee schedule — for example the Alaska Court System (CourtView) (courts), the Official Alaska Vital Records (vital records), the Official Alaska Voter Records (elections), and the Official Alaska Professional & Occupational Licenses (licenses).
