Alaska, North Slope Borough
Find the right official office in Barrow. Court cases, police reports, property records, vital records and city records, each linked to the agency that keeps them. Barrow has no police department of its own; law enforcement comes from the North Slope Borough Police Department.
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Court records
The Barrow Clerk of Court is the official record keeper of all court records and court-related documents filed within their jurisdiction. Electronic access to criminal and civil case filings.
Open official site Alaska Criminal Court SystemPolice & jail
Fingerprint and name-based searches of Alaska's criminal central depository.
Open official site Alaska Background Check RequestsPolice & jail
Request records of inmates incarcerated in Alaska.
Open official site Alaska Inmate and Corrections RecordsPolice & jail
Current posting of fugitives and absconders from the Division of Alaska State Troopers.
Open official site Alaska Most WantedPolice & jail
Search the Alaska Dept. of Public Safety database of registered offenders by name or location.
Open official site Alaska Sex OffendersPolice & jail
Alaska State Troopers, traffic incident crash reports.
Open official site Alaska State TroopersCity records
The city at the top of Alaska changed its name from Barrow to Utqiagvik, and its site carries the city news, the council and the contacts for its offices.
Open official site City of Utqiagvik, formerly BarrowState records
Fishing licenses, hunting licenses and more.
Open official site Alaska Department of Fish and GameState records
The Alaska Department of Law, led by the Attorney General, represents the state and prosecutes crimes but gives no legal advice to residents. Court records come from the Alaska Court System.
Open official site Alaska Attorney GeneralState records
Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, the state agency that oversees the Alaska State Defense Force alongside the Army and Air National Guard, the Naval Militia and emergency management.
Open official site Alaska State Defense ForceProperty records
Property records for Barrow are recorded by the Alaska State Recorder's Office in the Department of Natural Resources, searchable by name, date, plat, survey and document number.
Open official site Recorder's office, Alaska Department of Natural ResourcesState records
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development official site. This database includes over 100,000 state business licenses issued by the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing. Types include sole.
Open official site Alaska Free Business License SearchState records
Verify professional licenses instantly online statewide in Alaska.
Open official site Alaska Occupational Licensing VerificationLocal record guide
Local profile
Barrow is in the North Slope Borough, Alaska. Local government is the North Slope Borough, with its clerk and assessor. Court cases are filed with the Alaska Court System (Utqiagvik court). Deeds are recorded by the state Recorder's Office in the Barrow recording district. Elections are run by the Division of Elections Region IV Elections Office, Nome.
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Register with the Alaska Division of Elections, online or on paper. The regional office for Barrow is the Division of Elections Region IV Elections Office, Nome. A registration or update must be postmarked or received 30 days before Election Day.
Deeds and other land documents for Barrow are recorded by the state Recorder's Office in the Barrow recording district. Property values are set by the Assessing Division. The North Slope Borough levies a property tax on real and personal property in the borough, including most oil and gas property, valued by its Assessing Division and paid at the borough Cashier's Office in Utqiagvik.
Certified birth and death certificates for events anywhere in Alaska come from the Alaska Department of Health, Health Analytics and Vital Records Section. By mail or fax with the state request form to PO Box 110675, Juneau, AK 99811, in person at the Anchorage or Juneau office, or online through VitalChek, the only vendor the office works with. Fee: $30 for the first copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate; additional copies $25 each.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; courts, deeds and vital records in Alaska are state offices, and the North Slope Borough page lists them.