Alaska, Ketchikan Gateway Borough
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Police & jail
Alaska DPS Criminal Records and Identification Bureau checks: $20 name-based or $35 fingerprint state searches, $47 with a national search; any person may get conviction and current offender information.
Open official site Alaska DPS Background ChecksProperty records
Alaska Department of Natural Resources search for ownership, land use and authorizations on state land and water, with links into federal BLM records such as ACRES case files, master title plats and surveys.
Open official site Alaska DNR Land Records SearchState records
Open to the public since 1972, the Alaska State Archives keeps permanent government records on the history of Alaska, runs a research center for visitors and publishes a fee schedule for its services.
Open official site Alaska State ArchivesCourt records
Federal bankruptcy court for Alaska. Debtors can get court notices by email free through DeBN, and people filing Chapter 7 or 13 without a lawyer can prepare a petition online with eSR.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of AlaskaCourt records
Official site of the Alaska judiciary, with case and payment search, court forms, a family law self help center, appellate filings, slip opinions and court closure notices.
Open official site Alaska Court SystemVital records
Alaska Department of Health office issuing certified birth, death, marriage, divorce and adoption records. Order at the Anchorage or Juneau office, by mail or fax, or through VitalChek; email and phone orders are refused.
Open official site Alaska Health Analytics and Vital Records (HAVRS)Police & jail
Alaska VINE lookup of custody status for offenders held in Alaska, with sign up for status notices. Court hearing notices are a separate registration.
Open official site Alaska VINE Offender SearchPolice & jail
Alaska Bureau of Investigation clearinghouse that tracks every reported missing person case in the state, for children and adults, and links Alaska cases into national missing person databases.
Open official site Alaska Missing Persons ClearinghousePolice & jail
Alaska Department of Public Safety registry, searchable by name or address, with a map, a list of all records, a list of non compliant offenders and printable registration forms.
Open official site Alaska Sex Offender and Child Kidnapper RegistryFederal
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts on the city of Ketchikan, Alaska: 2020 Census count 8,192, latest population estimate, median household income, median gross rent and veterans, with map and dashboard views.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Ketchikan's city site, with the mayor and city council, agendas and minutes, the city clerk, elections, public records, the municipal code, finance, fire, police, port and harbors, the public library and museums.
Open official site City of KetchikanPolice & jail
The city's main law enforcement agency, with an administration division under the chief and deputy chief, a patrol division of 16 uniformed officers, investigations, dispatch and school resource officers.
Open official site Ketchikan Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
12 more Ketchikan sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Ketchikan is in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. Local government is the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, with its clerk and assessor. Court cases are filed with the Alaska Court System (Ketchikan Trial Courts). Deeds are recorded by the state Recorder's Office in the Ketchikan recording district. Law enforcement outside city police comes from the Alaska State Troopers Ketchikan Post (A Detachment). Elections are run by the Region I Elections Office, Juneau.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 21 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 19 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 4 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Gold; Stone; crushed stone.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Register with the Alaska Division of Elections, online or on paper. The regional office for Ketchikan is the Region I Elections Office, Juneau. A registration or update must be postmarked or received 30 days before Election Day.
Deeds and other land documents for Ketchikan are recorded by the state Recorder's Office in the Ketchikan recording district. Property values are set by the Assessment Department. The Ketchikan Gateway Borough levies a property tax (effective rate 5.5 mills, State Assessor, Alaska Taxable 2025); the Assessment Department values property but does not set rates or collect the tax, which is paid to the borough Finance Department.
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.
Same borough
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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough page lists them.