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Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska Public Records

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Recorder's office, Alaska Department of Natural Resources

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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.

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Alaska Sex Offenders

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Alaska State Defense Force

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.

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Alaska Free Business License Search

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.

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Matanuska-Susitna Borough at a glance

State
Alaska
Borough seat
Palmer
Population
107,081
Area
25,258 sq mi
Founded
1964
Cities and towns
9

Matanuska-Susitna Borough offices and records

Law Enforcement & Arrests. The Alaska State Troopers Post in Palmer, located at 1690 South Chugach Street, Palmer, AK 99645 (phone: 907-745-2131), is the main law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of the borough. The Mat-Su Pretrial Facility, operated by the Alaska Department of Corrections at 1551 South Chugach Street in Palmer (phone: 907-761-5800), houses inmates from the borough.

Municipal police departments include the Palmer Police Department, serving the city of Palmer (phone: 907-745-4811), and the Wasilla Police Department at 911 East Bogard Road, Wasilla (phone: 907-352-5401). The Wasilla Courthouse Annex at 951 East Bogard Road, Wasilla (phone: 907-373-4700) provides additional District Court services. Absentee voting is available to all Alaska voters without requiring an excuse. Applications for absentee ballots can be submitted online through the Alaska Division of Elections website, by mail, by fax (907-746-4365), or in person at the Borough Clerk's Office. The Alaska Court System operates all courts within Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The Palmer Courthouse, located at 435 South Denali Street, Palmer, AK 99645 (phone: 907-746-8181), is the primary judicial facility for the borough and houses both Superior Court and District Court. The Mat-Su Borough requires business licenses for certain activities, administered through the Borough Assessor's Office Business Personal Property section (phone: 907-861-8614). The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Recorder's Office, located at 350 East Dahlia Avenue, Palmer, AK 99645 (phone: 907-861-8680), maintains official land records for the borough. The Mat-Su Borough Clerk's Office at 350 East Dahlia Avenue, Palmer (phone: 907-861-8689) maintains records of businesses operating within borough jurisdiction and handles certain local business registrations.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Matanuska-Susitna County

Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.

From the old mine records

What is on record in Matanuska-Susitna County

Old mine sites
803
Sites with no status in the records
48
Still producing
14
Worked underground, in the mine records
10
Main minerals
Gold; Copper; construction sand and gravel
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
207
Shafts and tunnels
9
What they are
gravel pit, prospect pit, adit, quarry
Maps surveyed
1979 to 1993
Records behind them
1,192 records for 1,072 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 865 named mine sites inside the county, 803 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 207 holes drawn inside the county, 9 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Gold; Copper; construction sand and gravel.

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.

600 of 1,117 shown
Matanuska-Susitna County: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. Hover a dot for its name.
Alaska mine map and abandoned mine records
Named workings recorded in Matanuska-Susitna County (209 shown, 640 more named and 198 unnamed on the map)

Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.

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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Matanuska-Susitna Borough public-records FAQs

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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska?

Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the state police or a town or city police department. Ask that agency for its record.

How do I get a criminal background check in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska?

The Alaska criminal history record comes from the Alaska Department of Public Safety, Criminal Records and Identification Bureau. Name based check online or by mail, or a fingerprint based check on a standard FD-258 fingerprint card; results cover Alaska criminal justice information only. Fee: $20 for a name based check; $35 for a fingerprint based check.

How can I look up sex offenders in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska?

Search the Alaska Sex Offender and Child Kidnapper Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.

How do I register to vote in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska?

Register with the Regional Elections Office of the Alaska Division of Elections (Alaska has no counties) or through the Alaska Division of Elections. You can also register online with the state online registration. A registration or update must be postmarked or received 30 days before Election Day.

How do I look up property records in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska?

Deeds and other recorded land documents in Matanuska-Susitna Borough are kept by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Alaska Department of Natural Resources Recorder's Office, by recording district. Property values are set by the borough or city assessor, where the borough or city levies a property tax, and tax bills come from the borough or city that levies the tax. Source: official state page.

How do I get a birth or death certificate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska?

Certified birth and death certificates for Alaska come from the Alaska Department of Health, Health Analytics and Vital Records Section. Alaska has no county vital records offices; in person service is at the Health Analytics and Vital Records offices in Anchorage and Juneau. 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.

How do I find business license records in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska?

Business entity filings are searched with the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing. Any business with activity in Alaska needs a state Alaska Business License under AS 43.70.020.

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