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Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska Public Records

Find the right office in Northwest Arctic Borough. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and borough filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.

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Property records

Recorder's office, Alaska Department of Natural Resources

Look up property records by Name Search, Date Search, Plat Number Search, Survey Search, MTRS Search, Subdivision Search, No Plat Subdivision Search, Document Number Search, Document Type Search, Book and Page Search, Doc.Input/UnverifiedStatus.

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Alaska Attorney General

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

Search the Alaska Dept. of Public Safety database of registered offenders by name or location.

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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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About public records in Northwest Arctic Borough

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Northwest Arctic Borough at a glance

State
Alaska
Borough seat
Kotzebue
Population
7,793
Area
40,242 sq mi
Founded
1986
Cities and towns
11

Northwest Arctic Borough offices and records

Law Enforcement & Arrests. The Kotzebue Alaska State Trooper Post can be reached at 907-442-3222 and is located on 3rd Avenue in Kotzebue. The Alaska Department of Corrections maintains an online offender locator at correct.state.ak.us. § 40.25.110-40.25.140, the Alaska Public Records Act.

The Northwest Arctic Borough is served by the Second Judicial District of the Alaska Court System. The Kotzebue Superior Court and District Court are located at 154 Lagoon Street, P.O. Box 317, Kotzebue, Alaska 99752, and can be reached at 907-442-3208.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Northwest Arctic County

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

From the old mine records

What is on record in Northwest Arctic County

Old mine sites
429
Still producing
11
Worked underground, in the mine records
3
Main minerals
Gold; Copper; Lead
Records behind them
475 records for 440 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 440 named mine sites inside the county, 429 of them worked out or abandoned. The minerals the records name are Gold; Copper; Lead.

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.

Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic County (200 shown, 216 more named)

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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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska?

Deeds and other recorded land documents in Northwest Arctic Borough are kept by the Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic 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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Cities, towns and neighboring boroughs

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