Changing Your Legal Name in Alaska

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Updating Your Birth Certificate

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Upon receipt of the court order for name change, submit a request to Alaska’s Department of Vital Records to amend your birth certificate.

To change the name on your Alaska birth certificate, you will need to provide:

  • completed Birth Certificate request form (PDF)
  • certified copy of name-change court order 
  • copy of acceptable ID (listed on request form instructions)
  • payment of applicable fee(s) 

Note: You must update your birth certificate with the state where you were born.