8 USC § 1404 - Persons born in Alaska on or after March 30, 1867

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title: "8 USC § 1404 - Persons born in Alaska on or after March 30, 1867"
title_number: 8
title_name: "ALIENS AND NATIONALITY"
section_number: "1404"
section_name: "Persons born in Alaska on or after March 30, 1867"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "Nationality at Birth and Collective Naturalization"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 1, § 304, 66 Stat. 237.)"
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# § 1404. Persons born in Alaska on or after March 30, 1867

March 30, 1867March 30, 1867June 2, 1924June 2, 1924June 2, 1924

A person born in Alaska on or after , except a noncitizen Indian, is a citizen of the United States at birth. A noncitizen Indian born in Alaska on or after , and prior to , is declared to be a citizen of the United States as of . An Indian born in Alaska on or after , is a citizen of the United States at birth.

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**Source Credit**: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 1, § 304, 66 Stat. 237.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Admission of Alaska as State

Alaska Statehood provisions as not repealing, amending, or modifying the provisions of this section, see , , , set out as a note preceding former , Territories and Insular Possessions.