Title 8 — Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-73
§1404 Persons born in Alaska on or after March 30, 1867
Title 8 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION › Part Part I— - Nationality at Birth and Collective Naturalization › § 1404
Summary
People born in Alaska on or after March 30, 1867 are U.S. citizens from the moment they are born, except Native Americans who were not citizens. Native Americans born in Alaska between March 30, 1867 and June 2, 1924 were made U.S. citizens effective June 2, 1924. Any Native American born in Alaska on or after June 2, 1924 is a U.S. citizen at birth.
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Title 8, §1404
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A person born in Alaska on or after March 30, 1867, except a noncitizen Indian, is a citizen of the United States at birth. A noncitizen Indian born in Alaska on or after March 30, 1867, and prior to June 2, 1924, is declared to be a citizen of the United States as of June 2, 1924. An Indian born in Alaska on or after June 2, 1924, is a citizen of the United States at birth.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Admission of Alaska as StateAlaska Statehood provisions as not repealing, amending, or modifying the provisions of this section, see section 24 of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as a note preceding former section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
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Citation
8 U.S.C. § 1404
Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73