Municipal Records

Alaska Statute 40.25 and Sitka General Code 1.25 provide that the public records of the City and Borough of Sitka, with certain exceptions, are open to inspection by the public under reasonable rules during regular hours. Disclosing public records and making copies of them upon payment of the required fees, if any, is a public agency obligation. To provide access and management of current records and to preserve noncurrent public records of permanent value for study and research, the City and Borough Assembly enacted SGC 1.25 and 1.35.

Municipal Records Center

As part of the City's overall centralization plan of municipal records, the Municipal Clerk's office has organized a Municipal Records Center in the Administration Building at Sawmill Cove Industrial Park. The records center is managed by the Records Archivist who is tasked to assist the Municipal Clerk in the administration of complex records retention, accession and destruction procedures and preservation of public records for the future.

Public Records Storage Locations

Municipal Records Center
Sawmill Cove Industrial Park Administration Building
4600 Sawmill Creek Road
Sitka, AK 99835

Sitka Police Department
304 Lake St.
Sitka, AK 99835

City Offices
100 Lincoln St.
Sitka, AK 99835

Marine Services Center
611 Katlian St.
Sitka, AK 99835

Related Forms and Documents

• Public Records Request (PDF)
• Records Inventory Form (PDF)
• Electronic Records Inventory Form (PDF)
• Records Transfer List (Publisher)
• Records Center Check Out Form for City Employees (PDF)
• Certificate of Records Destruction (PDF)
• Records Retention Series Add or Delete Request (Word)
• Records Management Handbook (PDF)
• Records Retention Schedule (PDF)
• Sitka General Code 1.25 and 1.35