Alaska Bureau of Indian Affairs Probate & Enrollment

The BIA Alaska Region invites Alaska Native families to a community event supporting the federal probate process for trust estates. Probate & Estate Services staff will help families complete the Family History Questionnaire and gather key documents, such as birth, death, marriage, adoption, and cultural adoption records, to reduce delays and support timely probate review. Enrollment, Realty and Land Titles and Records staff will provide land inventories and answer questions about trust, CDIBs or restricted land interests. Together, these services equip families with the information and support needed for an efficient probate

• Collect or verify vital records required for trust probate
• Review accepted alternative documents
• Assist with completing the Family History Questionnaire
• Gather supporting records (birth, death, marriage,adoption, cultural adoption)
• Provide guidance on federal probate processes
• Check probate status
  

• Guidance on documentation required for enrollment
• Support throughout the CIB application and submission process
• Answers to CIB enrollment-related questions and followup support

• Print land or title inventories
• Verify trust property information
• Prepare land records for probate packets

• Gift Deed assistance.
• Assist with land ownership questions

• Vital records you already have
• Accepted alternative documents
• Family history information
• Enrollment application