If the title to any property to which this chapter applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property to which this chapter applies, unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee, or creditor of the decedent.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions
Chapter 41. Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death
Sec. 13.41.010. Rebuttable presumptions.
Sec. 13.41.015. Disposition upon death.
Sec. 13.41.020. Perfection of title of surviving spouse.
Sec. 13.41.025. Perfection of title of personal representative, heir, or devisee.
Sec. 13.41.030. Purchaser for value or lender.
Sec. 13.41.035. Creditor's rights.
Sec. 13.41.040. Acts of married persons.
Sec. 13.41.045. Limitations on testamentary disposition.