Alaska Statutes
Chapter 60. Uniform Custodial Trust Act
Sec. 13.60.170. Methods and forms for creating custodial trusts.

(a) If a transaction, including a declaration with respect to specific property or a transfer of specific property, otherwise satisfies applicable law, the criteria of AS 13.60.010 are satisfied by
(1) the execution and either delivery to the custodial trustee or recording of an instrument in substantially the following form:
TRANSFER UNDER THE ALASKA UNIFORM CUSTODIAL TRUST ACTI, __________________________________ (name of transferor or name and representative capacity if a fiduciary), transfer to __________________________________ (name of trustee other than transferor), as custodial trustee for __________________________________ (name of beneficiary) as beneficiary and __________________________________ as distributee on termination of the trust in absence of direction by the beneficiary under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act, the following: (insert a description of the custodial trust property legally sufficient to identify and transfer each item of property).Dated: ______________________________________ (2) the execution and the recording or giving notice of its execution to the beneficiary of an instrument in substantially the following form:
DECLARATION OF TRUST UNDER THE ALASKA UNIFORM CUSTODIAL TRUST ACTI, __________________________________ (name of owner of property), declare that from this date I hold as custodial trustee for __________________________________ (name of beneficiary other than transferor) as beneficiary and __________________________________ as distributee on termination of the trust in absence of direction by the beneficiary under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act, the following: (insert a description of the custodial trust property legally sufficient to identify and transfer each item of property).Dated: ______________________________________ (b) Either form identified under (a) of this section may be modified by the transferor of the property to include, for example, the designation of an alternate or successor trustee or the recipient of the custodial property upon termination of the trust.
(c) Customary methods of transferring or evidencing ownership of property may be used to create a custodial trust, including the following:
(1) registration of a security in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance “as custodial trustee for _____________________________________ (name of beneficiary) under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;
(2) delivery of a certificated security, or a document necessary for the transfer of an uncertificated security, together with any necessary endorsement, to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company as custodial trustee, accompanied by an instrument in substantially the form set out in (a)(1) of this section;
(3) payment of money or transfer of a security held in the name of a broker or a financial institution or its nominee to a broker or financial institution for credit to an account in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance “as custodial trustee for _____________________________________ (name of beneficiary) under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;
(4) registration of ownership of a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract with the issuer in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance “as custodial trustee for _____________________________________ (name of beneficiary) under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;
(5) delivery of a written assignment to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company whose name in the assignment is designated in substance by the words “as custodial trustee for _____________________________________ (name of beneficiary) under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;
(6) irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment, under its terms, in favor of a trust company, an adult other than the donee of the power, or the donee who holds the power if the beneficiary is other than the donee, whose name in the appointment is designated in substance “as custodial trustee for _____________________________________ (name of beneficiary) under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;
(7) delivery of a written notification or assignment of a right to future payment under a contract to an obligor that transfers the right under the contract to a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, whose name in the notification or assignment is designated in substance “as custodial trustee for _____________________________________ (name of beneficiary) under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;
(8) execution, delivery, and recordation of a conveyance of an interest in real property in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance “as custodial trustee for _____________________________________ (name of beneficiary) under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;
(9) issuance of a certificate of title by an agency of a state or of the United States that evidences title to tangible personal property
(A) issued in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance “as custodial trustee for _____________________________________ (name of beneficiary) under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act”; or
(B) delivered to a trust company or an adult other than the transferor or endorsed by the transferor to that person, designated in substance “as custodial trustee for _____________________________________ (name of beneficiary) under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act”; or
(10) execution and delivery of an instrument of gift to a trust company or an adult other than the transferor, designated in substance “as custodial trustee for _____________________________________________________________________ (name of beneficiary) under the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act.”