(a) The department may prosecute an action for the collection of a claim of a person whom it considers entitled to its services, and whom it considers to have a claim that is valid and enforceable.
(b) The department may prosecute an action for the return of a worker's tools that are in the illegal possession of another person.
(c) The department may join several claimants in one lien to the extent allowed by the lien laws and, in case of suit, join them in one cause of action. A bond is not required from the department in connection with an action brought as assignee under this section and AS 23.05.220.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation
Chapter 05. Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Sec. 23.05.140. Pay periods; penalty.
Sec. 23.05.160. Notice of wage payments.
Sec. 23.05.170. Wages earned before strike, lockout, or layoff.
Sec. 23.05.180. Wages in dispute.
Sec. 23.05.200. Hearings on wage claims.
Sec. 23.05.210. Proceedings by attorney general.
Sec. 23.05.220. Assignment of liens and claims to department.
Sec. 23.05.230. Prosecution of claims.