An officer authorized to take an acknowledgment or proof of conveyance may issue a subpoena requiring a witness to a conveyance to appear and testify before the officer regarding the execution, upon the application of a grantee, or of a person claiming under the grantee, verified by the oath of the applicant, setting out that
(1) the grantor is dead, out of the state, or refuses to acknowledge the conveyance;
(2) a witness to the conveyance refuses to appear and testify regarding the execution of the conveyance; and
(3) the conveyance cannot be proved without the evidence of the witness.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Article 2. Acknowledgment and Proof.
Sec. 34.15.150. Execution of conveyances.
Sec. 34.15.160. Conveyances executed outside the state.
Sec. 34.15.180. Execution and acknowledgment of conveyance in foreign country.
Sec. 34.15.210. Proof by subscribing witness.
Sec. 34.15.220. Proof of conveyance by handwriting.
Sec. 34.15.230. Subpoena of witness.