Alaska Statutes
Title 38. Public Land

Sec. 38.05.023. Terms in an agreement or contract related to a North Slope natural gas project. - (a) An agreement or contract to which the state or...

Sec. 38.05.025. Continuing regulations, agreements, etc. - All rules, regulations, procedures, funds, contracts, and agreements established or...

Sec. 38.05.027. Cooperative resource management or development agreements. - (a) Consistent with the authority of the commissioner under law,...

Sec. 38.05.030. Exceptions. - (a) [Repealed, § 88 ch 152 SLA 1984.] (b) The...

Sec. 38.05.035. Powers and duties of the director. - (a) The director shall (1) have general charge and supervision...

Sec. 38.05.036. Audit of royalty and net profit payments and costs. - (a) The department may conduct audits regarding royalty and net...

Sec. 38.05.037. Zoning regulations in the unorganized borough. - (a) In areas of the state outside first, second, or...

Article 2. Sale of Land.

Sec. 38.05.045. Generally. - All land owned in fee by the state or to...

Sec. 38.05.050. Disposal of land for private ownership. - The commissioner shall determine the land to be disposed of...

Sec. 38.05.055. Auction sale or sealed bid procedures. - Unless another method of sale is required under this chapter,...

Sec. 38.05.057. Disposal of land by lottery. - (a) The commissioner may dispose of land, including land limited...

Sec. 38.05.059. Sale of agricultural land. - The commissioner, after consulting with the Board of Agriculture and...

Sec. 38.05.060. Rejection of bids. - Before the signing of the formal conveyance by the director,...

Sec. 38.05.065. Terms of contract of sale. - (a) The contract of sale for land sold at public...

Sec. 38.05.067. Preference for veterans for unoccupied residential land. - (a) Except as provided in (d) of this section, before...

Sec. 38.05.068. Forest Service permittees' sales preference. - (a) Before offering to the public any land which is...

Sec. 38.05.069. Preference to persons for agricultural purposes. - (a) After consulting with the Board of Agriculture and Conservation...

Article 3. Leasing of Land Other Than for the Extraction of Natural Resources.

Sec. 38.05.070. Generally. - (a) Land, including tide, submerged, or shoreland, to which the...

Sec. 38.05.073. Recreational facilities development leasing. - (a) To identify land suitable for recreational facilities development leasing,...

Sec. 38.05.075. Leasing procedures. - (a) Except as provided in AS 38.05.035, 38.05.070, 38.05.073, 38.05.082,...

Sec. 38.05.080. Rejection of bids. - Before the director signs the lease, the commissioner may reject...

Sec. 38.05.082. Leases for shore fisheries development; account. - (a) The director, with the approval of the commissioner, may...

Sec. 38.05.083. Aquatic farming and hatchery site leases. - (a) The commissioner may offer to the public for lease...

Sec. 38.05.085. Term of lease. - (a) [Repealed, § 37 ch 2 FSSLA 1992.] (b) [Repealed,...

Sec. 38.05.087. Forest Service permittees' leasing preference. - (a) Before offering to the public any land for lease...

Sec. 38.05.090. Removal or reversion of improvements upon termination of leases. - (a) Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the commissioner,...

Sec. 38.05.095. Subleases. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a...

Sec. 38.05.096. Exemption from rental payments on land leased for certain liquefied natural gas storage facilities. - (a) A person leasing state land for a liquefied natural...

Sec. 38.05.097. Exemption from rental payments on land leased by nonprofit organizations. - (a) A nonprofit organization using state land leased by it...

Sec. 38.05.098. Senior citizens exemption. - (a) The real property occupied as a permanent place of...

Sec. 38.05.102. Lessee preference. - If land within a leasehold created under AS 38.05.070 -...

Sec. 38.05.103. Rights of holder of security interest. - (a) If there is a breach or default of a...

Sec. 38.05.105. Periodic rent adjustments. - (a) Each lease shall stipulate that at five-year intervals as...

Article 4. Disposal of Timber.

Sec. 38.05.110. Sale of timber; timber receipts account. - (a) The commissioner shall provide for cruises of timber on...

Sec. 38.05.112. Forest land use plans. - (a) The department may not authorize the harvest of timber,...

Sec. 38.05.113. Five-year sale schedule. - (a) Every two years, the department shall prepare a five-year...

Sec. 38.05.115. Limitations and conditions of sale. - (a) The commissioner shall determine the timber to be sold...

Sec. 38.05.117. Salvage sales. - Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 38.05.113, the commissioner, after making...

Sec. 38.05.118. Negotiated sales. - (a) Notwithstanding AS 38.05.115 and 38.05.120, and upon a finding...

Sec. 38.05.120. Disposal procedure. - Timber shall be sold either by sealed bids or public...

Sec. 38.05.123. Negotiated timber sales for local manufacture of wood products. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 38.05.115 and 38.05.120, and...

Article 5. Reservation of Rights to Alaska.

Sec. 38.05.125. Reservation. - (a) Each contract for the sale, lease, or grant of...

Sec. 38.05.126. Navigable and public water. - (a) The people of the state have a constitutional right...

Sec. 38.05.127. Access to navigable or public water. - (a) Before the sale, lease, grant, or other disposal of...

Sec. 38.05.128. Obstructions to navigable water. - (a) A person may not obstruct or interfere with the...

Sec. 38.05.130. Damages and posting of bond. - Rights may not be exercised by the state, its lessees,...

Article 6. Oil and Gas Exploration Licenses; Leases.

Sec. 38.05.131. Applicability; determination; regulations. - (a) Unless specifically provided otherwise in AS 38.05.132 - 38.05.134,...

Sec. 38.05.132. Exploration license for oil and gas or gas only. - (a) To encourage exploration for oil and gas on state...

Sec. 38.05.133. License procedures. - (a) The procedures in this section apply to the issuance...

Sec. 38.05.134. Conversion to lease. - If the licensee requests and the commissioner determines that the...

Article 7. Leasing of Mineral Land and Large-Scale Mine Legislative Approval.

Sec. 38.05.135. Leasing generally; royalty and net profit share payments and interest. - (a) Except as otherwise provided, valuable mineral deposits in land...

Sec. 38.05.137. Leasing agreements. - The commissioner is authorized to enter into cooperative mineral leasing...

Sec. 38.05.140. Limitations. - (a) A person may not take or hold coal leases...

Sec. 38.05.142. Legislative approval required for certain large-scale mines. - (a) In addition to permits and authorizations otherwise required by...

Sec. 38.05.145. Leasing procedure. - (a) Deposits of coal, phosphates, oil shale, sodium, potassium, oil,...

Sec. 38.05.150. Coal. - (a) The commissioner may, and upon the petition of a...

Sec. 38.05.152. Sodium. - (a) The commissioner may grant a prospecting permit to a...

Sec. 38.05.154. Sulphur. - (a) Under regulations adopted by the commissioner, the commissioner shall...

Sec. 38.05.155. Phosphates. - (a) The commissioner may lease to qualified applicants land belonging...

Sec. 38.05.157. Potassium. - (a) Under regulations adopted by the commissioner, the commissioner may...

Sec. 38.05.160. Oil shale. - (a) The commissioner may lease to a qualified person deposits...

Sec. 38.05.177. Nonconventional gas leases. - (a) The provisions of this section apply to nonconventional gas....

Sec. 38.05.180. Oil and gas and gas only leasing. - (a) The legislature finds that (1) the people of Alaska...

Sec. 38.05.181. Geothermal resources. - (a) The commissioner may, under regulations adopted by the commissioner,...

Sec. 38.05.182. Royalty on natural resources. - (a) Any royalty provided for in AS 38.05.135 - 38.05.181...

Sec. 38.05.183. Sale of royalty. - (a) The sale, exchange, or other disposal of a mineral...

Sec. 38.05.184. Limitation on oil and gas leases in Kachemak Bay. - (a) The legislature finds that Kachemak Bay is an area...

Article 8. Mining Rights.

Sec. 38.05.185. Generally. - (a) The acquisition and continuance of rights in and to...

Sec. 38.05.190. Qualifications. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, exploration...

Sec. 38.05.195. Mining claims. - (a) Rights to deposits of minerals subject to AS 38.05.185...

Sec. 38.05.200. Changes in locations and amended notices. - Notices may be amended at any time and monuments changed...

Sec. 38.05.205. Mining leasing. - (a) Prior discovery, location, and recording shall initiate prior rights...

Sec. 38.05.210. Annual labor. - (a) Labor shall be performed or improvements made annually on...

Sec. 38.05.211. Annual rental. - (a) The holder of each mining claim, leasehold location, prospecting...

Sec. 38.05.212. Production royalty. - (a) In exchange for and to preserve the right to...

Sec. 38.05.215. Notice to co-owners to contribute to cost of annual labor or improvements and forfeiture for failure to contribute. - If one of several co-owners fails to contribute the proportion...

Sec. 38.05.220. Recording the notice to contribute and affidavits. - (a) Within 120 days after personal service, or within 120...

Sec. 38.05.225. Lienholder may perform the annual labor. - A person who holds a claim to or lien upon...

Sec. 38.05.230. Lien for performance of annual labor. - (a) The person performing or causing to be performed annual...

Sec. 38.05.235. Lien for annual labor is independent of other liens. - The lien given for the performance of annual labor by...

Sec. 38.05.240. Labor defined for AS 38.05.210 - 38.05.235. - In AS 38.05.210 - 38.05.235, “labor” includes work performed or...

Sec. 38.05.242. Definitions for AS 38.05.210 - 38.05.240. - In AS 38.05.210 - 38.05.240, (1) “airborne survey” means a...

Sec. 38.05.245. Prospecting sites. - (a) Before the discovery of valuable minerals, an exclusive right...

Sec. 38.05.250. Prospecting permits and leases on tide and submerged land. - (a) The exclusive right to prospect for deposits of minerals...

Sec. 38.05.252. Extralateral rights under shore, tide, and submerged land. - (a) Extralateral rights under shoreland, tideland, and submerged land are...

Sec. 38.05.255. Surface use of land or water. - (a) Surface uses of land or water included within a...

Sec. 38.05.265. Abandonment. - (a) Failure to perform the labor or make improvements or...

Sec. 38.05.270. Transfers. - Evidence of a sale, lease, or other transfer of mining...

Sec. 38.05.275. Recognition of locations. - (a) Mining locations made on state land, including shoreland, tideland,...

Article 9. Multiple Use of State Land.

Sec. 38.05.285. Multiple use. - Disposal and use of state land shall conform to the...

Article 10. Land Selection.

Sec. 38.05.290. Selection practice. - (a) The selection of grant, lieu and indemnity land shall...

Article 11. Parks and Recreation Areas.

Sec. 38.05.295. Parks and recreation areas. - The commissioner shall establish a policy and adopt regulations by...

Article 12. Classification of Land.

Sec. 38.05.300. Classification of land. - (a) The commissioner shall classify for surface use land in...

Sec. 38.05.321. Restriction on sale, lease, or other disposal of agricultural land. - (a) The department shall include in a document that conveys...

Article 13. State Control of Certain Land.

Sec. 38.05.500. Electorate determinations. - The people of the State of Alaska determine that: (1)...

Sec. 38.05.501. Management. - (a) The Department of Natural Resources shall manage the land...

Sec. 38.05.502. Property of the people. - Subject to valid existing rights of applicants for land, upon...

Sec. 38.05.503. Treaties and compacts. - Land in the state which has been administered by the...

Sec. 38.05.504. Proceeds to the general fund. - The proceeds of sales, fees, rents, royalties or other receipts...

Sec. 38.05.505. Exclusive enforcement. - (a) The state has exclusive jurisdiction to enforce the provisions...

Article 14. Material Sales.

Sec. 38.05.550. Disposal of materials. - (a) All materials owned by the state may be sold...

Sec. 38.05.555. Negotiated sales and personal use of materials. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of AS 38.05.550 - 38.05.565,...

Sec. 38.05.560. Competitive sales of materials. - (a) The department shall offer materials from a source or...

Sec. 38.05.562. Violations. - Violation of any provision of AS 38.05.550 - 38.05.565 or...

Sec. 38.05.565. Sale or disposal of materials for special purposes. - (a) The department may negotiate the sale or otherwise dispose...

Article 15. Remote Recreational Cabin Site Sales and Leases.

Sec. 38.05.600. Remote recreational cabin sites. - (a) The commissioner may provide for the sale or lease...

Article 16. Miscellaneous Provisions.

Sec. 38.05.801. Management of mental health trust land. - (a) Mental health trust land shall be managed consistent with...

Sec. 38.05.810. Public and charitable use. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in AS 38.05.183(h), the (1)...

Sec. 38.05.820. Occupied tide and submerged land. - (a) It is the policy of the state to allow...

Sec. 38.05.821. Tideland seaward of public recreational sites. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a home rule...

Sec. 38.05.825. Conveyance of tide and submerged land to municipalities. - (a) Unless the commissioner finds that the public interest in...

Sec. 38.05.830. Land disposal in the unorganized borough. - Before a sale, lease under AS 38.05.070 - 38.05.105, or...

Sec. 38.05.840. Appraisal. - (a) Land may not be sold or leased, or a...

Sec. 38.05.850. Permits. - (a) The director, without the prior approval of the commissioner,...

Sec. 38.05.860. Deposits. - (a) The commissioner may require an applicant seeking the sale,...

Sec. 38.05.870. Grants of land after natural disaster. - (a) The director may make grants of state land to...

Sec. 38.05.872. Disposition of state land and resources for flood control projects. - (a) The department may make conveyances of title or other...

Sec. 38.05.874. Public access fund created. - (a) The public access fund is established as a special...

Sec. 38.05.875. Administration of land acquired under former AS 34.10. - The department may sell, lease, or administer all real property...

Sec. 38.05.880. Departmental review. - The department is not required to determine whether an owner...

Article 17. General Provisions.

Sec. 38.05.910. Policy. - It is the policy of the state to encourage the...

Sec. 38.05.920. Assignment. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, all...

Sec. 38.05.930. Bona fide purchasers. - The right, title, or interest of a bona fide purchaser...

Sec. 38.05.940. Land purchase price discount for veterans. - (a) An eligible veteran is entitled to a discount of...

Sec. 38.05.945. Notice. - (a) This section establishes the requirements for notice given by...

Sec. 38.05.946. Hearings. - (a) A municipality or a corporation entitled to receive notice...

Sec. 38.05.950. Interference with bidding prohibited; penalties. - A person who bargains, contracts, or agrees, or attempts to...

Sec. 38.05.965. Definitions. - In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “acquired...

Sec. 38.05.990. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Land Act.

Chapter 06. Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board

Sec. 38.06.010. Purpose. - It is the purpose of this chapter to facilitate the...

Sec. 38.06.020. Establishment. - There is established in the Department of Natural Resources the...

Sec. 38.06.025. Membership; vacancies. - (a) The board consists of the commissioner of commerce, community,...

Sec. 38.06.030. Compensation; per diem, travel expenses. - Members of the board are in the exempt service under...

Sec. 38.06.035. Meetings, rules, quorum, votes required; conflict of interest. - (a) The board shall prescribe its own rules of procedure....

Sec. 38.06.040. Powers and duties of the board. - (a) The board shall (1) in accordance with the criteria...

Sec. 38.06.050. Board review and recommendation required. - (a) If legislative approval is required by AS 38.06.055, a...

Sec. 38.06.055. Legislative approval. - (a) In addition to the recommendation by the board required...

Sec. 38.06.060. Confidentiality. - Notwithstanding AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120, the board may provide by...

Sec. 38.06.070. Criteria. - (a) In the exercise of its powers under AS 38.06.040(a)...

Sec. 38.06.080. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “board” means the Alaska Royalty Oil...

Chapter 07. Clearing and Draining of Agricultural Land

Sec. 38.07.010. Selection and lease. - (a) The commissioner may select areas of state land classified...

Sec. 38.07.020. Provisions of lease. - (a) A lease under AS 38.07.010(b) shall be for 10...

Sec. 38.07.030. Owners and lessees included. - (a) An owner of agricultural land, or a lessee from...

Sec. 38.07.040. Land certificates. - A contract under AS 38.07.010(a) may provide for payment by...

Sec. 38.07.050. Regulations. - The commissioner shall, guided by recommendations of the United States...

Sec. 38.07.060. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “cleared,” “clear,” and “clearing” mean the...

Chapter 08. Homesites

Sec. 38.08.010. Classification of land for homesite entry. - (a) The director shall designate, classify, and make available for...

Sec. 38.08.020. Public notice. - The director shall publish notice of the availability of the...

Sec. 38.08.030. Applications for homesite entry; fees. - (a) To qualify for a homesite entry permit, an applicant...

Sec. 38.08.040. Issuance of entry permit. - (a) An applicant meeting the qualifications for homesite entry under...

Sec. 38.08.050. Revocation of entry permit. - (a) The entry permit may only be revoked for failure...

Sec. 38.08.060. Issuance of patent. - (a) A person who enters upon homesite entry land under...

Sec. 38.08.100. Revocation of entry permit. - The director may revoke a homesite entry permit for failure...

Sec. 38.08.110. Regulations. - The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with AS 44.62.180...

Sec. 38.08.120. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of natural...

Chapter 09. Homestead Act

Sec. 38.09.010. Designation of land for homestead entry. - (a) The commissioner shall designate and make available for homestead...

Sec. 38.09.020. Homestead entry permits. - (a) A homestead entry permit entitles an applicant to enter...

Sec. 38.09.030. Qualification for homestead entry. - (a) An applicant for a homestead entry permit shall (1)...

Sec. 38.09.040. Revocation of entry permits. - (a) A homestead entry permit may be revoked by the...

Sec. 38.09.050. Issuance of patent. - (a) The commissioner shall issue a patent to homestead entry...

Sec. 38.09.060. Marking boundaries. - If it is impractical to brush the boundaries of a...

Sec. 38.09.070. Priority of applications. - The commissioner shall issue a homestead entry permit to the...

Sec. 38.09.080. Land within municipalities. - (a) If a municipality has filed a selection of state...

Sec. 38.09.090. Purchase. - (a) If an applicant complies with the requirements of AS...

Sec. 38.09.100. Lessees of remote parcels. - (a) A lessee of a remote parcel under former AS...

Sec. 38.09.105. Removal of conditions on remote parcel and homestead entry land. - (a) The commissioner may not include the conditions of former...

Sec. 38.09.110. Regulations. - The commissioner shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter.

Sec. 38.09.900. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “brush” means to clear a swath...

Chapter 10. Transfer of Tide and Submerged Land

Sec. 38.10.010. Application for transfer. - Upon application by a municipal corporation with a population of...

Sec. 38.10.020. Surveys. - The survey provided for in AS 38.10.010 shall define the...

Sec. 38.10.030. Costs and expenses of surveys. - Money shall be appropriated from the general fund in an...

Sec. 38.10.040. Conveyances. - Conveyances by the municipal corporation to a preference right holder,...

Sec. 38.10.050. Regulations and procedures. - The commissioner of natural resources, upon recommendation of the director,...

Chapter 20. The Alaska Coordinate System

Sec. 38.20.010. Adoption. - The systems of rectangular plane coordinates established by the National...

Sec. 38.20.020. Zones. - The zone parameters of the Alaska Coordinate Systems are the...

Sec. 38.20.030. Designation of zones. - In any land description in which a coordinate system is...

Sec. 38.20.040. Use of coordinate system. - The plane coordinates of a point on the earth's surface,...

Sec. 38.20.050. Land lying in two zones. - When a tract of land to be defined by a...

Sec. 38.20.060. Characteristics of zones. - The characteristics of the zones of the Alaska Coordinate Systems...

Sec. 38.20.070. Position of system. - (a) The position of the Alaska Coordinate System of 1927...

Sec. 38.20.080. Limitation. - Coordinates based on the Alaska Coordinate System, purporting to define...

Sec. 38.20.090. Use of system name. - (a) The use of the term “Alaska Coordinate System of...

Sec. 38.20.100. Use of public land survey descriptions. - When coordinates based on the Alaska Coordinate System of 1927,...

Sec. 38.20.110. Use of system not required. - Nothing in this chapter requires a purchaser or mortgagee to...

Chapter 34. In-State Natural Gas Pipeline

Sec. 38.34.010. In-state gasline project coordinator. - (a) The position of in-state gasline project coordinator is created...

Sec. 38.34.020. Expedited construction and operation or expansion of an Alaska Gasline Development Corporation project. - (a) [Renumbered as AS 31.25.007.] (b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision...

Sec. 38.34.099. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “Alaska Gasline Development Corporation” means the...

Chapter 35. Right-of-Way Leasing Act

Sec. 38.35.010. Legislative declaration of policy. - (a) The natural resources of this state in crude oil...

Sec. 38.35.015. Powers of the commissioner. - The commissioner has all powers necessary and proper to implement...

Sec. 38.35.017. Limitation on leases in or adjacent to the Beaufort Sea. - (a) Consistent with and in furtherance of the statements of...

Sec. 38.35.020. Grant of right-of-way lease. - (a) Rights-of-way on state land including rights-of-way over, under, along,...

Sec. 38.35.030. Abandonment, reduction, or impairment of service of pipeline. - A lessee may not abandon any portion of a pipeline...

Sec. 38.35.040. Temporary or emergency service or temporary abandonment, reduction, or impairment of service by lessee. - The commissioner may, either upon a request made in the...

Sec. 38.35.050. Applications for right-of-way leases. - (a) A person or persons desiring to own a pipeline...

Sec. 38.35.070. Notice of application. - Upon receiving an application under AS 38.35.050, the commissioner shall...

Sec. 38.35.080. Analysis and public hearing. - (a) The commissioner shall, within a reasonable time after receiving...

Sec. 38.35.090. Multiple applications for same lease. - When the commissioner receives within a 30-day period two or...

Sec. 38.35.100. Decision on application. - (a) The commissioner shall promptly determine, in a written finding,...

Sec. 38.35.110. Term of lease; continuation. - (a) Each lease of state land for pipeline right-of-way purposes...

Sec. 38.35.120. Covenants required to be included in lease to a pipeline that is not a natural gas pipeline contract carrier. - (a) Except as provided for a natural gas pipeline subject...

Sec. 38.35.121. Covenants required to be in a lease to a natural gas pipeline that is a contract carrier. - (a) For a lease of state land for a right-of-way...

Sec. 38.35.122. Products pipeline leases. - The commissioner has discretion to include any or all of...

Sec. 38.35.130. Right-of-way easements or leases acquired from others. - (a) The lessee may, if the commissioner delegates the function...

Sec. 38.35.140. Payment of rental and costs. - (a) The lease price for a right-of-way lease shall be...

Sec. 38.35.145. Agreement to provide for payment of preapplication costs. - (a) To accommodate preliminary work in advance of the receipt...

Sec. 38.35.170. Forfeiture of lease. - Failure to begin construction of the pipeline facility within a...

Sec. 38.35.180. Suits to enjoin or recover damages for defaults. - (a) When in the judgment of the commissioner a person...

Sec. 38.35.190. Application of the Administrative Procedure Act. - (a) AS 44.62.010 - 44.62.319, 44.62.640, and 44.62.950 apply to...

Sec. 38.35.200. Judicial review. - (a) An applicant or competing applicant or a person who...

Sec. 38.35.205. Lease savings clause. - A judicial finding that any term or condition of a...

Sec. 38.35.210. Delegation of commissioner's authority. - The commissioner may delegate to an employee of the Department...

Sec. 38.35.220. Continued operation of certain carriers. - (a) Natural gas carriers that operate as public utilities holding...

Sec. 38.35.225. Binding effect of covenants. - By entering into a lease under this chapter, the lessee...

Sec. 38.35.230. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of natural...

Sec. 38.35.260. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Right-of-Way Leasing...

Chapter 50. Exchange of State Land

Sec. 38.50.010. Authorization and procedure for exchange of state land. - (a) When it is in the best interest of the...

Sec. 38.50.030. Parties. - (a) The director may exchange land and interests in land...

Sec. 38.50.050. Conveyance of mineral rights. - Subject to the requirements of this chapter, the director is...

Sec. 38.50.060. Reservations and covenants. - The director may include in any patent or other instrument...

Sec. 38.50.070. Valid existing rights. - Conveyances made by the state under this chapter are subject...

Sec. 38.50.080. Prohibition against future consideration. - (a) The director may not negotiate or enter into a...

Sec. 38.50.120. Public hearings. - (a) For an exchange of state land having an appraised...

Sec. 38.50.140. Legislative review. - Within 10 days after the convening of a regular legislative...

Sec. 38.50.150. Execution of exchange. - If a deed, contract of exchange, or other instrument of...

Sec. 38.50.160. Regulations. - The commissioner may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure...

Sec. 38.50.170. Definitions. - In this chapter, unless otherwise specified, (1) “commissioner” means the...

Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions

Article 1. Manner of Conveying State's Interest in Land under Its Jurisdiction.

Sec. 38.95.010. State's interest may not be obtained by adverse possession or prescription. - No prescription or statute of limitations runs against the title...

Article 2. Contracts with Native Corporations.

Sec. 38.95.050. Land management contracts with Native corporations. - A corporation organized under state law pursuant to 43 U.S.C....

Article 3. Trapping Cabins.

Sec. 38.95.075. Permits for the use of trapping cabins. - Except where a resource management conflict exists, the commissioner shall...

Sec. 38.95.080. Trapping cabin construction permits. - (a) The commissioner may issue a nontransferable permit for the...

Sec. 38.95.085. Definitions for AS 38.95.075 - 38.95.085. - In AS 38.95.075 - 38.95.085, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner...

Article 5. Survey and Improvement of State Land.

Sec. 38.95.150. Survey of state land. - A professional land surveyor registered to practice under AS 08.48...

Sec. 38.95.160. Improvements on state land. - (a) The location and design of a publicly financed improvement...

Article 6. Real Property Escheated to State.

Sec. 38.95.200. Real property subject to escheat. - (a) Real property in an intestate estate for which no...

Sec. 38.95.210. Enforcement of rights by department. - (a) When the Department of Natural Resources is informed or...

Sec. 38.95.220. Judgment of escheat. - (a) If the superior court determines that the real property...

Sec. 38.95.230. Management of escheated real property by department. - (a) After a judgment of escheat under AS 38.95.220, the...

Sec. 38.95.240. Time within which to claim escheated real property. - (a) Within seven years after a judgment of escheat under...

Sec. 38.95.250. Proceeds of sale or redemption. - (a) The department shall deposit the proceeds of real property...

Sec. 38.95.260. Disposition of sale proceeds seven years after the judgment of escheat. - Seven years after the judgment of escheat, net proceeds from...

Sec. 38.95.270. Definition. - In AS 38.95.200 - 38.95.270, “department” means the Department of...

Article 7. No Obligation to Provide Services to Disposals of State Land; No Limitation on Further Disposals.

Sec. 38.95.300. Disclaimer applicable to state land disposals. - Except as otherwise specifically provided, nothing in this title (1)...

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