Alaska Statutes
Title 38. Public Land
Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act

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 - (a) [Repealed, § 88 ch 152 SLA 1984.]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.

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Alaska Statutes Title 38. Public Land Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act

Alaska Statutes
Title 38. Public Land
Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act