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Chapter 05. Records Affecting Mining Claims
Sec. 40.05.010. Purpose. - The purpose of this chapter is to enable the Department...
Sec. 40.05.020. Reports of instruments affecting mining properties. - The recorder of each recording district shall prepare and forward...
Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications
Article 1. Recording of Plats.
Sec. 40.15.010. Approval, filing, and recording of subdivisions. - Before the lots or tracts of any subdivision or dedication...
Sec. 40.15.020. Plats to be acknowledged and contain certificate that taxes and assessments are paid. - Every plat shall be acknowledged before an officer authorized to...
Sec. 40.15.030. Dedication of streets, alleys, and thoroughfares. - When an area is subdivided and a plat of the...
Sec. 40.15.040. Certified copy of plat as evidence. - A copy of a plat certified by the recorder of...
Sec. 40.15.050. Plats legalized. - All plats filed or recorded with the recorder before March...
Sec. 40.15.060. Missing plats. - When a filed or recorded plat is missing and a...
Article 2. Control of Plats, Subdivisions, and Dedications.
Sec. 40.15.070. Platting authority. - (a) If land proposed to be subdivided or dedicated is...
Article 3. Applicability.
Sec. 40.15.200. Application to state and political subdivisions. - All subdivisions of land made by the state, its agencies,...
Article 4. Platting in Areas Outside Certain Municipalities.
Sec. 40.15.300. Purposes of AS 40.15.300 - 40.15.380. - The purposes of AS 40.15.300 - 40.15.380 are to provide...
Sec. 40.15.305. Examination of plats before recording. - (a) The commissioner shall exercise the platting authority for the...
Sec. 40.15.310. Requirements for plat approval. - (a) Each plat must show on its face a certificate...
Sec. 40.15.320. Monuments. - (a) In a subdivision with five or fewer lots, the...
Sec. 40.15.330. Plat standards. - The commissioner shall establish plat standards by regulation.
Sec. 40.15.340. Engineering standards. - Except for subdivisions of state land, the commissioner may not...
Sec. 40.15.350. Certified copy of plat as evidence. - A copy of a plat certified by the recorder of...
Sec. 40.15.360. Applicability. - The provisions of AS 40.15.300 - 40.15.380 do not apply...
Sec. 40.15.370. Regulations. - The commissioner may adopt regulations to implement the provisions of...
Sec. 40.15.380. Applicability to governmental bodies; right-of-way acquisition plats. - (a) Except as provided in this section and AS 40.15.305(g),...
Article 5. General Provisions.
Sec. 40.15.900. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of natural...
Chapter 17. Recording of Documents
Sec. 40.17.010. Place of recording and access to records. - (a) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide at each...
Sec. 40.17.020. Recording conveyances. - (a) A conveyance that is eligible for recording under AS...
Sec. 40.17.030. Formal requisites for recording. - (a) Except as provided in (b), (c), and (e) of...
Sec. 40.17.035. Recording criteria. - When determining whether a document may be recorded, the recorder...
Sec. 40.17.040. Indexing. - (a) The recorder shall maintain an index system for recorded...
Sec. 40.17.050. Incorporation of master form. - A recorded master form, or a numbered paragraph of it,...
Sec. 40.17.060. Documents executed under former law. - If a document was executed in accordance with the law...
Sec. 40.17.070. Duties of recorder; time recording is effective. - (a) The recorder shall promptly record all documents presented that...
Sec. 40.17.075. Account. - Under AS 37.05.146(c), fees for services of the recorder collected...
Sec. 40.17.080. Effect of recording on title and rights; constructive notice. - (a) Subject to (c) and (d) of this section, from...
Sec. 40.17.090. Conveyances and recorded documents as evidence. - (a) A conveyance that is acknowledged, proven, or certified under...
Sec. 40.17.100. Recording a reconveyance. - When the parties to a recorded conveyance absolute in its...
Sec. 40.17.110. Documents eligible for recording. - (a) Subject to (b) - (d) of this section, a...
Sec. 40.17.120. Recording memorandum of lease. - (a) Recording a memorandum of lease substantially complying with (b)...
Sec. 40.17.125. Recording affidavits related to manufactured homes. - (a) A recorder shall record an affixation affidavit and a...
Sec. 40.17.130. Action against recorder and state. - If the recorder fails to record and index a document...
Sec. 40.17.140. Application of electronic provisions. - (a) The provisions of AS 09.80 (Uniform Electronic Transactions Act)...
Sec. 40.17.900. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “acceptance” means the determination by the...
Chapter 19. Recording Federal Liens
Sec. 40.19.010. Applicability. - The provisions of this chapter apply to federal tax liens...
Sec. 40.19.020. Place of recording. - (a) Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting a...
Sec. 40.19.030. Execution of notices and certificates. - Certification of notices of lien, certificates, or other notices affecting...
Sec. 40.19.040. Duties of recorder. - (a) If a notice of federal lien, a rerecording of...
Sec. 40.19.050. Uniformity of application and construction. - To the extent the provisions of this chapter follow the...
Chapter 21. Management and Preservation of Public Records
Article 1. Public Records.
Sec. 40.21.010. Purpose. - The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the...
Sec. 40.21.020. Archival and records management program creation and administration. - There is established in the Department of Education and Early...
Sec. 40.21.030. Duties of the state archivist. - (a) In order to carry out the archival program, the...
Sec. 40.21.040. Gifts, bequests, or endowments of money. - Gifts, bequests, or endowments of money shall be deposited in...
Sec. 40.21.050. Regulations. - The department shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the...
Sec. 40.21.060. Duties of chief executive officers of state agencies. - The chief executive officer of each state agency shall (1)...
Sec. 40.21.070. Records management for local records. - The governing body of each political subdivision of the state...
Sec. 40.21.080. Disposal of public records by political subdivision. - An official of a political subdivision of the state having...
Sec. 40.21.090. Transfer of public records of political subdivision to department. - The governing body of a political subdivision of the state...
Sec. 40.21.100. Assistance to legislative and judicial branches. - Upon request, the department shall assist in the establishment of...
Sec. 40.21.110. Care of records. - Except for public records lawfully in the possession of a...
Sec. 40.21.120. Standards of clarity, accuracy, and permanency of copies. - When a public officer performing duties under this chapter is...
Sec. 40.21.130. Alteration and replacement of public records. - An original public record that is worn or damaged may...
Sec. 40.21.140. Use of copies and replacements as evidence. - Reproductions or replacements of records made under this chapter are...
Article 2. General Provisions.
Sec. 40.21.150. Definitions. - In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “agency”...
Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures
Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records.
Sec. 40.25.100. Disposition of tax information. - (a) [See delayed amendment note.] Information in the possession of...
Sec. 40.25.105. Disclosure of information for compliance with the tobacco product Master Settlement Agreement. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 40.25.100(a), the Department of...
Sec. 40.25.110. Public records open to inspection and copying; fees. - (a) Unless specifically provided otherwise, the public records of all...
Sec. 40.25.115. Electronic services and products. - (a) Notwithstanding AS 40.25.110(b) - (d) to the contrary, upon...
Sec. 40.25.120. Public records; exceptions; certified copies. - (a) Every person has a right to inspect a public...
Sec. 40.25.121. Copies of public records for veterans. - When a copy of a public record is required by...
Sec. 40.25.122. Litigation disclosure. - A public record that is subject to disclosure and copying...
Sec. 40.25.123. Supervision and regulation. - (a) The Department of Administration shall supervise and adopt regulations...
Sec. 40.25.124. Appeals. - A person may appeal to the superior court the final...
Sec. 40.25.125. Enforcement: injunctive relief. - A person having custody or control of a public record...
Sec. 40.25.140. Confidentiality of library records. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the...
Sec. 40.25.151. Confidentiality of retirement records. - (a) Except as provided in (b) - (d) of this...
Sec. 40.25.220. Definitions for AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.295. - In AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.295, unless the context otherwise requires,...
Sec. 40.25.295. Short title. - AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.295 may be cited as the Alaska...
Article 2. Personal Information in State Public Records.
Sec. 40.25.300. Notice regarding personal information. - (a) When a state agency requests personal information that may...
Sec. 40.25.310. Information accuracy and completeness. - (a) A person who is the subject of personal information...
Sec. 40.25.350. Definitions. - In AS 40.25.300 - 40.25.350, (1) “person” means an individual;...