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AK Stat § 34.77.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 77. Community Property Act|Sec. 34.77.040. Management and control of property of spouses.

(a) A spouse acting alone may manage and control (1) that spouse's property that is not community property; (2) except as provided in (c) of this section, community property held in that spouse's name alone or not held in the name of either spouse; (3) a policy of insurance if that spouse is designated as the owner on the records of the issuer of the policy; (4) the rights of an employee under an arrangement for deferred employment benefits that accrue as a result of that spouse's employment; (5) a claim for relief vested in that spouse by other law; (6) community property held in the names of both spouses in the alternative, including using the names of both spouses with the word “or.” (b) Spouses may not manage and control community property held in the names of both spouses other than in the alternative unless they act together. (c) The right to manage and control community property that is transferred to a trust, including property that is community property under the trust, is determined by the terms of the trust. (d) The right to manage and control community property does not determine the classification of property of the spouses and does not rebut the presumption of AS 34.77.030(b). (e) The right to manage and control community property does not permit gifts of the property, except to the extent provided in AS 34.77.050. (f) Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in a community property agreement or a community property trust, the right to manage and control the property of spouses is not affected by this chapter if the property is acquired before the determination date. (g) A court may appoint a conservator or guardian to exercise a disabled spouse's right to manage and control community property.
AK Stat § 34.77.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 77. Community Property Act|Sec. 34.77.050. Gifts of community property to third persons.

(a) A spouse acting alone may not give to a third person community property that the spouse has the right to manage and control unless the value of the community property given to the third person does not aggregate more than $1,000 in a calendar year, or a larger amount if, when made, the gift is reasonable in amount considering the economic position of the spouses. (b) A gift of community property to a third person that is not allowed under (a) of this section is subject to AS 34.77.140(e) - (h) unless both spouses act together in making the gift or the other spouse ratifies the gift. (c) Reporting any part of a gift made by the other spouse on a United States gift tax return under 26 U.S.C. 2501 - 2524 or consenting to the treatment of a gift under 26 U.S.C. 2513 (Internal Revenue Code) by signing the consent on the other spouse's United States gift tax return is treated as the spouses acting together in making the gift. (d) [Repealed, § 46 ch 45 SLA 2013.]
AK Stat § 34.77.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 77. Community Property Act|Sec. 34.77.060. Certain property transactions between spouses.

(a) While both spouses are domiciled in this state, spouses may classify any or all of their property as community property in a community property agreement. (b) Whether or not both, one, or neither is domiciled in this state, spouses may classify any or all of their property as community property by transferring property to a community property trust and providing in the trust that the property is community property.
AK Stat § 34.77.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 77. Community Property Act|Sec. 34.77.070. Obligations of spouses.

(a) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.]  (b) After the determination date, a spouse's obligation to satisfy a duty of support owed to the other spouse or to a child of the marriage may be satisfied only from community property and the other property of the obligated spouse that is not community property. (c) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.]  (d) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.]  (e) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.]  (f) This chapter does not alter the relationship between spouses and their creditors with respect to property or an obligation in existence before the determination date. (g) A writing that is signed by a creditor and that reduces a creditor's rights under this section is binding on the creditor. (h) A provision of a community property agreement or a community property trust does not adversely affect the interest of a creditor unless the creditor has actual knowledge of the provision when the obligation to the creditor is incurred. The effect of this subsection may not be varied by a community property agreement or a community property trust. (i) This chapter does not affect an exemption provided under other law for the property of spouses. (j) An obligation incurred by only one spouse before or during marriage may be satisfied only from the property of that spouse that is not community property and from that spouse's interest in community property. This subsection does not apply to an obligation described in (b) of this section. (k) An obligation incurred during marriage by both spouses may be satisfied from property of each spouse that is not community property and from the community property.
AK Stat § 34.77.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 77. Community Property Act|Sec. 34.77.080. Protection of bona fide purchasers dealing with spouses.

(a) Notice of the existence of a community property agreement, a community property trust, a marriage, or the termination of a marriage does not affect the status of a purchaser as a bona fide purchaser. (b) Community property purchased by a bona fide purchaser from a spouse having the right to manage and control the property under AS 34.77.040 is acquired free of any claim of the other spouse. The effect of this subsection may not be varied by a community property agreement or a community property trust. (c) In this section, (1) “bona fide purchaser” means a purchaser of property for value who has not knowingly been a party to fraud or illegality affecting the interest of the spouses or other parties to the transaction, does not have notice of an adverse claim by a spouse, and has acted in the transaction in good faith; in this paragraph, a purchaser gives “value” for property if the property is acquired (A) in return for a binding commitment to extend credit; (B) as security for or in total or partial satisfaction of a preexisting claim; (C) by accepting delivery under a preexisting contract for purchase; or (D) in return for other consideration sufficient to support a contract; (2) “purchaser” means a person who acquires property by sale, lease, discount, negotiation, mortgage, pledge, or lien, or otherwise deals with property in a voluntary transaction other than making a gift.
AK Stat § 34.77.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 77. Community Property Act|Sec. 34.77.130. Mixed property.

(a) Except as provided otherwise in AS 34.77.110, mixing community property with property having another classification reclassifies the other property as community property unless the component of the mixed property that is not community property can be traced. (b) If a community property agreement provides that all property acquired by either or both spouses during marriage is community property, application by one spouse of substantial labor, effort, inventiveness, physical skill, intellectual skill, creativity, or managerial activity on individual property of the other spouse creates community property attributable to the application if (1) reasonable compensation is not received for the application; and (2) substantial appreciation of the individual property of the other spouse results from the application.
AK Stat § 34.77.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 77. Community Property Act|Sec. 34.77.150. Treatment of certain property at death of spouse.

If a community property agreement provides that all property acquired by either or both spouses during marriage is community property, at the death of a spouse domiciled in this state, property of the spouse that can be traced to property received by the spouse after the determination date as a recovery for a loss of earning capacity during marriage shall be treated as if it were community property.
AK Stat § 34.77.155 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 77. Community Property Act|Sec. 34.77.155. Division of community property at death.

(a) Upon the death of a spouse, one-half of the aggregate value of the community property owned by the spouses and by any community property trust established by the spouses reflects the share of the surviving spouse and the other one-half reflects the share of the decedent. (b) Upon the death of a spouse, the deceased spouse's personal representative and the trustee of a community property trust each have the power to distribute community property in divided or undivided interests and to adjust resulting differences in valuation. A distribution of community property in kind may be made on the basis of a non pro rata division of the aggregate value of the community property, on the basis of a pro rata division of each individual item or asset of community property, or by using both methods. (c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, spouses may agree in writing to divide their community property on the basis of a non pro rata division of the aggregate value of the community property or on the basis of a pro rata division of each individual item or asset of community property, or by using both methods.
AK Stat § 34.77.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 77. Community Property Act|Sec. 34.77.160. Uniformity of application and construction.

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose and to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.
AK Stat § 34.77.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 77. Community Property Act|Sec. 34.77.900. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “acquire” in relation to property includes obtaining reductions of indebtedness on encumbered property and obtaining a lien on or a security interest in property; (2) “appreciation” means a realized or unrealized increase in the value of property; (3) “community property” means property owned jointly by both spouses under a community property agreement or a community property trust; (4) “community property agreement” means an agreement that complies with AS 34.77.090; (5) “community property trust” means an express trust that complies with AS 34.77.100; (6) “decree” means a judgment or other order of a court; (7) “determination date” means the later of (A) marriage; (B) the effective date of a community property agreement or a community property trust; or (C) May 23, 1998; (8) “disposition at death” means the transfer of property by will, intestate succession, nontestamentary transfer, or other means that take effect at the transferor's death; (9) “dissolution” means (A) termination of a marriage by a decree of dissolution, divorce, annulment, or declaration of invalidity; or (B) entry of a decree of legal separation or separate maintenance; (10) “during marriage” means a period that begins at marriage and ends at divorce, dissolution, or the death of a spouse; (11) “held” means the registration, recordation, or filing by a person in a public office in the name of the person of a document of title to property, or the issuance in the person's name of a writing that customarily operates as a document of title to the property; (12) “income” means dividends, interest, and net rents and other net returns attributable to investment, rental, licensing, or other use of property unless attributable to a return of capital or to appreciation; (13) “management and control” means the right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, institute or defend a civil action regarding, or otherwise deal with property as if the property is the property of an unmarried person; (14) “notice” of a fact means a knowledge of it, receipt of a notification of it, or reason to know that it exists from the facts and circumstances known to the person; (15) “presume” or a “presumption” means the imposition on the person against whom the presumption or presumed fact is directed of the burden of proving that the nonexistence of the presumed fact is more probable than its existence; (16) “property” means an interest, present or future, legal or equitable, vested or contingent, in real or personal property; (17) “written waiver” means a document signed by a person against whose interests it is sought to be enforced.
AK Stat § 34.77.995 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 77. Community Property Act|Sec. 34.77.995. Short Title.

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Community Property Act.
AK Stat § 34.80.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 80. Escrow Transactions for Residential Real Property|Sec. 34.80.010. Characterization of escrow money.

The money that is received by a settlement agent for an escrow transaction is not the property of the settlement agent and is not subject to execution, attachment, or other form of collection for a claim against the settlement agent. Escrow money may not be used for a purpose other than to fulfill the terms of the escrow transaction agreement.
AK Stat § 34.80.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 80. Escrow Transactions for Residential Real Property|Sec. 34.80.020. Segregation and deposit of escrow money.

(a) A settlement agent shall segregate on the records of the settlement agent the escrow money from one escrow transaction from all other money, including the escrow money of other escrow transactions. Escrow money from more than one escrow transaction may be deposited into a single depository escrow account. (b) A settlement agent shall deposit escrow money in a depository escrow account of a financial institution located in this state.
AK Stat § 34.80.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 80. Escrow Transactions for Residential Real Property|Sec. 34.80.030. Interest on escrow money.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, interest may not be collected or paid by a settlement agent on money held for an escrow transaction unless authorized in writing by the parties to the escrow transaction, including the settlement agent.
AK Stat § 34.80.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 80. Escrow Transactions for Residential Real Property|Sec. 34.80.040. Disbursement of escrow money.

(a) A settlement agent may not disburse escrow money unless items that are at least equal in value to the proposed disbursements have been received by the settlement agent for the escrow transaction, have been deposited as required by AS 34.80.020(b), and are available for withdrawal as a matter of right from the depository escrow account. (b) A settlement agent may not disburse escrow money on the same business day as the items are deposited under AS 34.80.020(b) unless the deposit is made in cash, by interbank electronic transfer, or in a form that permits conversion of the deposit to cash on the same day the deposit is made. (c) A settlement agent may not disburse escrow money on the business day after the business day on which the items are deposited under (a) of this section unless the deposit is made by (1) a cashier's check or a certified check and the cashier's check or certified check is payable in the state and drawn on a financial institution located in the state; (2) a cashier's check, a negotiable order of withdrawal, a money order, or another item and the check, order of withdrawal, money order, or other item has been finally paid before the disbursement; or (3) a depository check, including a cashier's, certified, or teller's check, that is governed by 12 U.S.C. 4001 - 4010 (Expedited Funds Availability Act). (d) In (a) of this section, “available for withdrawal as a matter of right” means (1) when the item has been submitted for collection and payment for the item has been received; (2) when the financial institution where an item has been deposited considers the money represented by the item available for withdrawal; or (3) unless written notification has been received from the financial institution where the item was deposited establishing a longer period for an item drawn on an out-of-state financial institution, after a reasonable time has passed for prohibiting customers from drawing on the item.
AK Stat § 34.80.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 80. Escrow Transactions for Residential Real Property|Sec. 34.80.050. Recording, filing, or delivery of escrow transaction documents.

A settlement agent may not record in the office of the recorder in this state or record in an office in another state that is equivalent to the office of the recorder, file under AS 45.29 in this state or file under an equivalent statute in another state, or deliver a conveyance of property, loan documents, documents establishing a security interest in property, or other documents from an escrow transaction until the money required by the escrow transaction agreement to be disbursed at the same time is available for disbursement under AS 34.80.040.
AK Stat § 34.80.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 80. Escrow Transactions for Residential Real Property|Sec. 34.80.090. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “depository escrow account” means an account that holds escrow money pending completion of an escrow transaction and that is in a financial institution; (2) “escrow money” means the money that is received by a settlement agent for an escrow transaction; (3) “escrow transaction” means a transaction where, for the purpose of effecting and closing the sale, purchase, exchange, transfer, encumbrance, leasing, or other disposition of an interest in a single piece of residential real property, persons agree that (A) money, written documents, evidence of title to real or personal property, or other things of value will be delivered to a person for retention until the happening of a specific event or the performance of a prescribed condition; and (B) upon the happening of the event or performance of the condition, the person holding the things of value will deliver them to the persons entitled to them under the escrow transaction agreement; (4) “financial institution” means a financial institution (A) whose accounts are insured by an agency of the federal government; (B) that is located in this state and does not meet the requirements of (A) of this paragraph, but is subject to regulation by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; or (C) that is located in another state and does not meet the requirements of (A) of this paragraph, but is subject to regulation in the other state by an agency comparable to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (5) “item” means cash, a check, a negotiable order of withdrawal, a share draft, a traveler's check, a money order, or an interbank electronic transfer; in this paragraph, “check” includes a cashier's check; (6) “residential real property” means real property on which there are one to four attached or detached dwelling units, or any number of apartments if the apartments are in a horizontal property regime formed under AS 34.07 or any number of units if the units are in a common interest community created under AS 34.08; “residential real property” includes a manufactured home that has become real property under AS 34.85.010; in this paragraph, “manufactured home” has the meaning given in AS 45.29.102; (7) “settlement agent” means a person who handles an escrow transaction for compensation, but does not mean a financial institution or other person when the financial institution or other person collects money for the sole purpose of applying the money to the payment of an indebtedness; “settlement agent” includes an employee of a person who handles an escrow transaction for compensation when the employee is carrying out employment duties related to the escrow transaction.
AK Stat § 34.80.095 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 80. Escrow Transactions for Residential Real Property|Sec. 34.80.095. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Good Funds Act.
AK Stat § 34.85.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 85. Manufactured Home Property Act|Sec. 34.85.010. Real property characterization.

A manufactured home becomes real property if (1) the home is permanently affixed to land under AS 34.85.150; (2) an affixation affidavit has been recorded under AS 40.17.125; (3) the ownership interests in the manufactured home and in the real property to which the manufactured home is permanently affixed are identical, except as provided by AS 34.85.040; and (4) the manufactured home is (A) covered by a manufacturer's certificate of origin that the owner of the manufactured home is able to produce, and the department has cancelled the manufacturer's certificate of origin under AS 28.10.262; (B) covered by a certificate of title that the owner of the manufactured home is able to produce, and the department has cancelled the certificate of title under AS 28.10.263; or (C) not covered by a manufacturer's certificate of origin or a certificate of title, or if the manufactured home is covered by a manufacturer's certificate of origin or a certificate of title but the owner of the manufactured home, after diligent search and inquiry, was unable to produce the manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate of title, and the department has provided a written confirmation under AS 28.10.264.
AK Stat § 34.85.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 85. Manufactured Home Property Act|Sec. 34.85.020. Effect of real property characterization.

(a) When a manufactured home becomes real property under AS 34.85.010, a mortgage, deed of trust, lien, or security interest that can attach to land, buildings erected on land, or fixtures affixed to land or buildings attaches to the manufactured home in the same manner as if the manufactured home were built from ordinary building materials on the land where the manufactured home is located. (b) If the title to a manufactured home is transferred after the manufactured home becomes real property under AS 34.85.010, title to the manufactured home, together with the land to which the converted manufactured home is affixed, shall be transferred by deed or other form of conveyance that is effective to transfer an interest in real property. (c) When a manufactured home becomes real property under AS 34.85.010, the manufactured home is governed by the laws applicable to real property in effect on the date the manufactured home satisfies AS 34.85.010.
AK Stat § 34.85.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 85. Manufactured Home Property Act|Sec. 34.85.040. Ownership interest exception.

If the owner of a manufactured home is not the owner of the real property on which the manufactured home is located, the requirement under AS 34.85.010(3) that the ownership interests be identical is satisfied if the owner possesses the real property under (1) a lease in a recordable form that has a term that continues for at least 20 years after the date of execution of the affixation affidavit; and (2) the lessor of the real property consents.