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AK Stat § 08.18.051 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.051. Identification requirements for contractors.

(a) Except as provided otherwise by law, a person who has registered as a contractor under one name as required by this chapter may not act in the capacity of a contractor under any other name unless that name also is registered. (b) All advertising, contracts, correspondence, cards, signs, posters, papers, and documents prepared by a contractor for the contracting business must show the contractor's name, mailing address, and address of the contractor's principal place of business. Advertising and contracts must also include the contractor's registration number. (c) Individual contractors and partners, associates, agents, salesmen, solicitors, officers, and employees of contractors shall use their true names and addresses and the true name of the contractor firm at all times while acting in the capacity of a contractor or performing related activities.
AK Stat § 08.18.053 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.053. Identification requirements for home inspectors.

(a) Except as provided otherwise by law, an individual who is registered as a home inspector or associate home inspector under this chapter by one name may not act in the capacity of a home inspector or associate home inspector under any other name. (b) All advertising and business cards prepared by a registered home inspector or associate home inspector for the home inspection business must show the inspector's name, mailing address, and registration number. (c) Individual registered home inspectors and partners, associates, agents, salespeople, solicitors, officers, and employees of registered home inspectors shall use their true names and addresses and the true name of the home inspecting firm at all times while acting in the capacity of a registered home inspector or performing related activities. (d) Individuals who are exempt from registration under AS 08.18.156(a) or whose actions are not considered to be home inspections under AS 08.18.156(b) may not hold themselves out to be registered home inspectors or use words or titles that may reasonably be confused with the title of “registered home inspector” or “home inspector” unless they are registered as a home inspector under this chapter.
AK Stat § 08.18.061 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.061. Requirements of political subdivision.

A contractor or home inspector who is registered with the state under this chapter may not be required to give bond in applying for or holding a license issued by a political subdivision for a similar occupation.
AK Stat § 08.18.071 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 2. Bond and Insurance.|Sec. 08.18.071. Bond required.

(a) Except as provided in (d) and (e) of this section, each applicant shall, at the time of applying for a certificate of registration, file with the commissioner a surety bond running to the state conditioned upon the applicant's promise to pay all (1) taxes and contributions due the state and political subdivisions; (2) persons furnishing labor or material or renting or supplying equipment to the applicant; and (3) amounts that may be adjudged against the applicant by reason of negligent or improper work or breach of contract in the conduct of the contracting business or home inspection activity, as applicable, or by reason of damage to public facilities occurring in the course of a construction project. (b) The amount of the bond for a (1) general contractor shall be $25,000; (2) general contractor with a residential contractor endorsement under AS 08.18.025 who performs exclusively residential work shall be $20,000; (3) mechanical or specialty contractor or home inspector shall be $10,000; or (4) contractor whose work on one project with an aggregate contract price of $10,000 or less, including all labor, materials, and other items, when the work is not part of a larger or major operation or otherwise divided into contracts of less than $10,000 to evade a higher bonding requirement, shall be $5,000. (c) The bond required by this section remains in effect until cancelled by action of the surety, the principal, or the commissioner. An action may not be commenced upon the bond later than three years after its cancellation. In lieu of the surety bond required by this section, the applicant may file with the commissioner a cash deposit or other negotiable security acceptable to the commissioner in the amount specified for bonds. (d) A general contractor or specialty contractor who is in compliance with the surety bond or deposit requirements of (a) and (b) of this section is not required to file another surety bond or increase a deposit with the commissioner when the general contractor or specialty contractor applies to be a registered home inspector. However, if the general contractor or specialty contractor subsequently is neither a general contractor nor a specialty contractor and becomes only a registered home inspector, the home inspector shall provide a surety bond or deposit in lieu of the bond in the manner and amount required for registered home inspectors under this section. (e) An applicant for, or holder of, a certificate of registration as a home inspector may, in lieu of filing with the commissioner a surety bond or deposit that meets the requirements of this section, file evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the applicant is employed by a registered home inspector who is in compliance with the surety bond or deposit requirements of this section.
AK Stat § 08.18.081 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 2. Bond and Insurance.|Sec. 08.18.081. Claims against contractor or home inspector.

(a) Except as provided in AS 08.18.085, a person having a claim against a contractor or home inspector for any of the items referred to in AS 08.18.071 may bring suit upon the bond in the district court of the judicial district in which venue lies. A copy of the complaint shall be served by registered or certified mail upon the commissioner at the time suit is filed, and the commissioner shall maintain a record, available for public inspection, of all suits commenced. Two additional copies shall be served upon the director of the division of insurance with the payment to the director of a fee set under AS 21.06.250, taxable as costs in the action. This service upon the director shall constitute service on the surety, and the director shall transmit the complaint or a copy of it to the surety within 72 hours after it has been received. The surety upon the bond is not liable in an aggregate amount in excess of that named in the bond, but in case claims pending at any one time exceed the amount of the bond, the claims shall be satisfied from the bond in the following order: (1) labor, including employee benefits; (2) taxes and contributions due the state, city, and borough, in that order; (3) material and equipment; (4) claims for breach of contract; (5) repair of public facilities. (b) If a judgment is entered against the cash deposit, the commissioner, upon receipt of a certified copy of a final judgment, shall pay the judgment from the amount of the deposit, in accordance with the priorities set out in (a) of this section. (c) If the claim for which a person may bring suit under (a) of this section is subject to AS 09.45.881 - 09.45.899, the person may not bring suit unless the person complies with AS 09.45.881 - 09.45.899.
AK Stat § 08.18.085 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 2. Bond and Insurance.|Sec. 08.18.085. Legal actions against home inspector.

(a) Notwithstanding contrary provisions of AS 08.18.081 or AS 09.10, a person may not bring an action against an individual registered under this chapter based on a home inspection report unless the action is commenced within one year. (b) The limitation in (a) of this section applies to all actions based on a home inspection report, regardless of whether the action is based on breach of contract, personal injury or death, property damage, or another source of liability except that (a) of this section is not applicable to an action based on gross negligence or intentional misconduct by the home inspector. The limitation may not be waived by contract. (c) A person may not bring an action against an individual registered under this chapter for damages that arise from an act or omission relating to a home inspection performed by the individual unless the person (1) was a party to the real estate transaction for which the home inspection was conducted; (2) received the home inspection report with the written consent of the party for whom the home inspection was originally performed; or (3) acquired the property for which the home inspection report was conducted by inheritance or bequest from a person who could have brought an action under (1) or (2) of this subsection. (d) Contractual provisions that purport to limit the liability of a home inspector to the cost of the home inspection report are contrary to public policy and void.
AK Stat § 08.18.091 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 2. Bond and Insurance.|Sec. 08.18.091. Cancellation of bond.

This chapter does not impair the right of a bonding company to cancel its bond of a contractor for lawful reasons.
AK Stat § 08.18.101 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 2. Bond and Insurance.|Sec. 08.18.101. Insurance required.

(a) Each applicant, at the time of applying for registration or upon renewal of registration, shall file with the commissioner satisfactory evidence that the applicant has in effect (1) to the extent required under AS 23.30, workers' compensation insurance that is purchased from a private insurer who is admitted to do business in the state and that shows coverage in this state, appropriate employee classifications, and rates applicable in this state, or a valid workers' compensation self-insurance certificate issued by the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board; and (2) public liability and property damage insurance covering the applicant's contracting operations in this state in the sum of not less than $20,000 for damage to property, $50,000 for injury, including death, to any one person, and $100,000 for injury, including death, to more than one person; this requirement does not apply to an applicant whose contracting operations are for work on projects where each project has an aggregate contract price, including all labor, materials, and other items of $2,500 or less. (b) Proof of insurance coverage for an applicant under (a) of this section may be satisfied by providing evidence that the applicant is covered by a policy in effect for the applicant's employer at least to the extent required under (a) of this section.
AK Stat § 08.18.111 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 2. Bond and Insurance.|Sec. 08.18.111. Advertising bond and insurance.

Contractors and home inspectors may not advertise that they are bonded and insured simply because they have complied with the bond and insurance requirements of this chapter.
AK Stat § 08.18.115 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 2. Bond and Insurance.|Sec. 08.18.115. Return of cash deposit.

(a) A contractor or home inspector who has filed a cash deposit and who ceases doing business as a contractor or home inspector may request the return of as much of that cash deposit as is held by the commissioner by (1) filing a notarized statement with the commissioner that the contractor or home inspector has ceased doing business as a contractor or home inspector, as applicable; and (2) filing a notarized statement with the commissioner at least three years after filing the statement in (1) of this subsection that (A) requests return of the cash deposit; (B) certifies that the former contractor or home inspector has not been engaged in business as a contractor or home inspector, as applicable, for at least three years; and (C) certifies that to the best of the contractor's or home inspector's knowledge no action has been commenced upon the cash deposit that has not been dismissed or reduced to a final judgment that has been satisfied. (b) The commissioner, after paying any judgments against the cash deposit under AS 08.18.081(b), shall return the remainder of a former contractor's or former home inspector's cash deposit to the contractor or home inspector, as applicable, if (1) the former contractor or former home inspector has complied with (a) of this section; and (2) no action has been commenced upon the cash deposit that has not been dismissed or reduced to a final judgment that has been satisfied.
AK Stat § 08.18.116 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 3. Enforcement.|Sec. 08.18.116. Investigations.

(a) Either the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development may investigate alleged or apparent violations of this chapter relating to contractors. The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development may investigate alleged or apparent violations of this chapter relating to home inspection activities. These departments, upon showing proper credentials, may enter, during regular hours of work, a construction site where it appears that contracting work is being done. The departments may make inquiries about the identity of the contractor or the person acting in the capacity of a contractor. The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development may make inquiries about the identity of a home inspector or a person acting in the capacity of a home inspector. Upon demand, a contractor or home inspector or person acting in the capacity of a contractor or home inspector, or that person's representative, shall produce evidence of current endorsement, if applicable, and registration. (b) If an owner files a notice of the advertisement of a structure for sale or the sale of a structure during the period of construction or for two years after the period of construction begins under AS 08.18.161(11), the department shall investigate and take appropriate action under this chapter if the notice and circumstances indicate that the owner is operating a business for which the owner is required to register as a contractor under this chapter.
AK Stat § 08.18.117 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 3. Enforcement.|Sec. 08.18.117. Issuance of citations.

Except as provided in AS 08.18.125, either the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development may issue a citation for a violation if there is probable cause to believe a person has violated this chapter with respect to contractor activities. The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development may issue a citation for a violation if there is probable cause to believe a person has violated this chapter with respect to home inspection activities. Each day a violation continues after a citation for the violation has been issued constitutes a separate violation.
AK Stat § 08.18.118 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 3. Enforcement.|Sec. 08.18.118. Procedure and form of citation issuance and procedure.

(a) A citation issued under this chapter must comply with AS 12.25.175 - 12.25.230. A person receiving the citation is not required to sign a notice to appear in court. (b) The time specified in the notice to appear on a citation issued under this chapter must be at least five working days after the issuance of the citation. (c) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development are responsible for the issuance of books containing appropriate citations, and each shall maintain a record of each book issued and each citation contained in it. Each department shall require and retain a receipt for every book issued to an employee of that department. (d) The department that issues a citation under this chapter shall deposit the original or a copy of the citation with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense. Upon its deposit with the court, the citation may be disposed of only by trial in the court or other official action taken by the magistrate, judge, or prosecutor. The department that issued the citation may not dispose of it or copies of it or of the record of its issuance except as required under this subsection and (e) of this section. (e) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall require the return of a copy of every citation issued by the respective department under this chapter and of all copies of every citation that has been spoiled or upon which an entry has been made and not issued to an alleged violator. The departments shall also maintain, in connection with every citation issued by the respective department, a record of the disposition of the charge by the court where the original or copy of the citation was deposited. (f) A citation issued under this chapter is considered to be a lawful complaint for the purpose of prosecution.
AK Stat § 08.18.119 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 3. Enforcement.|Sec. 08.18.119. Failure to obey citation.

Unless the citation has been voided or otherwise dismissed by the magistrate, judge, or prosecutor, a person who without lawful justification or excuse fails to appear in court to answer a citation issued under this chapter, regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the citation was issued, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 08.18.121 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 3. Enforcement.|Sec. 08.18.121. Suspension and revocation of registration.

(a) If the insurance required in AS 08.18.101 ceases to be in effect, the registration of the contractor or home inspector shall be suspended until the insurance has been reinstated. (b) If a final judgment impairs the liability of the surety upon the bond or depletes the cash deposit so that there is not in effect a bond undertaking or cash deposit in the full amount prescribed in AS 08.18.071, the registration of the contractor or home inspector involved shall be suspended until the bond liability in the required amount, unimpaired by unsatisfied judgment claims, has been furnished. (c) If a bonding company cancels its bond of a contractor or home inspector, the contractor's or home inspector's registration shall be revoked. The contractor or home inspector may again obtain registration by complying with the requirements of this chapter. (d) If a registered contractor or registered home inspector fails to fulfill the contractor's or home inspector's obligations as set out in AS 08.18.071, the contractor's or home inspector's registration shall be suspended for a period of time the commissioner determines is appropriate. After three suspensions, the contractor's or home inspector's registration may be permanently revoked. (e) Proceedings to suspend or revoke a registration issued under this chapter are governed by AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). (f) If the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development determines that a contractor or person acting in the capacity of a contractor is in violation of this chapter, that department may give written notice to the person prohibiting further action by the person as a contractor. If the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development determines that a home inspector or a person acting in the capacity of a home inspector is in violation of this chapter, the department may give written notice to the person prohibiting further action by the person as a home inspector. The prohibition in a notice given under this subsection continues until the person has submitted evidence acceptable to the appropriate department showing that the violation has been corrected. (g) A person affected by an order issued under this chapter may seek equitable relief preventing the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development from enforcing the order. (h) The endorsement of a residential contractor is automatically suspended or revoked while the contractor's registration is suspended or revoked.
AK Stat § 08.18.123 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 3. Enforcement.|Sec. 08.18.123. Denial, suspension, and revocation of endorsement or home inspector registration.

(a) The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to grant or renew a residential contractor endorsement, a home inspector registration, or an associate home inspector registration upon a finding that (1) the application is fraudulent or misleading; (2) the endorsement holder or registrant has knowingly violated this chapter or a lawful order or regulation of the department; (3) the endorsement holder or registrant is incompetent or has engaged in fraudulent practices. (b) Proceedings for the denial, suspension, or revocation of residential contractor endorsement, home inspector registration, or associate home inspector registration are governed by AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
AK Stat § 08.18.125 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 3. Enforcement.|Sec. 08.18.125. Administrative fine and procedure.

(a) Notwithstanding any other remedy available under this chapter and except as provided in (e) of this section, the department may impose an administrative fine of not more than $1,000 for the first violation and not more than $1,500 for a second or subsequent violation of either AS 08.18.011 or 08.18.025. (b) The department shall issue a written notice of an administrative fine imposed under (a) of this section, together with a statement of the reason for the fine, a copy of the applicable procedures, and notice of an opportunity to request a hearing, including the contact information for making the request, within 30 days after the date of the notice of the fine. (c) If a person who is issued a notice of an administrative fine under (b) of this section fails to request a hearing within 30 days after the date of the notice, the right to a hearing is waived, and the administrative fine is not subject to judicial review. A hearing request must be in writing and must clearly state the issues to be raised at the hearing. The department shall schedule a hearing before a hearing officer not earlier than 10 days after receiving the request for a hearing. (d) A decision of a hearing officer under this section is a final administrative decision subject to review by a superior court under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). (e) The department may not impose an administrative fine on a person who is acting as a contractor or home inspector in an area with a population of 1,000 or less that is not connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks.