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AK Stat § 38.05.872 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act|Article 16. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 38.05.872. Disposition of state land and resources for flood control projects.

(a) The department may make conveyances of title or other interests in state land, provide for exchange of land, or make other arrangements with respect to state land, as necessary to meet federally established requirements of flood control projects authorized inside the state by the United States. (b) The commissioner may convey materials at less than fair market value to municipalities, other state and federal agencies, or other entities, and make other arrangements for land and materials as mitigation of a flooding area where excess material deposition significantly contributes to the flooding, consistent with a site-specific flood mitigation plan approved by the commissioner and determined to be in the best interests of the public.
AK Stat § 38.05.874 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act|Article 16. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 38.05.874. Public access fund created.

(a) The public access fund is established as a special account in the general fund and funds may be deposited into the special account and withdrawn from it as provided in this section. The fund consists of money contributed to it by individuals and corporations and interest derived from those contributions. The fund shall be invested by the commissioner of revenue. The Department of Revenue may be reimbursed for actual administrative costs incurred under this subsection by appropriation from the public access fund. (b) Except as provided in (a) of this section, the commissioner shall administer the fund. The commissioner, after public hearings and in concurrence with the commissioner of fish and game, may use money in the fund to develop recreational access, including the purchase and lease of land, easements, and rights-of-way to enhance public access to recreational areas. (c) The title to rights of public access to recreational areas obtained by the commissioner vests in the state. The commissioner shall include in the instrument transferring title to the state a clause requiring that the land be used for public access. If the land ceases to be available for public access, the state shall either (1) pay to the fund the assessed value of the land at that time; or (2) if the land was purchased with funds derived under 16 U.S.C. 777 - 777k (Sport Fish Restoration Act), as amended, reimburse the sport fish restoration program. (d) The legislature may appropriate to the fund. The interest earned on funds appropriated to the public access fund by the legislature shall be deposited in the general fund. The commissioner of administration shall separately account for the interest deposited in the general fund under this subsection. The annual estimated balance in the account may be appropriated by the legislature to the public access fund.
AK Stat § 38.05.875 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act|Article 16. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 38.05.875. Administration of land acquired under former AS 34.10.

The department may sell, lease, or administer all real property to which the state obtained title under former AS 34.10 in the same manner as it is authorized to sell, lease, or administer other state land. Proceeds derived from the sales, leases, or administration shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue and deposited into the general fund of the state.
AK Stat § 38.05.880 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act|Article 16. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 38.05.880. Departmental review.

The department is not required to determine whether an owner of a mining claim, leasehold location, or mining lease is in compliance with this chapter or the regulations adopted under this chapter.
AK Stat § 38.05.910 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act|Article 17. General Provisions.|Sec. 38.05.910. Policy.

It is the policy of the state to encourage the settlement of its land and the development of its resources by making them available for maximum use consistent with the public interest.
AK Stat § 38.05.920 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act|Article 17. General Provisions.|Sec. 38.05.920. Assignment.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, all contracts of purchase or lease of land or interest in land may be, on the affirmative approval of the director, assigned or subleased in whole or in part in writing by the contract holder or lessee, and the assignee or sublessee is subject to the provisions of laws and regulations applicable to the contract or lease. (b) A nonprofit organization that is exempted from paying rent on state land under AS 38.05.097 may not assign or sublease the land or a portion of it on which it has a lease.
AK Stat § 38.05.930 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act|Article 17. General Provisions.|Sec. 38.05.930. Bona fide purchasers.

The right, title, or interest of a bona fide purchaser of any lease, interest in a lease, or option to acquire a lease or an interest in it, acquired after the effective date of issuance of the lease and held by a qualified person, association, or corporation in conformity with this chapter may not be canceled or forfeited or otherwise adversely affected by reason of the fact that the holding of the person, association, or corporation from which the lease, interest, or option was acquired, or of a predecessor in title, including the original lessee of the state, may have been canceled or forfeited, or may be or have been subject to cancellation or forfeiture. If, in any proceeding for cancellation or forfeiture, an underlying lease, interest, or option is canceled or forfeited to the state and there are valid interests therein or valid options to acquire the lease or an interest therein which are not subject to cancellation or forfeiture, the underlying lease, interest, or option shall be sold by the director to the highest responsible qualified bidder by competitive bidding under general competitive leasing regulations subject to all outstanding valid interests therein and valid options pertaining thereto. Likewise if, in any such proceeding, less than the whole interest in a lease, interest, or option is canceled or forfeited to the state, the partial interests so canceled or forfeited shall be sold by the director to the highest responsible qualified bidder under general competitive leasing regulations.
AK Stat § 38.05.940 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act|Article 17. General Provisions.|Sec. 38.05.940. Land purchase price discount for veterans.

(a) An eligible veteran is entitled to a discount of 25 percent on the purchase price of state land sold under this title and classified under AS 38.05.005 - 38.05.270 for a use other than commercial or industrial use. (b) To be eligible for a discount under this section, a veteran shall submit proof, as required by regulation, that the veteran (1) is 18 years of age or older on the date of sale; (2) has been a state resident for a period of not less than one year immediately preceding the date of sale; and (3) has served (A) in the Alaska Territorial Guard for at least 90 days, unless the service was shortened due to a service connected disability; or (B) on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at least 90 days, unless tenure was shortened due to a service connected disability or due to receiving an early separation upon return from a tour of duty overseas, and has received an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions. (c) A veteran is entitled to only one discount under this section during the veteran's lifetime. (d) A discount under this section may be applied only to the acquisition of surface rights to state land. A discount under this section may not be applied to survey costs, road development costs, utility assessments, or other costs that the commissioner determines are reimbursable to the state. (e) A discount under this section may not be used toward the purchase of land offered at a restricted sale under AS 38.05.067.
AK Stat § 38.05.946 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act|Article 17. General Provisions.|Sec. 38.05.946. Hearings.

(a) A municipality or a corporation entitled to receive notice under AS 38.05.945(c) may hold a hearing within 30 days after receipt of the notice. If a hearing is held, the commissioner shall attend the hearing. The commissioner has discretion to hold a public hearing. (b) [Repealed, § 38 ch 91 SLA 1997.]
AK Stat § 38.05.950 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act|Article 17. General Provisions.|Sec. 38.05.950. Interference with bidding prohibited; penalties.

A person who bargains, contracts, or agrees, or attempts to bargain, contract, or agree with another that the other may not bid freely upon or purchase any parcel of land of the state offered at public sale; or by intimidation, combination, or unfair management, hinders, prevents, or attempts to hinder or prevent, a person from bidding upon or purchasing a tract of land offered for sale is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.
AK Stat § 38.05.990 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act|Article 17. General Provisions.|Sec. 38.05.990. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Land Act.
AK Stat § 38.95.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|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 or interest of the state to land under the jurisdiction of the state. No title or interest to land under the jurisdiction of the state may be acquired by adverse possession or prescription, or in any other manner except by conveyance from the state.
AK Stat § 38.95.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|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. 1601 et seq. (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) may contract with the Department of Natural Resources for the management of land; however, a sale, lease, exchange or other disposal of this land may not be made without the approval of the corporation owning it. The contract is terminable upon reasonable notice by either party to it; it may cover all or a portion of the land of the corporation, and shall provide for the terms of management by reference to law or regulation or otherwise. The Department of Natural Resources is authorized to receive and expend, subject to appropriation, funds necessary to carry out its functions under this section.
AK Stat § 38.95.075 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|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 issue a nonexclusive, nontransferable permit to an individual for the use of a trapping cabin when the applicant provides to the commissioner a verified statement by the local fish and game advisory committee of the area in which the cabin is located that states that (1) the applicant had used the cabin on a regular basis for trapping before August 1, 1984; (2) the past, present, and intended use of the cabin is for temporary shelter while trapping; and (3) the applicant is the owner of the cabin or has the concurrence of the owner of the cabin or there is no owner of the cabin.
AK Stat § 38.95.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 3. Trapping Cabins.|Sec. 38.95.080. Trapping cabin construction permits.

(a) The commissioner may issue a nontransferable permit for the construction of a trapping cabin on state land to a person who meets the following qualifications: (1) the person must have an established trapline with proof of regular use; (2) the person must have a trapline of sufficient length to justify the need for cabin construction. (b) Nothing in (a) of this section prevents the director from issuing a permit to more than one qualified person for the construction and use of the same trapping cabin. (c) The director shall establish, by regulation, conditions attaching to the permit issued under (a) and (b) of this section. These conditions shall include the following: (1) permits shall be issued for a period of not more than 10 years, with succeeding 10-year renewal options, if periodic use and occupancy is established, and the qualifications of (a) of this section continue to be met; (2) a cabin shall be constructed and maintained according to reasonable specifications established by the director; one cabin constructed under a permit may contain not more than 400 square feet; however, in no case may another cabin constructed under the same permit exceed 192 square feet; (3) a permit shall specify the number of cabins allowed to be constructed and indicate their specific geographical location; the director may establish a maximum number of cabins per person or otherwise limit their number because of the probability of adverse consequences; (4) adequate provision must be made for waste and garbage disposal, as determined by the director; (5) the payment of a trapping cabin permit fee of $10. (d) A permit issued under (a) and (b) of this section entitles its holder to use timber in the immediate vicinity of the cabin for personal noncommercial purposes only. No ownership rights to the land are conveyed by the issuance of a trapping cabin permit under this section. (e) A person who makes a false statement as to any material fact relating to a permit issued under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who violates this subsection or any of the terms and conditions of a permit issued under this section may have the permit immediately revoked and is subject to payment of all costs required in dismantling the cabin structure.
AK Stat § 38.95.085 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 3. Trapping Cabins.|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 of natural resources; (2) “director” means the director of the division of lands.
AK Stat § 38.95.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|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 shall certify the location and monumentation of boundaries and the platting and subdivision of state land. This section does not apply to surveys, monumentation, platting, or subdivision performed by the federal government.
AK Stat § 38.95.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 5. Survey and Improvement of State Land.|Sec. 38.95.160. Improvements on state land.

(a) The location and design of a publicly financed improvement on state land that costs more than $100,000 shall be supervised by a professional registered to practice under AS 08.48. A lease, easement, right-of-way, or other similar agreement that permits the use and improvement of state land under this section shall be documented by a recorded plat. (b) In this section, (1) “publicly financed improvement” means an improvement financed with state or federal money that is constructed by the state or an instrumentality of the state and includes, but is not limited to, onshore or offshore oil drilling or pumping operations, roads, bridges, pipelines, seismic lines, logging and mining operations, dams, buildings, and electric power transmission lines; (2) “state land” does not include land owned by the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska.
AK Stat § 38.95.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|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 taker can be found and real property devised by will for which no devisee, heir, or other claimant can be found escheats to the state. (b) Real property of a defunct organization or corporation, for which no proceeding for distribution has been instituted within four years after the organization becomes defunct, escheats to the state.
AK Stat § 38.95.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 6. Real Property Escheated to State.|Sec. 38.95.210. Enforcement of rights by department.

(a) When the Department of Natural Resources is informed or has reason to believe that real property has escheated to the state, the department shall bring an action in superior court to establish whether the property has escheated to the state. (b) The department may maintain an action to recover the possession of escheated property, or for the enforcement of the state's right to the property.
AK Stat § 38.95.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 6. Real Property Escheated to State.|Sec. 38.95.220. Judgment of escheat.

(a) If the superior court determines that the real property has escheated to the state, the superior court shall issue a judgment of escheat. (b) A court order approving settlement of an estate that distributes real property to the state is a judgment of escheat.
AK Stat § 38.95.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 6. Real Property Escheated to State.|Sec. 38.95.230. Management of escheated real property by department.

(a) After a judgment of escheat under AS 38.95.220, the department may sell, lease, exchange, assign, or otherwise manage real property that has escheated to the state. In determining the proper disposition of escheated real property the department shall, within two years after the judgment of escheat under AS 38.95.220, make a written finding that it is in the best interests of the state either to (1) obtain an appraisal of the fair market value of the real property and sell, lease, exchange, assign, or otherwise manage the property, including retention in state management; or (2) retain the real property in state management without obtaining an appraisal. (b) The appraised value of property handled under (a)(1) of this section, or the selling price from a sale under AS 38.05.055 if it is lower, less the expenses of sale or appraisal, is the established value of the property for purposes of redemption by an heir or other taker under AS 38.95.240(c). (c) Seven years after the judgment of escheat, real property that has not been otherwise disposed of by the department becomes general state land for classification, disposal, and use.
AK Stat § 38.95.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 6. Real Property Escheated to State.|Sec. 38.95.240. Time within which to claim escheated real property.

(a) Within seven years after a judgment of escheat under AS 38.95.220, a person who is not a party to the escheat proceeding may bring an action in the superior court to prove the person's claim to the real property. If the plaintiff establishes the claim and establishes that the plaintiff had no knowledge of the prior escheat proceeding, the court shall award the plaintiff the property if it has been managed under AS 38.95.230(a)(2), or the appraised value of the property under AS 38.95.230(b) if the property has been managed under AS 38.95.230(a)(1). (b) If it is determined that the plaintiff is entitled to the property, the department shall deliver the property to the plaintiff. The rents, profits, interest, or dividends that accrue to the state during its possession of the property are the property of the state and may not be recovered. (c) If it is determined that the plaintiff is entitled to the appraised value of property that has been disposed of under AS 38.95.230(a)(1), at the department's discretion it may offer to the plaintiff land owned by the state and available for disposal that is of comparable value to the appraised value under AS 38.95.230(a)(1). If the department does not offer land of comparable value, or if the plaintiff refuses the department's offer, the plaintiff is entitled to the established value of the property under AS 38.95.230(b). (d) The time limitation of seven years does not apply to a minor or an incapacitated person as defined by AS 13.26.005, but such a person must bring an action to prove the person's claim to the real property within one year after the incapacity ceases. (e) This section does not prevent the state from transferring escheated real property to a person who provides proof satisfactory to the department that the person is the owner of the real property when the department determines the transfer to be appropriate.
AK Stat § 38.95.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 6. Real Property Escheated to State.|Sec. 38.95.250. Proceeds of sale or redemption.

(a) The department shall deposit the proceeds of real property sold under AS 38.95.230(a)(1) less the expenses of sale, including attorney fees and appraisal and publication costs, in an escheated real property trust account. The department shall maintain the proceeds in the account for a period of at least seven years after the date of the judgment of escheat. The department may use money in the trust account to pay claims made under AS 38.95.240. (b) All money collected under (a) of this section not required to be kept in the escheated real property trust account shall be deposited in the general fund.
AK Stat § 38.95.260 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 6. Real Property Escheated to State.|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 the sale of escheated real property may be transferred from the escheated real property trust account to the general fund and credited to the land disposal income account under AS 38.04.022, unless a person who was the owner or one of the owners of the property when the property escheated to the state has outstanding child support obligations, in which case the proportion of the net proceeds that is attributable to the ownership interest of the person shall be applied to the satisfaction of the child support obligations and the balance remaining after the satisfaction shall be credited to the land disposal income account.
AK Stat § 38.95.270 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 6. Real Property Escheated to State.|Sec. 38.95.270. Definition.

In AS 38.95.200 - 38.95.270, “department” means the Department of Natural Resources.
AK Stat § 38.95.300 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 95. Miscellaneous Provisions|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) obligates the state to provide services to land that is disposed of by the state, or any grantee of the state, or is the subject of any disposal program; (2) limits the authority of the state to dispose of land or any interest in land or resources in the area of the current disposal, provides any exclusive right or interest in the area of the disposal, or implies or requires that any disposals made will be limited in type or any other manner.