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AK Stat § 34.35.071 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.071. Notice of completion.

(a) The owner of real property that may be subject to a lien under AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 may announce the date of completion of the project by (1) recording a notice of completion after completion of the project in the office of the recorder of the district in which the real property is situated; and (2) giving notice at least five days before the recording of the notice of completion to all claimants who have given a notice of right to lien or a stop-lending notice to the owner and the lender prior to 10 days before recording a notice of completion; the notice must include a copy of the notice of completion and a statement advising claimants that a notice of completion will be recorded not earlier than five days after the date of the notice. (b) The notice of completion shall be signed and verified by the owner, and must state (1) the date of completion of the building or other improvement; (2) the name and address of the owner; (3) the nature of the interest or estate of the owner; (4) the legal description of the property sufficient for identification; and (5) the name of the general contractor. (c) [Repealed, § 9 ch 61 SLA 1979.] (d) A notice of completion is not effective if recorded before completion. (e) Labor, materials, services, or equipment furnished after a notice of completion is recorded to satisfy warranty obligations or to remedy defective or unsatisfactory construction, alterations, or repairs for which no additional consideration is owed to the person furnishing the additional labor, materials, services, or equipment does not result in lien liability under AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120. (f) After recording a common interest community declaration under AS 34.08, an owner may record a notice of completion under this section as to each unit after completion of the original construction of each unit of the common interest community.
AK Stat § 34.35.072 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.072. Bond.

If the owner of the property sought to be charged with a claim of lien under AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120, or a prime contractor or subcontractor disputes the correctness or validity of the claim of lien brought under AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120, the owner or contractor may record either before or after the commencement of an action to enforce the claim of lien, in the office of the recorder in which district the claim of lien was recorded, a bond executed by a person authorized to issue surety bonds in this state under AS 21, a financial institution licensed under AS 06, or a national bank authorized under the federal banking laws, in the penal sum equal to one and one-half times the amount of the claim of lien, which bond shall guarantee the payment of the sum that the lien claimant has claimed, together with the lien claimant's reasonable cost of suit in the action, if the claimant recovers on the claim of lien. If the owner records a bond under this section, the property described in the bond is freed from the effect of a claim of lien under AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 and an action brought to foreclose the claim of lien. The principal on the bond may be the owner of the property, the prime contractor, or a subcontractor who is affected by the claim of lien.
AK Stat § 34.35.074 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.074. Civil suits.

(a) A person injured by a violation of AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 may bring a civil action (1) except as provided in AS 34.35.062(c), for actual and consequential damages that are proximately caused by the violation plus costs, including reasonable attorney fees; (2) to enjoin the violation, and if the person prevails, the person shall be awarded costs, including reasonable attorney fees. (b) A claimant who gives a stop-lending notice or has a claim of lien recorded under AS 34.35.075 and who fails to promptly revoke the stop-lending notice or remove the claim of lien from the record upon receiving payment in full on the claim or discovering that the stop-lending notice or claim of lien is in error, unjust, premature, or excessive is liable for actual and consequential damages caused by giving the stop-lending notice or improperly recorded claim of lien plus costs, including reasonable attorney fees.
AK Stat § 34.35.075 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.075. Record and index of claim.

The recorder shall record the claim in a book kept for that purpose. The records shall be indexed as deeds and other conveyances are required by law to be indexed. The recorder is entitled to the same fees allowed by law for recording deeds and other instruments.
AK Stat § 34.35.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.080. Duration of lien.

(a) A lien provided for in AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 does not bind real property for more than six months after the claim of lien is recorded, unless an action is commenced in the proper court to enforce the lien within (1) that time; or (2) six months after recording of an extension notice in the same recording office within the original six-month period showing the recording date and the book and page or instrument number or serial number of the initial claim of lien, and the balance owing. (b) [Repealed, § 18 ch 102 SLA 1986.] (c) A lien whose duration is extended by commencement of an action under (a) of this section is void as against a person who, after the commencement of the action and without knowledge or actual notice of its pendency, acquires an interest in the subject property in good faith for valuable consideration, unless a notice of the pendency of the action has been duly filed for record before the time the person's conveyance is duly filed for record. Notice of the pendency of the action must conform to the requirements of AS 09.45.940.
AK Stat § 34.35.085 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.085. Lien for improving lot or street.

A person who, at the request of the owner of a lot in the state, grades, fills in, or improves the lot or the street in front of or adjoining the lot has a lien upon the lot for work done and materials furnished. The provisions of AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 for securing and enforcing the mechanic's lien apply to the lien provided by this section.
AK Stat § 34.35.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.090. Payment to contractor.

A payment by the owner of a building or structure to a prime contractor or subcontractor, made before 120 days from the completion of the building, is not valid to defeat or discharge a lien created by AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 in favor of other claimants, unless the payment is distributed among the other claimants. If a payment is distributed in part only, then the payment is valid only to the extent it is distributed.
AK Stat § 34.35.095 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.095. Amount of lien.

(a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a claimant may recover upon a lien recorded by the claimant only the amount due to the claimant according to the terms of the contract, after deducting all claims of other persons claiming through the claimant for work done and materials furnished. (b) [Repealed, § 9 ch 61 SLA 1979.] (c) An individual may recover upon a lien recorded by the individual only the amount due according to the terms of the employment.
AK Stat § 34.35.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.100. Action against contractor on lien.

(a) Where a lien is recorded under AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 for work done or materials furnished to a prime contractor, the prime contractor shall defend an action at the expense of the prime contractor, and during the pendency of the action the owner may withhold from the prime contractor the amount of money for which the lien is recorded. (b) If judgment is given against the owner or the property of the owner upon the liens, the owner may deduct from the amount due or to become due by the owner to the prime contractor the amount of the judgment and costs. (c) If the amount of the judgment and costs exceeds the amount due by the owner to the prime contractor, or if the owner settles with that contractor in full, the owner may recover back from the prime contractor an amount paid by the owner in excess of the contract price, and for which the prime contractor was originally liable.
AK Stat § 34.35.105 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.105. Materials not subject to process.

When a mechanic, artisan, machinist, builder, lumber merchant, contractor, laborer, or other person furnishes or procures materials for use in the construction, alteration, or repair of a building or other improvement, the materials are not subject to attachment, execution, or other legal process to enforce a debt due by the purchaser of the materials except a debt due for the purchase money thereof, so long as the materials have been or are about to be applied in good faith to the construction, alteration, or repair of the building or other improvement.
AK Stat § 34.35.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.110. Actions to enforce liens.

(a) An action to enforce a lien created by AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 shall be brought in the superior court. The pleadings, process, practice, and procedure are the same as in other cases. Each claimant is entitled to execution for the balance due after distribution. The clerk of the superior court, upon demand, shall issue the execution after the return of the officer making the execution showing the balance due. (b) In an action under AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 the court shall, upon entering judgment for the plaintiff, allow as a part of the costs all money paid for the filing and recording of the lien and a reasonable amount as attorney fees. An action to enforce a lien created by AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 has preference upon the calendar of civil actions of the court and shall be tried without unnecessary delay. (c) In an action to enforce a lien created by AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 all persons personally liable and all lienholders whose claims have been filed for record under AS 34.35.070 shall be made parties; all other persons interested in the matter in controversy or in the property sought to be charged with the lien may be made parties. However, those persons who are not made parties are not bound by the proceedings. The proceedings upon the foreclosure of a lien created by AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 shall, as nearly as possible, conform to the proceedings of a foreclosure of a mortgage lien upon real property.
AK Stat § 34.35.112 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.112. Payment of claimant's liens.

(a) If more than one lien created under AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 is claimed against property, the court in its judgment shall declare the rank of each lien or class of liens in the following order: (1) all persons other than prime contractors or subcontractors with lien rights under AS 34.35.050(1); (2) the trustees of employment benefit trusts for persons described in (1) of this subsection; (3) all materialmen and subcontractors; (4) persons described in AS 34.35.050(5) and prime contractors, other than the general contractor; (5) the general contractor. (b) For purposes of AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120, if the proceeds of the foreclosure sale of the property are insufficient to pay the lien claims of all persons who have recorded claims of lien, the (1) liens of all individuals with lien rights under AS 34.35.050(1) shall first be paid in full, or pro rata if the proceeds are insufficient to pay them in full; (2) liens of trustees of employment benefit trusts for persons described in (1) of this subsection shall be paid in full or pro rata if the proceeds are insufficient to pay them in full; (3) liens of materialmen and subcontractors shall be paid in full or pro rata if the proceeds are insufficient to pay them in full; (4) liens of persons described in AS 34.35.050(5) and prime contractors other than the general contractor, shall be paid in full or pro rata if the remainder is insufficient to pay them in full; and (5) lien of the general contractor shall be paid out of the balance. (c) For purposes of AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120, if the proceeds of the foreclosure sale of the property are sufficient to pay the lien claims of all persons who have recorded claims of lien, the balance shall be paid to the person who owned the property before the foreclosure sale.
AK Stat § 34.35.114 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.114. Obligation of claimant and lender to provide information.

(a) A prime contractor, on request, shall provide the following information within five days to any person entitled to claim a lien through the prime contractor: (1) a description of the real property being improved sufficient to identify the property; (2) the name and address of the owner with whom the prime contractor contracted; (3) the name and address of the lender providing construction financing; and (4) whether there is a payment bond and, if so, the name of the surety. (b) At the request of any person who may claim a lien through a claimant other than a prime contractor, the claimant shall provide, within five days, the name of the person who contracted for the furnishing by the claimant of the labor, materials, services, or equipment from which a lien claim may arise. (c) A person who receives a stop-lending notice or notice of right to lien identifying a project for which the person is not the lender shall notify the claimant in writing within 10 days after receipt of the notice that the person is not the lender. (d) A claimant shall, within 10 days after receipt of a request, provide an owner or lender to whom the claimant has given a stop-lending notice or notice of right to lien a written statement of the amount due to the claimant and unpaid. (e) [Repealed, § 18 ch 102 SLA 1986.]
AK Stat § 34.35.115 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.115. Persons considered agent of owner.

Every contractor, subcontractor, architect, builder, or other person having charge of the construction, alteration, or repair, in whole or in part, of a building or other improvement as provided in AS 34.35.050 and 34.35.085, is considered to be the agent of the owner for the purposes of AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120.
AK Stat § 34.35.117 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.117. Waiver of lien rights.

(a) Except as provided under (b) of this section, a written waiver of lien or stop-lending notice of rights created under AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 signed by a claimant requires no consideration and is valid and binding. A waiver permitted under this section may not relate to labor, materials, services, or equipment furnished after the date the waiver is signed by the claimant. (b) An individual described in AS 34.35.120(10) may not waive right to claim a lien under AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120. A waiver that purports to waive the lien rights of that individual or class of individuals is void.
AK Stat § 34.35.119 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 2. Mechanics and Materialmen.|Sec. 34.35.119. Waiver of liens on unsold common interest community units.

(a) A lien created under AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 arising out of original construction that becomes subject to AS 34.07 or AS 34.08 before the first sale of a unit within a common interest community after commencement of construction shall be subject to the provisions of this section. (b) Subject to (c) of this section, a claimant who claims a lien against an entire common interest community shall release that portion of the lien claim that relates to a particular unit within a common interest community selected by the owner of the unsold common interest community units after the claimant receives a partial payment of the lien claim that is equal to 115 percent of the amount determined (1) if the common interest community has been established under AS 34.07 by (A) dividing the surface area of the common areas and facilities attendant to the common interest community unit by the surface area of all common areas and facilities of the common interest community building; and (B) multiplying the result obtained in (A) of this paragraph by the total amount of the claimant's lien claim; (2) by the allocated interest in the common expenses if the common interest community has been established under AS 34.08. (c) A lien claimant is not required to waive a portion of the lien claim under this section unless the amount of indebtedness secured by a prior encumbrance against the common interest community building held by a construction lender is also reduced by an amount calculated in the same manner as provided in (b) of this section.
AK Stat § 34.35.125 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 3. Mines and Wells.|Sec. 34.35.125. Liens on mines and oil wells.

A person who, at the instance of the owner, performs work in, on, or about a mine, or mining claim, oil, gas, or other well, in opening up, developing, sinking, drilling, drifting, stoping, mucking, stripping, shoveling, mining, hoisting, firing, cooking, teaming, or performs any other class or kind of work necessary or convenient to the development, operation, working, or mining of the claim or well; or who performs work tending to or assisting in the development, extraction, separation, or reduction to a commercial value of the minerals; or who performs work on a water right, ditch, flume, pipe line, tramway, tram, road, or trail, used in connection with the opening up, or to facilitate the opening up, operation, or development of the claim or well, or the extraction of the minerals, has a lien on the mine or mining claim, oil, gas, or other claim or well as security for the payment of the work.
AK Stat § 34.35.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 3. Mines and Wells.|Sec. 34.35.130. Lien on mill or machine.

A person who, at the instance of the owner, performs work or labor on, in, or about a mill or machine, either in the alteration or repair of it, or in the operation or working of it, while the mill or machine is used in or about a mine, or mining claim, oil, gas, or other claim or well, as a means of opening up, developing, or mining, or as a means of separating, extracting, or reducing minerals to commercial value, has a lien on the mill or machine, to secure the payment of the amount due for the work.
AK Stat § 34.35.135 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 3. Mines and Wells.|Sec. 34.35.135. Priority.

A lien under AS 34.35.125 and 34.35.130 is a preferred lien, prior and superior to a mortgage, conditional sale agreement, attachment, claim, or demand, unless the mortgage, conditional sale agreement, attachment, claim, or demand is in writing and recorded in the recorder's office of the recording district where the property is located before the work for which the lien is claimed is started. A sale, transfer, mortgage, assignment, or attachment made or filed for record after the work is started does not have the effect of postponing the lien.
AK Stat § 34.35.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 3. Mines and Wells.|Sec. 34.35.140. Lien on dump or mass of mineral.

(a) A person who, at the instance of another who has the right of possession of a mine, or mining claim, oil or gas well, performs upon, in, or about the mine or well any of the kinds of work mentioned in AS 34.35.125, or who performs any other kind of work in the production, piling up, or storing of a dump or mass of mineral, has a lien on the dump or mass, and the gold, gold dust, or other minerals contained in or extracted from it, to secure the amount due the laborer in the production of the minerals. (b) The lien attaches to the dump or mass, and to the gold, gold dust, or other mineral, whether they are deposited on the ground in a mass, or dumped into bunkers or hoppers, or stored in tanks or reservoirs, or placed in sluice boxes at the mine, and attaches to the gold, gold dust, and other minerals so long as they are in one mass and can be identified as being produced by the labor of the lienor. (c) The lien provided for in this section is prior and preferred over a deed, mortgage, bill of sale, attachment, or other claim whether given before or after the work for which the lien is claimed is started.
AK Stat § 34.35.145 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 3. Mines and Wells.|Sec. 34.35.145. Extent of liens.

Liens under AS 34.35.125, 34.35.130, and 34.35.140 are security for payment for the work performed within a period of nine months immediately before the cessation of the work. The liens bind all the right, title, and interest in the property mentioned of the person at whose instance or request or for whom the work is performed, to the full extent of the interest that the person has at the beginning of the work for which the lien is claimed, or subsequently acquired in the property, up to the time of the foreclosure of the lien.
AK Stat § 34.35.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 35. Liens|Article 3. Mines and Wells.|Sec. 34.35.150. Labor deemed performed at instance of owner, mortgagee, or lien claimant.

(a) When the work mentioned in AS 34.35.125, 34.35.130, and 34.35.140 is performed at the instance of a person, who has the right of possession under a written or oral lease, license, or authority, expressed or implied, bond, option or other contract of sale from the owner, executed by the owner's authority, or who has possession with the knowledge of the owner, the work is considered to have been done at the instance of the owner, and at the instance of the mortgagee or lien claimant. (b) The owner's, mortgagee's, or claimant's interest in the property is subject to a lien filed in accordance with AS 34.35.125 - 34.35.170, unless the owner, mortgagee, or claimant, within 10 days after obtaining knowledge of the work, gives notice of nonresponsibility for the work, by posting notices to that effect in three conspicuous places on the mine, mining claim, or on or near the oil, gas, or other well, or in one conspicuous place on the dredge, steam shovel, derrick, mill, or machine. A mortgagee or other lien claimant must also give additional notice of the nature of the lien, the amount due on it, and refer to the volume and page where the claim of lien is recorded. (c) The posting of notice is not required on a dragline, electric shovel, tractor, scraper, hoist, truck, or mobile equipment or machinery or personal property that is readily moved about from place to place or is required to be moved from place to place in the course of mining operations.