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AK Stat § 38.08.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 08. Homesites|Sec. 38.08.110. Regulations.

The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with AS 44.62.180 - 44.62.290 to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, regulations relating to easements and access routes.
AK Stat § 38.08.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 08. Homesites|Sec. 38.08.120. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of natural resources; (2) “habitable dwelling” means a dwelling of a permanent nature, together with fixtures and facilities, including sanitary facilities, required or customary in the vicinity of the land made available for homesite entry; (3) “resident” means a person who is not claiming residence in another state and shows by all attending circumstances an intent to maintain a permanent residence in the state.
AK Stat § 38.09.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.010. Designation of land for homestead entry.

(a) The commissioner shall designate and make available for homestead entry state land, including, after consulting with the Board of Agriculture and Conservation (AS 03.09.010), land classified for agricultural use. State land made available for homestead entry under this chapter shall be distributed throughout the state. (b) The commissioner shall complete a rectangular survey grid of homestead entry state land under AS 38.04.045 before disposing of state land for homestead entry. A homestead entry parcel shall be established in aliquot parts of a surveyed section or as lots or tracts that are fractions of aliquot parts of a surveyed section. The commissioner shall ensure practical access to each homestead entry parcel but the commissioner may waive the rectangular survey grid if no more than one conveyance is made for each section within a township. (c) Notice of the designation and offering of land for homestead entry shall be given by the commissioner under AS 38.05.945. (d) Land designated for homestead entry is not subject to a preference right under AS 38.05. (e) The commissioner shall prescribe a homestead entry procedure for each area designated under (a) of this section. The homestead entry procedure shall establish (1) the minimum distance between homestead entries in the area; (2) the dimensions, configuration, orientation, or other design requirements for a homestead entry in the area; (3) a description of land within the area that may not be included in a homestead entry; (4) a requirement that a landmark, monument, or other point be used as a point of reference for the measurement of distances within an area; (5) a specification of the type of stakes to be used to mark the corners of a homestead entry; (6) the time within which a homestead entry must be staked. (f) The commissioner shall establish the maximum size of a homestead entry that may be selected in each area designated under (a) of this section except that the commissioner may not permit an entry on more than (1) 160 acres of land classified for agricultural use; or (2) 40 acres of land not classified for agricultural use. (g) The commissioner may limit the number of persons permitted to obtain homestead entries within an area designated under (a) of this section by a lottery of qualified applicants.
AK Stat § 38.09.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.020. Homestead entry permits.

(a) A homestead entry permit entitles an applicant to enter land within an area designated under AS 38.09.010 and to survey, occupy, and improve the land in order to qualify for a patent under this chapter. (b) An applicant for a homestead entry permit shall personally stake the corners and flag the boundaries of the land entered under this chapter and shall personally file with the commissioner a description of the land entered. A homestead entry shall be described by aliquot parts unless otherwise permitted by the commissioner. The commissioner may require the applicant to establish a deposit for the costs of survey before issuing the homestead entry permit.
AK Stat § 38.09.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.030. Qualification for homestead entry.

(a) An applicant for a homestead entry permit shall (1) submit proof acceptable to the commissioner that the applicant is at least 18 years of age and has been a resident of the state for not less than one year immediately before the date of application; (2) pay a fee of $5 per acre according to the description provided by the applicant if the entry is on land classified agricultural, or $10 per acre if the entry is on land not classified agricultural; (3) agree to comply with the requirements of AS 38.09.050; (4) certify that the corners of the land entered have been staked and the boundaries have been flagged; (5) assume full responsibility for the accuracy of the description of the land filed with the commissioner under AS 38.09.020(b). (b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, an applicant may not hold more than one homestead entry permit at one time and may not receive a patent to more than one homestead entry in a lifetime. (c) The homestead entry permit may not be assigned, conveyed, or in any manner transferred except (1) by testate or intestate succession; (2) to a spouse during marriage; (3) by order of a court as part of a divorce settlement; (4) to either a member of the immediate family or a grantee of the applicant in the case of an extreme emergency or illness which disables the applicant; or (5) after the approval of the commissioner, by an exchange between parties in the same homestead area.
AK Stat § 38.09.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.040. Revocation of entry permits.

(a) A homestead entry permit may be revoked by the commissioner for a substantial breach of the permit conditions or the requirements of this chapter, including (1) an assignment, conveyance, or transfer of the permit not authorized under AS 38.09.030(c); (2) failure of the permit holder to submit an aliquot parts description of the homestead entry or, a plat of survey where the commissioner waived the requirement of a rectangular survey grid to the commissioner within five years after the issuance of the permit; (3) [Repealed, § 38 ch 91 SLA 1997.]  (4) failure to brush the boundaries of the land not described by aliquot parts or as a lot of record within 90 days after issuance of the homestead entry permit; (5) failure to clear and either put into production or prepare for cultivation either 25 percent of the land classified for agricultural use or 50 percent of the cropland soils, whichever is less, within five years after the issuance of the permit. (b) [Repealed, § 20 ch 75 SLA 1987.] (c) If a homestead entry permit is revoked under (a) of this section, improvements or personal property upon the land shall be managed under AS 38.05.090 and the state land remains available for homestead entry under this chapter.
AK Stat § 38.09.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.050. Issuance of patent.

(a) The commissioner shall issue a patent to homestead entry land if the permit holder (1) resides and lives on the homestead entry land for not less than 25 months within five years after the issuance of the homestead entry permit; (2) submits an aliquot parts description or completes an approved survey of the land in an area where the commissioner waives the rectangular survey grid within five years after the issuance of the permit; (3) [Repealed, § 38 ch 91 SLA 1997.]  (4) brushes the boundaries of the land not described by aliquot parts or as a lot of record within 90 days after the issuance of the permit; (5) clears and either puts into production or prepares for cultivation either 25 percent of the land classified for agricultural use or 50 percent of the cropland soils, whichever is less, within five years after issuance of the permit. (b) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a homestead entry permit holder from residing in a temporary dwelling on the homestead. (c) The commissioner may reserve or exclude from a patent easements or rights-of-way for roads, trails, trap lines, public access ways, utility corridors, and transportation facilities. (d) [Repealed, § 38 ch 91 SLA 1997.]  (e) [Repealed, § 38 ch 91 SLA 1997.]
AK Stat § 38.09.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.060. Marking boundaries.

If it is impractical to brush the boundaries of a homestead entry, an applicant shall flag the boundaries.
AK Stat § 38.09.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.070. Priority of applications.

The commissioner shall issue a homestead entry permit to the first applicant for land to comply with AS 38.09.020(b).
AK Stat § 38.09.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.080. Land within municipalities.

(a) If a municipality has filed a selection of state land under AS 29.65 or former AS 29.18.201 - 29.18.213 with the commissioner, the state land selected may not be designated for homestead entry; if the commissioner determines that land selected by a municipality is not available for patent to the municipality under AS 29.65 or former AS 29.18.201 - 29.18.213, the state land is available for designation by the commissioner for homestead entry under AS 38.09.010. (b) The disposal of homestead entry land is subject to local platting, recording, or subdivision requirements established under AS 29.35.180 and AS 40.15.
AK Stat § 38.09.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.090. Purchase.

(a) If an applicant complies with the requirements of AS 38.09.050(a)(2), (4), and (5) and pays to the commissioner an amount equal to five percent of the fair market value within two years of the issuance of an entry permit, an applicant may purchase the land under AS 38.05.065. The purchase price is the fair market value of the land at the issuance of the entry permit as determined by the commissioner. (b) An applicant who complies with AS 38.09.050(a)(2), (4), and (5), and who tenders the commissioner an amount equal to five percent of the present fair market value of the land within five years of the issuance of the permit may purchase the land under AS 38.05.065. The purchase price is the fair market value of the land at the time of the purchase.
AK Stat § 38.09.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.100. Lessees of remote parcels.

(a) A lessee of a remote parcel under former AS 38.05.077 may elect to obtain title to the remote parcel under AS 38.09.050. If a lessee of a remote parcel elects to obtain title under AS 38.09.050, July 28, 1983, shall be considered the date of the issuance of the homestead entry permit. (b) Except as provided in (a) of this section, nothing in this chapter affects the rights and obligations of lessees of remote parcels under former AS 38.05.077. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of former AS 38.05.077 and 38.05.078, the heirs or devisees of a deceased lessee of a remote parcel may sell their interest in the lease of the remote parcel. The sellers shall notify the commissioner of the sale.
AK Stat § 38.09.105 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.105. Removal of conditions on remote parcel and homestead entry land.

(a) The commissioner may not include the conditions of former AS 38.05.078(d) in a remote parcel purchase contract issued on or after July 1, 1997. (b) The commissioner shall amend a remote parcel or homestead entry land purchase contract or patent issued before July 1, 1997 to remove the conditions of former AS 38.05.078(d) or former AS 38.09.050(e) if the holder of the purchase contract or patent (1) requests the amendment; (2) pays the reasonable administrative costs of the amendment as determined by the commissioner; and (3) pays the difference, as established by the commissioner, between the land's fair market value before the amendment and the estimated fair market value after the amendment.
AK Stat § 38.09.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.110. Regulations.

The commissioner shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
AK Stat § 38.09.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 09. Homestead Act|Sec. 38.09.900. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “brush” means to clear a swath along the boundary lines of a homestead entry so that the boundary lines may be identified from the ground; (2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of natural resources; (3) “resident” means an individual who has resided in the state for one year, is a U.S. citizen and does not claim residence in another state, and shows by all attending circumstances an intent to make this state the individual's permanent residence.
AK Stat § 38.10.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 10. Transfer of Tide and Submerged Land|Sec. 38.10.010. Application for transfer.

Upon application by a municipal corporation with a population of less than 5,000 persons according to the latest United States census entitled to a conveyance of tide and submerged land under AS 38.05.820(b), the director of the division of lands of the Department of Natural Resources may make or provide for the making of surveys that may be required for the transfer of tide and submerged land to the municipal corporation, and as may be required for subsequent conveyance of the tide and submerged land by the municipal corporations to occupants of the land who hold preference rights. When the application by the municipal corporation is accepted, the governing body of the municipal corporation shall execute a contract on a form approved by the attorney general providing for the survey under the sole management and supervision of the director and for repayment according to the provisions of this chapter.
AK Stat § 38.10.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 10. Transfer of Tide and Submerged Land|Sec. 38.10.020. Surveys.

The survey provided for in AS 38.10.010 shall define the outside boundary of the land to be conveyed to the municipal corporation and shall, on the same or separate plats, show all structures and improvements and the boundaries of each tract occupied or developed, together with the name of the owner or claimant, and shall contain sufficient data to permit preparation of adequate legal descriptions of the tracts to be conveyed. The plats shall provide the same information as to all tracts adjoining the outside boundary of the land to be conveyed to the municipal corporation. A sketch plat, sufficient for its purpose in the opinion of the director, shall indicate the boundaries of each occupied or developed tract as determined by the governing body of the municipal corporation and the sketch plat shall be prepared and submitted to the director before actual surveying shall begin. Nothing in this chapter and nothing in a plat or sketch showing interior subdivision of the land to be conveyed to the municipal corporation shall be construed as a determination of any preference right, nor shall it prohibit adjustment and re-survey of the interior subdivision.
AK Stat § 38.10.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 10. Transfer of Tide and Submerged Land|Sec. 38.10.030. Costs and expenses of surveys.

Money shall be appropriated from the general fund in an amount to be determined from time to time by the legislature to facilitate such work. Accounting of all costs and expenses of the surveys shall be made to the municipal corporation by the director periodically and a final accounting shall be made upon patent of the land to the municipal corporation. Costs and expenses chargeable to the city shall include the actual amount expended for the survey and a reasonable allocation of overhead, travel, and equipment expense. The total amount of costs and expenses shall be repaid to the fund through the director by the municipal corporation for whom the survey was made, with interest at six percent a year from the date of patent. The actual cost of survey of each interior subdivision shall be determined by the director. For tracts conveyed to a preference right holder, the state shall be reimbursed by the municipal corporation in the amount of the survey costs of that tract as determined by the director within 30 days after the transfer of each tract. For tracts conveyed, leased, or otherwise disposed of by the municipal corporation, the fund shall be reimbursed by the municipal corporation in an amount equal to 90 percent of the gross proceeds of the sale, lease, or other disposal of each tract until the total amount of the costs and expenses of the survey, with interest, due the state is paid. The total amount, with interest, shall be reimbursed to the state within five years from the date of patent.
AK Stat § 38.10.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 10. Transfer of Tide and Submerged Land|Sec. 38.10.040. Conveyances.

Conveyances by the municipal corporation to a preference right holder, or any other conveyance, lease, or disposal by the municipality under this chapter shall be in accordance with AS 38.05 except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
AK Stat § 38.10.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 10. Transfer of Tide and Submerged Land|Sec. 38.10.050. Regulations and procedures.

The commissioner of natural resources, upon recommendation of the director, may establish reasonable procedures and adopt reasonable regulations necessary to carry out this chapter.
AK Stat § 38.20.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 20. The Alaska Coordinate System|Sec. 38.20.010. Adoption.

The systems of rectangular plane coordinates established by the National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth in this state are adopted. The systems are to be known as the “Alaska Coordinate System of 1927” and the “Alaska Coordinate System of 1983.”
AK Stat § 38.20.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 20. The Alaska Coordinate System|Sec. 38.20.020. Zones.

For the purpose of the use of this system the state is divided into ten zones, numbered 1 - 10, which are defined as follows: (1) Zone 1: that part of Alaska lying east of meridian 141° 00´ west of Greenwich; (2) Zone 2: that part of Alaska lying between meridians 141° 00´ and 144° 00´ west of Greenwich; (3) Zone 3: that part of Alaska lying between meridians 144° 00´ and 148° 00´ west of Greenwich and in addition all of Perry Island and all of Esther Island, but excluding all of Latouche Island, all of Evans Island, and all of the Kenai Peninsula; (4) Zone 4: that part of Alaska lying between meridians 148° 00´ and 152° 00´ west of Greenwich and in addition all of Latouche Island, all of Evans Island, and all of the Kenai Peninsula, but excluding Marmot Island, all of Afognak Island, all of the Barren Islands, all of Kalgin Island, all of Perry Island, and all of Esther Island; (5) Zone 5: that part of Alaska lying between meridians 152° 00´ and 156° 00´ west of Greenwich and in addition Marmot Island, all of Afognak Island, all of the Barren Islands, and all of Kalgin Island; (6) Zone 6: that part of Alaska lying between meridians 156° 00´ and 160° 00´ west of Greenwich and in addition Andronica Island and all of Nagai Island; (7) Zone 7: that part of Alaska lying between meridians 160° 00´ and 164° 00´ west of Greenwich and in addition all of Unimak Island, but excluding Andronica Island and all of Nagai Island; (8) Zone 8: that part of Alaska lying between meridians 164° 00´ and 168° 00´ west of Greenwich and in addition King Island, Little Diomede Island, and all of Cape Prince of Wales, but excluding all of the Aleutian Islands; (9) Zone 9: all islands in the Bering Sea lying west of meridian 168° 00´ west of Greenwich, excluding all of the Aleutian Islands, King Island, and Little Diomede Island; (10) Zone 10: all of the Aleutian Island group lying west and south of Unimak Pass.
AK Stat § 38.20.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 20. The Alaska Coordinate System|Sec. 38.20.030. Designation of zones.

In any land description in which a coordinate system is used a zone of the coordinate system is designated the “Alaska Coordinate System of 1927, Zone ....................” or the “Alaska Coordinate System of 1983, Zone ....................”
AK Stat § 38.20.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 20. The Alaska Coordinate System|Sec. 38.20.040. Use of coordinate system.

The plane coordinates of a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of the point in the appropriate zone of this system, consist of two distances, expressed in feet and decimals of a foot when using the Alaska Coordinate System of 1927 and expressed in meters and decimals of a meter when using the Alaska Coordinate System of 1983. One of these distances, known as the “x-coordinate,” gives the position in an east-and-west direction; the other known as the “y-coordinate” gives the position in a north-and-south direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to the coordinates of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as determined by the National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service.
AK Stat § 38.20.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 20. The Alaska Coordinate System|Sec. 38.20.050. Land lying in two zones.

When a tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one coordinate zone into another, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of the two zones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description.
AK Stat § 38.20.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 20. The Alaska Coordinate System|Sec. 38.20.070. Position of system.

(a) The position of the Alaska Coordinate System of 1927 shall be as marked on the ground by triangulation or traverse stations established in conformity with the standards adopted by the National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service whose geodetic positions have been rigidly adjusted on the North American datum of 1927 and whose coordinates have been computed on the system defined in this chapter. (b) The position of the Alaska Coordinate System of 1983 shall be as marked on the ground by triangulation or traverse stations established in conformity with the standards adopted by the National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service whose geodetic positions have been rigidly adjusted on the North American datum of 1983 and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the system defined in this chapter.
AK Stat § 38.20.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 20. The Alaska Coordinate System|Sec. 38.20.080. Limitation.

Coordinates based on the Alaska Coordinate System, purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary, may not be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless the point is within two miles of a horizontal control station established in conformity with National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service standards and specifications for first-order, second-order, or third-order work. The two-mile limitation may be modified by a state agency to meet local conditions.
AK Stat § 38.20.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 20. The Alaska Coordinate System|Sec. 38.20.090. Use of system name.

(a) The use of the term “Alaska Coordinate System of 1927” on a map, report of survey, or other document is limited to coordinates based on the Alaska Coordinate System of 1927 as defined in this chapter. (b) The use of the term “Alaska Coordinate System of 1983” on a map, report of survey, or other document is limited to coordinates based on the Alaska Coordinate System of 1983 as defined in this chapter.