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AK Stat § 10.30.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 30. Cemetery Associations and Nonprofit Cemetery Corporations|Sec. 10.30.090. Debts of association or corporation.

A cemetery association or nonprofit cemetery corporation may contract debts in anticipation of future receipts for the original purchase of cemetery land, the laying out and embellishment of the grounds and avenues of the cemetery, the construction and repair of a building, mausoleum or columbarium, the purchase or lease of necessary equipment, or other cemetery purposes, for which debts the association or corporation may issue bonds or notes. An association or corporation may secure these debts by mortgage upon its lands, except cemetery lots that have been conveyed to the members of the association or to trustees, officers, or employees of the corporation, or by a security interest in not more than 50 percent of the irreducible fund.
AK Stat § 10.30.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 30. Cemetery Associations and Nonprofit Cemetery Corporations|Sec. 10.30.100. Transfer of cemetery lots.

A cemetery association or nonprofit cemetery corporation may adopt regulations the association or corporation considers expedient for disposing of and conveying cemetery lots.
AK Stat § 10.30.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 30. Cemetery Associations and Nonprofit Cemetery Corporations|Sec. 10.30.110. Sale of unsuitable land.

The trustees of a cemetery association or nonprofit cemetery corporation may, whenever in their opinion a portion of cemetery land is unsuitable for burial purposes, sell the portion and apply the proceeds to the general purposes of the association or corporation.
AK Stat § 10.30.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 30. Cemetery Associations and Nonprofit Cemetery Corporations|Sec. 10.30.120. Purpose of cemetery lots sold; exemptions.

Cemetery lots sold by a cemetery association or a nonprofit cemetery corporation are for the sole purpose of interment and are exempt from taxation, execution, attachment, or any other claim, lien, or process, if used exclusively for burial purposes without an intention to obtain a profit.
AK Stat § 10.30.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 30. Cemetery Associations and Nonprofit Cemetery Corporations|Sec. 10.30.130. Plans of grounds and cemetery lots.

A cemetery association or nonprofit cemetery corporation shall have a plan of its grounds and cemetery lots as laid out made and recorded in a book kept for that purpose by the clerk of the association or the secretary of the corporation. The cemetery lots shall be numbered by consecutive numbers.
AK Stat § 10.30.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 30. Cemetery Associations and Nonprofit Cemetery Corporations|Sec. 10.30.140. Maintenance of cemetery land.

A cemetery association or nonprofit cemetery corporation may enclose, improve, and adorn the grounds and avenues, erect buildings for the use of the association or corporation, adopt rules for the designation and adornment of cemetery lots and for erecting monuments in the cemetery, and prohibit any use, division, improvement, or adornment of a cemetery lot that the association or corporation considers improper.
AK Stat § 10.30.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 30. Cemetery Associations and Nonprofit Cemetery Corporations|Sec. 10.30.150. Annual financial statement.

An annual statement of the financial affairs of a cemetery association or a nonprofit cemetery corporation shall be made by the clerk of the association or the secretary of the corporation.
AK Stat § 10.30.155 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 30. Cemetery Associations and Nonprofit Cemetery Corporations|Sec. 10.30.155. Definition.

In this chapter, “cemetery lot” means a lot, plot, space, grave, niche, mausoleum, crypt, vault, or columbarium, used or intended to be used for the interment of human remains.
AK Stat § 10.35.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 35. Business Names|Sec. 10.35.010. Reservation of name.

The exclusive right to the use of a business name may be reserved by a person intending to start a business or a person intending to change the name of the person's business.
AK Stat § 10.35.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 35. Business Names|Sec. 10.35.020. Application to reserve name; availability of name.

(a) Reservation of a business name is made by filing an application with the commissioner. Upon finding that the name is available for business use, the commissioner shall reserve it for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of 120 days. A name is not available for business use if the name is not distinguishable on the records of the department under AS 10.35.040(a) or gives the impression that the business is incorporated. (b) The department may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to implement this section.
AK Stat § 10.35.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 35. Business Names|Sec. 10.35.030. Transfer of reserved name.

The holder of a reserved name may transfer the right to the exclusive use of the name to another person by filing with the commissioner a notice of transfer that is signed by the holder and specifies the name and address of the transferee.
AK Stat § 10.35.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 35. Business Names|Sec. 10.35.040. Registration of name.

(a) A person conducting a business may register its name if the name is distinguishable on the records of the department from the name of any other organized entity and from a reserved or registered name. In this subsection, (1) “organized entity” means (A) a corporation under AS 10.06; (B) a foreign corporation authorized under AS 10.06 to transact business in this state; (C) a BIDCO licensed under AS 10.13; (D) a cooperative organized under AS 10.15; (E) a foreign cooperative under AS 10.15 that is authorized under AS 10.06 to do business in this state; (F) a nonprofit corporation organized under AS 10.20; (G) a nonprofit foreign corporation authorized under AS 10.20 to transact business in this state; (H) a cooperative organized under AS 10.25; (I) a religious corporation formed under AS 10.40; (J) a professional corporation organized under AS 10.45; (K) a limited liability company organized under AS 10.50; (L) a foreign limited liability company registered under AS 10.50; (M) a registered limited liability partnership under AS 32.06; (N) a foreign limited liability partnership registered under AS 32.06; (O) a limited partnership formed under AS 32.11; or (P) a foreign limited partnership registered under AS 32.11; (2) “reserved or registered name” means a name reserved or registered under this chapter, AS 10.06, AS 10.50, AS 32.06, or AS 32.11. (b) Registration of a name gives the person who has registered the name the exclusive right to the use of the name. A person who has registered a name under this chapter (1) may enjoin the use by another person of a name that is not distinguishable on the records of the department from the registered name; (2) has a cause of action for damages against another person who uses a name that is not distinguishable on the records of the department from the registered name. (c) The department may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to implement (a) of this section.
AK Stat § 10.35.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 35. Business Names|Sec. 10.35.050. Procedure for registration of name.

Registration of a business name is made by filing with the commissioner an application for registration. The application must be executed by an owner of the business and must contain the owner's name and address, the name and addresses of the business, the name and address of each person having an interest in the business, a statement that the owner is doing business, and a brief statement of the nature of the business.
AK Stat § 10.35.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 35. Business Names|Sec. 10.35.060. Fee for and duration of registered name.

The fee for the initial registration of a business name shall be established by the department by regulation. The year in which the registration becomes effective is considered a full year of registration and the registration is effective until the close of the fifth calendar year beginning with the year of initial registration.
AK Stat § 10.35.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 35. Business Names|Sec. 10.35.070. Renewal of registered name.

A registered business name may be renewed every five years if an application for renewal is filed. An application for renewal must set out the facts required in an original application for registration and be accompanied by a renewal fee to be established by the department by regulation. An application for renewal may be filed between October 1 and December 31 of any year. The renewal of the registration extends the registration for the following five calendar years.
AK Stat § 10.35.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 35. Business Names|Sec. 10.35.080. Business names not registered.

This chapter does not abrogate any rights between persons who have not registered a business name under those sections.
AK Stat § 10.35.085 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 35. Business Names|Sec. 10.35.085. Cancellation of filings.

The provisions in AS 10.06 (Alaska Corporations Code) relating to the cancellation of certain corporate filings apply to business names.
AK Stat § 10.35.500 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 35. Business Names|Sec. 10.35.500. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “business” means any commercial or industrial enterprise which is not incorporated and which may be owned by a person or persons, partnership, firm, association, or organization; (2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development; (3) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
AK Stat § 10.40.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.010. Authorized purposes.

A corporation may be formed for acquiring, holding, or disposing of church or religious society property, for the benefit of religion, for works of charity and education, and for public worship.
AK Stat § 10.40.015 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.015. Distinguishable name.

A corporate name must be distinguishable on the records of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development from the name of another organized entity and from a reserved or registered name. The department may adopt regulations to enforce this section. In this section, “organized entity” and “reserved or registered name” have the meanings given in AS 10.35.040.
AK Stat § 10.40.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.020. Execution of articles of incorporation.

An archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, or clergyman, of a church or religious society, who has been chosen, elected, or appointed in conformity with the constitution, canons, rites, regulations, or discipline of the church or religious society, and in whom is vested the legal title to the property of the church or religious society, may execute written articles of incorporation in triplicate, acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments.
AK Stat § 10.40.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.030. Filing and recording of articles of incorporation.

One copy of the articles shall be filed with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; one copy shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court in the judicial district in which the principal place of business of the corporation is to be located; and one copy shall be retained by the corporation. Each copy filed shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose.
AK Stat § 10.40.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.040. Contents of articles of incorporation.

The articles of incorporation must specify (1) the name of the corporation; (2) the purpose of the corporation; (3) the estimated value of its property at the time of executing the articles of incorporation; (4) the title of the person executing the articles; and (5) the name and address of the person upon whom process may be served.
AK Stat § 10.40.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.050. Amendment of articles and change of seal.

A corporation formed under this chapter may alter or amend its articles of incorporation and change its seal. The amendment and change of seal shall be made by the corporation and executed by the person who executed the original articles of incorporation, or by a successor in office, and shall be filed and recorded in the same office and in the same manner as is provided for filing the original articles.
AK Stat § 10.40.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.060. Corporate existence.

Upon the filing of the articles of incorporation for record the person subscribing the articles and a successor in office by the name or title specified in the articles is a corporation sole, with continual perpetual succession.
AK Stat § 10.40.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.070. Corporate powers.

A corporation organized under this chapter may (1) acquire by donation, gift, bequest, devise, or purchase, and hold and maintain real and personal property, and grant, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of property as may be necessary to carry on or promote the objects of the corporation, but not for the purpose of obtaining revenue or profits from the property; (2) borrow money and give written obligations for repayment, and give mortgages or other liens upon real or personal property to secure payment of written obligations, when necessary to promote the objects of the corporation; (3) enter into contracts; (4) sue and be sued; (5) adopt and use a common seal by which all deeds and acts of the corporation may be authenticated.
AK Stat § 10.40.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.080. Requirements for instruments.

All deeds and other instruments of writing shall be made in the name of the corporation and signed by the person representing the corporation in the official capacity designated in the articles of incorporation, and sealed with the seal of the corporation.
AK Stat § 10.40.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.090. Filing impression of seal.

An impression of the corporate seal shall be filed with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
AK Stat § 10.40.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.100. Articles as evidence of corporate existence.

The articles of incorporation or a certified copy of those filed with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development are evidence of the existence of the corporation.
AK Stat § 10.40.105 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.105. Biennial report.

A corporation formed under this chapter shall file a biennial report with the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development setting out the real and personal property assets of the corporation.
AK Stat § 10.40.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.110. Succession to property upon death, resignation, or removal of person incorporated as corporation sole.

In the event of the death or resignation of the archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, or member of the clergy, who has formed a corporation under this chapter, or such a person's removal from office by the person or body having removal authority, the successor in office as the corporation sole is vested with the title of all property held by the successor's predecessor with the same power and authority over the property, subject to all the legal liabilities and obligations with reference to the property. The successor shall record in the office of each recording district in which the corporation owns real property a certificate of the successor's commission or certified copy of a letter of election or appointment.
AK Stat § 10.40.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.120. Succession to property on death, resignation, or removal of person not incorporated as corporation sole.

Upon the death, resignation, or removal of an archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, or member of the clergy, who at the time of death, resignation, or removal was holding the title to trust property for the use or benefit of a church or religious society and not incorporated under this chapter as a corporation sole, the title to all property held by that person does not revert to the donor nor pass to the heirs of the deceased person, but is in abeyance until a successor is appointed to fill the vacancy. Upon the appointment of the successor the title of all the property held by the predecessor immediately vests in the person appointed to fill the vacancy.
AK Stat § 10.40.125 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.125. Other transactions.

A corporation formed under this chapter may enter into mergers, interest exchanges, conversions, and domestications under AS 10.55 (Alaska Entity Transactions Act).
AK Stat § 10.40.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.130. Service of process.

(a) A corporation organized under this chapter shall continuously maintain on file with the department the name and address of a person designated to act as agent for the purpose of accepting service of process. (b) When a corporation fails to designate such a person and maintain this information on file, the commissioner is the agent upon whom process may be served. Service on the commissioner shall be made in the same manner as provided in AS 10.06. (c) [Repealed, § 61 ch 50 SLA 1989.]
AK Stat § 10.40.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.140. Fees and penalties.

(a) Any document required to be filed with the commissioner under this chapter shall be accompanied by a fee to be established by the department by regulation. (b) The commissioner shall collect a penalty of $5 a year or fraction of a year of the amount due from any corporation that fails to file any document or pay any fee within the time prescribed by this chapter. (c) [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.]
AK Stat § 10.40.145 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.145. Cancellation of filings.

The provisions in AS 10.06 (Alaska Corporations Code) relating to the cancellation of certain corporate filings apply to religious corporations.
AK Stat § 10.40.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 40. Religious Corporations|Sec. 10.40.150. Involuntary dissolution.

(a) The commissioner, upon 60 days notice to the corporation, may involuntarily dissolve a corporation formed under this chapter, for (1) failure to file within 60 days of the close of the calendar year the report mentioned in AS 10.40.105; (2) failure to comply with AS 10.40.130(a); and (3) failure for six months to pay any fee or penalty required by this chapter. (b) Before dissolving a corporation under (a) of this section, the commissioner shall give the corporation written notice of the pending dissolution by mailing the notice to the corporation. The commissioner shall mail the notice and any subsequent certificate of dissolution to the corporation in the same manner as required for notices and certificates of involuntary dissolution under AS 10.06.633(i).
AK Stat § 10.45.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 45. Professional Corporation Act|Sec. 10.45.010. Incorporation.

(a) One or more persons each of whom is licensed to render a professional service in this state may incorporate a professional corporation by filing articles of incorporation with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. The articles shall meet the requirements of AS 10.06 (Alaska Corporations Code) and, in addition, must include (1) the name of the profession to be practiced by the corporation; (2) the names and addresses of all original shareholders, directors, and officers; (3) the address where the professional corporation will have its office. (b) A certificate from the regulatory board of the profession involved certifying that each of the incorporators, directors, and shareholders is licensed to practice the profession shall be filed with the articles of incorporation.
AK Stat § 10.45.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 45. Professional Corporation Act|Sec. 10.45.020. Rendering professional service and charging fees.

A professional corporation may render one type of professional service only. It may charge fees for the services of its directors, officers, employees, or agents, collect the fees, and compensate those who render the services.
AK Stat § 10.45.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 45. Professional Corporation Act|Sec. 10.45.030. Who may render professional service.

A professional corporation incorporated under this chapter may not render professional services except through the persons who are licensed within the state to render the same type of professional services as the corporation and who are its shareholders, directors, officers, employees, or agents.
AK Stat § 10.45.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 45. Professional Corporation Act|Sec. 10.45.040. Prohibition against engaging in business; property and investments.

A professional corporation may not engage in business; however, it may own real and personal property necessary for or appropriate in rendering its own professional services and may invest its funds in all types of investments.
AK Stat § 10.45.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 45. Professional Corporation Act|Sec. 10.45.050. Issuance of shares.

A professional corporation may issue shares of its capital stock to persons licensed by a regulatory board of the state to render the professional service specified in the articles of incorporation, or to a revocable or joint revocable trust if a settlor of the trust is a person licensed by a regulatory board of the state to render the professional service specified in the articles of incorporation. It may not issue shares to any other person or trust.