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AK Stat § 21.84.625 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 21. Insurance|Chapter 84. Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 7. Miscellaneous.|Sec. 21.84.625. Service of process.

(a) A society authorized to do business in this state shall appoint in writing the director and the director's successors in office to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in an action or proceeding against it shall be served. The society shall agree in writing that any lawful process against it that is served on the appointed attorney is of the same legal force and validity as if served on the society and that the authority continues in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in this state. Copies of the appointment, certified by the director, are sufficient evidence of the appointment and shall be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original. (b) Service may only be made on the director or, if the director is absent, upon the person in charge of the director's office. Service shall be made in duplicate and shall constitute sufficient service on the society. When legal process against a society is served on the director, the director shall immediately forward one of the duplicate copies by registered mail, prepaid, to the secretary or corresponding officer. Legal process shall not be served on a society except in the manner provided in this section. At the time of serving a process on the director, the plaintiff or complainant in the action shall pay to the director a fee set under AS 21.06.250. (c) A society shall respond to the service of process as provided in the Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.
AK Stat § 21.84.650 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 21. Insurance|Chapter 84. Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 7. Miscellaneous.|Sec. 21.84.650. Penalties.

(a) A person who knowingly makes a false or fraudulent statement or representation in or with reference to an application for membership, or for the purpose of obtaining money from or a benefit in a society, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than $2,500 and is liable for a civil penalty of three times the amount received by the violator as compensation or commission. A civil penalty may be sued for and recovered by the aggrieved person or society for the person's or society's own use and benefit. (b) A person who makes a false sworn statement in a report or declaration required or authorized by this chapter or in a statement concerning the death or disability of an insured for the purpose of obtaining payment of a benefit named in the certificate and who does not believe the statement to be true is guilty of perjury and, upon conviction, is subject to the penalties prescribed by law for perjury under AS 11.56.200. (c) A person who solicits membership for, or in any manner assists in procuring membership in, a society not licensed to do business in this state is guilty of a violation and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200. (d) A person who knowingly engages in conduct that constitutes a violation of the provisions of this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise prescribed is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $2,500. (e) In this section, “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.
AK Stat § 21.84.675 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 21. Insurance|Chapter 84. Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 7. Miscellaneous.|Sec. 21.84.675. Review.

Decisions and findings of the director made under the provisions of this chapter are subject to review by proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state.
AK Stat § 21.84.700 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 21. Insurance|Chapter 84. Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 7. Miscellaneous.|Sec. 21.84.700. Exemption of certain societies.

(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect or apply to (1) grand or subordinate lodges of societies, orders, or associations doing business in this state that provide benefits exclusively through local or subordinate lodges; (2) societies, orders, or associations that admit to membership only persons engaged in one or more crafts or hazardous occupations, in the same or similar lines of business, and that insure only members and families of the society, order, or association, and the ladies' societies or ladies' auxiliaries of the societies, orders, or associations; (3) domestic societies that limit their membership to employees of a particular city or town, designated firm, business house, or corporation and that provide for death benefits of not more than $400 or health care benefits of not more than $350 to a person in one year, or both; or (4) domestic societies or associations of a purely religious, charitable, or benevolent description that provide for death benefits of not more than $350 or health care benefits of not more than $350 to a person in one year, or both. (b) A society or association described in (a)(3) or (4) of this section that provides for death or health care benefits for which benefit certificates are issued and a society or association described in (a)(4) of this section that has more than 1,000 members are not exempt from the provisions of this chapter but shall comply with the requirements of this chapter. (c) A society that, by the provisions of this section, is exempt from the requirements of this chapter, except a society described in (a)(2) of this section, may not give or allow or promise to give or allow to a person compensation for procuring new members. (d) A society that provides benefits for health care or death resulting solely from accident and that does not obligate itself to pay natural death or health care benefits has all of the privileges and is subject to all the applicable provisions and regulations of this chapter, except that the provisions of this chapter relating to medical examination, evaluations of benefit certificates, and incontestability do not apply to the society. (e) The director may require a society or association to provide, by examination or otherwise, information that will enable the director to determine whether the society or association is exempt from the provisions of this chapter. (f) Societies that are exempt from the provisions of this chapter under the provisions of this section shall also be exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of this state.
AK Stat § 21.84.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 21. Insurance|Chapter 84. Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 7. Miscellaneous.|Sec. 21.84.900. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “alien society” means a society formed under the laws other than those of the United States of America, its states, territories, or the District of Columbia; (2) “benefit contract” means the agreement for provision of benefits authorized by AS 21.84.201, as that agreement is described in AS 21.84.255(a); (3) “benefit member” means an adult member who is designated by the laws or rules of the society to be a benefit member under a benefit contract; (4) “certificate” means the document issued as written evidence of the benefit contract; (5) “domestic society” means a society formed under the laws of this state; (6) “foreign society” means a society formed under the laws of another state, a territory belonging to the United States of America, or the District of Columbia; (7) “fraternal benefit society” means an incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under AS 21.84.700(a)(2), whether incorporated or not, that is conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, that is operated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, that has a representative form of government, and that makes provision for the payment of benefits under this chapter; (8) “laws” means the society's articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws, however designated; (9) “lodge” means subordinate member units of the society known as camps, courts, councils, branches, or another designation; (10) “lodge system” means a society having a supreme governing body and subordinate lodges into which members are elected, initiated, or admitted under its laws, ritual, and rules; subordinate lodges are required by the laws of the society to hold regular meetings at least once in each month in furtherance of the purposes of the society; (11) “premiums” means rates, dues, or other required contribution by whatever name known that are payable under the certificate; (12) “rules” means all rules, regulations, or resolutions adopted by the supreme governing body or board of directors that are intended to have general application to the members of the society; (13) “society,” unless otherwise indicated, means a fraternal benefit society.
AK Stat § 22.20.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 1. Judicial Officers.|Sec. 22.20.010. Judicial officer defined.

The term “judicial officer” means a supreme court justice, including the chief justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a judge of the superior court, a district judge, and a magistrate.
AK Stat § 22.20.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 1. Judicial Officers.|Sec. 22.20.020. Disqualification of judicial officer for cause.

(a) A judicial officer may not act in a matter in which (1) the judicial officer is a party; (2) the judicial officer is related to a party or a party's attorney by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree; (3) the judicial officer is a material witness; (4) the judicial officer or the spouse of the judicial officer, individually or as a fiduciary, or a child of the judicial officer has a direct financial interest in the matter; (5) a party, except the state or a municipality of the state, has retained or been professionally counseled by the judicial officer as its attorney within two years preceding the assignment of the judicial officer to the matter; (6) the judicial officer has represented a person as attorney for the person against a party, except the state or a municipality of the state, in a matter within two years preceding the assignment of the judicial officer to the matter; (7) an attorney for a party has represented the judicial officer or a person against the judicial officer, either in the judicial officer's public or private capacity, in a matter within two years preceding the filing of the action; (8) the law firm with which the judicial officer was associated in the practice of law within the two years preceding the filing of the action has been retained or has professionally counseled either party with respect to the matter; (9) the judicial officer feels that, for any reason, a fair and impartial decision cannot be given. (b) A judicial officer shall disclose, on the record, a reason for disqualification specified in (a) of this section at the commencement of a matter in which the judicial officer participates. The disqualifications specified in (a)(2), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), and (a)(8) of this section may be waived by the parties and are waived unless a party raises an objection. (c) If a judicial officer is disqualified on the officer's own motion or consents to disqualification, the presiding judge of the district shall immediately transfer the action to another judge of that district to which the objections of the parties do not apply or are least applicable and if there is no such judge, the chief justice of the supreme court shall assign a judge for the hearing or trial of the action. If a judicial officer denies disqualification the question shall be heard and determined by another judge assigned for the purpose by the presiding judge of the next higher level of courts or, if none, by the other members of the supreme court. The hearing may be ex parte and without notice to the parties or judge.
AK Stat § 22.20.022 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 1. Judicial Officers.|Sec. 22.20.022. Peremptory disqualification of a judge.

(a) If a party or a party's attorney in a district court action or a superior court action, civil or criminal, files an affidavit alleging under oath the belief that a fair and impartial trial cannot be obtained, the presiding district court or superior court judge, respectively, shall at once, and without requiring proof, assign the action to another judge of the appropriate court in that district, or if there is none, the chief justice of the supreme court shall assign a judge for the hearing or trial of the action. The affidavit must contain a statement that it is made in good faith and not for the purpose of delay. (b) A judge or court may not punish a person for contempt for making, filing, or presenting the affidavit provided for in this section, or a motion founded on the affidavit. (c) The affidavit shall be filed within five days after the case is at issue upon a question of fact, or within five days after the issue is assigned to a judge, whichever event occurs later, unless good cause is shown for the failure to file it within that time. (d) A party or a party's attorney may not file more than one affidavit under this section in an action and no more than two affidavits in an action.
AK Stat § 22.20.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 1. Judicial Officers.|Sec. 22.20.030. Power of judicial officers.

A judicial officer may (1) preserve and enforce order in the immediate presence of the court and in the proceedings before the court, when engaged in the performance of a duty imposed by law on the judicial officer; (2) compel obedience to the lawful orders of the court, as provided by law; (3) compel the attendance of persons to testify in a pending proceeding in the cases and manner provided by law; (4) administer oaths in a proceeding pending before the court and in all other cases where it may be necessary in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of the judicial officer; (5) take and certify the proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, or any other written instrument authorized or required to be proved or acknowledged; (6) take and certify the acknowledgment of satisfaction of a judgment in any court; (7) take and certify an affidavit or deposition to be used in any court of justice or other tribunal of the state.
AK Stat § 22.20.035 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 1. Judicial Officers.|Sec. 22.20.035. Powers of judicial employees.

The clerk of a court, and a deputy clerk designated by order of a court, may exercise the powers of judicial officers specified in AS 22.20.030(4)-(7), and other powers authorized by law.
AK Stat § 22.20.037 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 1. Judicial Officers.|Sec. 22.20.037. Employment of judicial employees.

(a) Judicial employees shall be employed subject to classification and wage plans based on the merit principle and adapted to the special needs of the judiciary, as determined by the administrative director of the Alaska Court System. Except as otherwise provided by law, all employees of the Alaska Court System and the judicial council are subject to the general state laws regarding leave, retirement, and travel. (b) This section does not deprive employees of the judiciary of the right to participate in the state employees retirement system, a group insurance plan, or any other program, benefits, or rights provided by law or personnel rule for state employees in the classified service. (c) The administrative director of the Alaska Court System shall conduct a salary survey annually to ensure that employees of the Alaska Court System receive salaries consistent with those paid to employees in the classified and partially exempt state service. (d) The administrative director of the Alaska Court System shall file a travel and compensation report with the legislature by January 31 of each year. The report must contain detailed information for the previous calendar year of the salaries, per diem, travel expenses, relocation expenses, and any additional allowances for (1) each justice of the supreme court; (2) each judge of the court of appeals; and (3) the administrative director of the Alaska Court System.
AK Stat § 22.20.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 2. Attorneys.|Sec. 22.20.040. Appearance.

(a) An action or proceeding may be prosecuted or defended by a party in person or by attorney. However, (1) the United States shall appear by an attorney in all cases; and (2) a corporation, either public or private, shall appear by an attorney in all cases unless an exception to the corporation's appearance by an attorney has been explicitly made by law. (b) When a party appears by attorney, the written proceedings shall be in the name of the attorney, who is the sole representative of the client as between the client and the adverse party.
AK Stat § 22.20.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 2. Attorneys.|Sec. 22.20.050. Authority to bind client, receive money or property, and give discharge.

(a) An attorney may (1) bind the attorney's client in any of the proceedings in an action or proceeding by agreement filed with the clerk or entered upon the journal of the court, and not otherwise; (2) receive money or property claimed by the client in an action or proceeding during its pendency, or within three years after judgment, and, upon the payment or delivery of it, discharge the claim or acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment. (b) However, this section does not prevent a party from employing a new attorney to issue execution upon a judgment, or to take the other proceedings prescribed by law for its enforcement, and when the party does so the authority of the former attorney ceases.
AK Stat § 22.20.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 2. Attorneys.|Sec. 22.20.060. Appearance of attorney without authority.

If it is alleged by a party for whom an attorney appears that the attorney does so without authority, and the allegation is verified by the affidavit of the party, the court may, if it finds the allegation true, at any stage of the proceedings, relieve the party for whom the attorney has assumed to appear from the consequences of the attorney's act.
AK Stat § 22.20.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 2. Attorneys.|Sec. 22.20.070. Requiring proof of authority.

The court may, on motion of either party, and on showing reasonable grounds therefor, require the attorney for an adverse party to produce or prove the authority under which the attorney appears, and until the attorney does so may stay all proceedings by the attorney on behalf of the party for whom the attorney assumes to appear.
AK Stat § 22.20.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 2. Attorneys.|Sec. 22.20.080. Compelling attorney to deliver over money or papers.

When an attorney refuses to deliver over money or papers to a person from or for whom the attorney has received them in the course of professional employment, whether in a judicial proceeding or not, a court may, by order, require the attorney to do so within a specified time or show cause why punishment for a contempt should not be imposed on the attorney.
AK Stat § 22.20.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 2. Attorneys.|Sec. 22.20.090. Court order to deliver over money or papers.

If an attorney claims a lien upon the money or papers under AS 34.35.430, the court, in making an order under AS 22.20.080, shall (1) impose, as a condition of making the order, that the client give security, in form and amount to be directed, to satisfy the lien when determined in an action; (2) summarily inquire into the facts on which the claim of a lien is founded, and determine it; or (3) direct the trial of the controversy by a jury, or refer it, and upon the verdict or report determine it as in other cases.
AK Stat § 22.20.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 3. Commissioner of Public Safety.|Sec. 22.20.100. Duty of the commissioner in the supreme court.

The commissioner is the executive officer of the supreme court and shall serve and execute all process issued by the supreme court or a justice of the supreme court, and shall attend the supreme court, and has the authority necessary for the execution of these duties.
AK Stat § 22.20.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 3. Commissioner of Public Safety.|Sec. 22.20.110. Duty of the commissioner in the court of appeals, the superior court, and district courts.

When required by the supreme court, and except as otherwise provided in AS 18.66.160, the commissioner shall serve and execute all process issued by the court of appeals, the superior court, and the district courts; attend to and wait upon grand and petit juries; maintain order; attend the sessions of the courts; and exercise the power and perform the duties concerning all matters within the jurisdiction of the courts as may be assigned. The commissioner is the executive officer of the court of appeals, the superior court, and district courts.
AK Stat § 22.20.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 3. Commissioner of Public Safety.|Sec. 22.20.120. General authority and duty of the commissioner.

The authority necessary for the lawful performance of the duties of execution of service of process, seizure and detention of property, the sale of property forfeited or levied upon, and arrest of persons, in connection with civil matters, is vested in the commissioner. Any court of the state issuing any process may direct the process for execution of service to the commissioner or the designee of the commissioner.
AK Stat § 22.20.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 22. Judiciary|Chapter 20. Judicial Officers, Employees, and Council; Attorneys|Article 3. Commissioner of Public Safety.|Sec. 22.20.130. Assistance for commissioner.

(a) The commissioner shall be assisted in the execution of the authority and duty vested by AS 22.20.100 - 22.20.140 by members of the division of state troopers or Alaska state constabulary who the commissioner designates. The commissioner is responsible on official bond for the acts of all persons designated under this subsection. The persons designated under this subsection have the same authority and duty granted to the commissioner and are subject to orders of the courts of the state in the same manner as the commissioner. They are responsible to the commissioner and to the courts, and shall be executive officers of the courts. In order to be designated under this section, the commissioner may require the person to submit the person's fingerprints and the fees required under AS 12.62.160 for criminal justice information and a national criminal history record check. The commissioner may obtain a report of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400.  (b) The commissioner has the responsibility of providing sufficient personnel to effectively execute the authority and duty vested by AS 22.20.100 - 22.20.140, and shall adopt the necessary regulations within the Department of Public Safety for the efficient direction, control, and discipline of the members designated by the commissioner under this section.