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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 17. Recording of Documents › Sec. 40.17.100. Recording a reconveyance.

When the parties to a recorded conveyance absolute in its terms intend it to serve only as security for repayment of a debt, the conveyance is absolute as to all persons who rely upon it in good faith and for value before a reconveyance is recorded.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 17. Recording of Documents › Sec. 40.17.110. Documents eligible for recording.

(a) Subject to (b) - (d) of this section, a document that meets the requisites for recording under AS 40.17.030 may be recorded.
(b) If the document to be recorded is a conveyance, power of attorney, contract for the sale or purchase of real property, or option for the purchase of real property, the document must be acknowledged.
(c) If the document to be recorded is a subdivision plat, the document must comply with the requirements of AS 40.15.
(d) If the document is a declaration under AS 34.08, it must comply with the requirements of AS 34.08.090(b).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 17. Recording of Documents › Sec. 40.17.120. Recording memorandum of lease.

(a) Recording a memorandum of lease substantially complying with (b) of this section has the same effect as recording the lease.
(b) A memorandum of lease is a document signed by the lessor and lessee and containing a reference to an unrecorded lease, sublease, or agreement to lease or sublease, and supplying at least the following information:
(1) the names of the parties;
(2) addresses of the parties set out in the lease;
(3) the date of the lease;
(4) a description of the real property leased or subleased;
(5) the commencement and termination dates of the lease if fixed and, if not fixed, the method by which the dates are to be fixed; and
(6) a statement of the conditions upon which a party may exercise a right to extend or renew the lease or to exercise a right to purchase or refuse to purchase the real property or part of it.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 17. Recording of Documents › Sec. 40.17.125. Recording affidavits related to manufactured homes.

(a) A recorder shall record an affixation affidavit and a severance affidavit if the affidavit meets the requirements for recording under AS 40.17.030 and is offered for recording in the recording district where the real property to which the manufactured home affixed is located.
(b) A recording officer shall place on the recorded affidavit
(1) the indexing information for the recorded affidavit; and
(2) an indication that the recorded affidavit was recorded.
(c) In this section,
(1) “affidavit” means an affixation affidavit or a severance affidavit;
(2) “affixation affidavit” has the meaning given in AS 34.85.190;
(3) “manufactured home” has the meaning given in AS 45.29.102;
(4) “recorded affidavit” means an affidavit recorded under this section;
(5) “severance affidavit” has the meaning given in AS 34.85.190.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 17. Recording of Documents › Sec. 40.17.900. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “acceptance” means the determination by the recorder that a document is recordable under this chapter accompanied by marking an identifying code on the document and entering the document in a daily log;
(2) “certified copy” means a copy of a document certified as correct by the custodian or other person authorized to make the certification;
(3) “conveyance” means a transfer of an interest in real property other than by will or operation of law;
(4) “department” means the Department of Natural Resources;
(5) “document” means a writing, plat, plan, or map, and includes information in a form, such as electronic, mechanical, or magnetic storage; microfilm; or electronic data transmission signals, that can be converted into legible writing, plat, plan, or map form by a machine or device;
(6) “place of recording” means a place designated by the department where documents recordable under this chapter are recorded;
(7) “record” means the acceptance of a document by the recorder that the recorder has determined is recordable under this chapter and that is presented for recording in the place of recording designated for the recording district where affected property is located whether or not the place of recording is in that district, and whether or not under applicable law the recorder is directed to record the document;
(8) “recorder” means the commissioner of the department or the commissioner's designee;
(9) “recording district” means a part of the state designated a recording district under AS 44.37.025; and
(10) “recording information” means information needed to find a document in the public records such as book and page, document number, electronic retrieval code, or other specific information.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 19. Recording Federal Liens › Sec. 40.19.020. Place of recording.

(a) Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting a federal tax lien or other federal lien shall be recorded under this chapter.
(b) Notices of lien upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the lien shall be recorded in the records of the recording district in which the real property subject to the lien is situated.
(c) Notices of federal lien upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the lien shall be recorded in the records of the recording district where the person against whose interest the lien applies resides at the time of recording of the notice of lien.
(d) For purposes of (c) of this section, the residence of a corporation or partnership is the place in which the principal executive office of the business is located.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 19. Recording Federal Liens › Sec. 40.19.030. Execution of notices and certificates.

Certification of notices of lien, certificates, or other notices affecting federal liens by the United States Secretary of the Treasury or by the designee of the United States Secretary of the Treasury, or by an official or entity of the United States responsible for filing, recording, or certifying, of notice of any other lien, entitles the notices or certificates to be recorded and further attestation, certification, or acknowledgement is not necessary.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 19. Recording Federal Liens › Sec. 40.19.040. Duties of recorder.

(a) If a notice of federal lien, a rerecording of notice of federal lien, or a notice of revocation of a certificate described in (b) of this section is presented to the recorder under AS 40.17, the recorder shall endorse on the notice an identification and the date and time of recording and enter it first in the daily log of documents and then in an alphabetical index showing the name of the person named in the notice, the date and time of recording, the title of the official or entity certifying the lien, and the total amount appearing on the notice of lien.
(b) If a rerecorded notice of federal lien referred to in (a) of this section or a certificate of release, nonattachment, discharge, or subordination of lien or a revocation of any of these certificates is presented to the recorder for recording, the recorder shall record it in the way a document listed in (a) of this section would be recorded and shall enter the rerecorded notice or the certificate or revocation with the date of recording in the alphabetical index together with a reference to the recording information for the original notice or certificate to which it relates.
(c) A lien on file with records of a recording district on January 1, 1989 is considered to have been recorded at the date and time it was filed.
(d) The provisions of this section apply to a notice of a lien created under AS 14.43.149(a) and to documents relating to that lien.
(e) In this section, “rerecording” includes recording of a lien previously filed.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 19. Recording Federal Liens › Sec. 40.19.050. Uniformity of application and construction.

To the extent the provisions of this chapter follow the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act (1978) they shall be applied and construed to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among the states enacting it.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 21. Management and Preservation of Public Records › Article 1. Public Records. › Sec. 40.21.020. Archival and records management program creation and administration.

There is established in the Department of Education and Early Development the Alaska State Archives. The department shall establish and administer a state archives and records management program. To implement the program and head the Alaska State Archives, the department shall create the position of state archivist, and shall appoint as state archivist a person qualified by special training or experience in archival or historical work. The state archivist shall be the official custodian of the archival resources of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 21. Management and Preservation of Public Records › Article 1. Public Records. › Sec. 40.21.040. Gifts, bequests, or endowments of money.

Gifts, bequests, or endowments of money shall be deposited in a separate account in the general fund and may be invested in a manner not inconsistent with the investment of other state funds. Proceeds of invested funds shall be used to carry out the purposes for which the money was given.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 21. Management and Preservation of Public Records › Article 1. Public Records. › Sec. 40.21.060. Duties of chief executive officers of state agencies.

The chief executive officer of each state agency shall
(1) make and preserve public records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the agency, and designed to furnish the information necessary to protect the legal and financial rights of the state and of persons directly affected by the agency's activities;
(2) establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the efficient management of the records of the agency under the procedures prescribed by the department, including effective controls over the creation, maintenance, and use of records in the conduct of current business;
(3) submit to the department, in accordance with the standards established by it, records retention schedules proposing the length of time which records having administrative, legal, or historical value shall be retained;
(4) apply the provisions of approved records retention schedules to ensure the orderly disposition of state records including transfer to a state records center;
(5) identify, segregate, and protect records vital to the continuing operation of an agency in the event of natural, man-made, or war-caused disaster;
(6) cooperate with the department in conducting surveys made by it under the provisions of this chapter;
(7) establish safeguards against unauthorized or unlawful removal or loss of state records;
(8) comply with the regulations, standards, and procedures relating to records management and archives established by the department;
(9) appoint a records officer who shall act as a liaison between the department and the agency on all matters relating to the records management program.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 21. Management and Preservation of Public Records › Article 1. Public Records. › Sec. 40.21.070. Records management for local records.

The governing body of each political subdivision of the state shall promote the principles of efficient records management for local public records kept in accordance with state law. The governing body shall, as far as practical, follow the program established for the management of state records. The department shall, upon request of the governing body of a political subdivision, provide advice and assistance in the establishment of a local records management program.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 21. Management and Preservation of Public Records › Article 1. Public Records. › Sec. 40.21.080. Disposal of public records by political subdivision.

An official of a political subdivision of the state having legal custody of public records that are considered by the official to be without legal or administrative value or historical interest may compile lists of these records sufficiently detailed to identify them and submit the lists to the governing body of the political subdivision. The governing body may authorize the disposal and the method of disposal of the records in the list that it finds to be without legal or administrative value or historical interest. The governing body may also, upon request of the legal custodian of the records, authorize in advance the periodic disposal of routine records that the governing body considers to have no legal, administrative, or historical value. After receipt of written authorization from the governing body, the legal custodian of the records may dispose of the records. The legal custodian shall file in the office from which the records were drawn a descriptive list of the records disposed of and a record of the disposal itself. Copies of these documents shall be transmitted to the governing body, which shall file and preserve them.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 21. Management and Preservation of Public Records › Article 1. Public Records. › Sec. 40.21.090. Transfer of public records of political subdivision to department.

The governing body of a political subdivision of the state may authorize the transfer to the department of records that have legal, administrative, or historical value but that are not required for the transaction of current business. The official of the political subdivision having custody of the records shall prepare a list describing the records transferred in sufficient detail to identify them. Copies of the list shall be filed with the department and with the public corporation or political subdivision transferring the records. The department shall acknowledge receipt of the list. Listed records approved by the department for transfer may be transferred to a records center designated by the department. The records center shall transfer any permanent records to the archives. Records transferred remain the property of the political subdivision. The department is the legal custodian of records in its possession.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 21. Management and Preservation of Public Records › Article 1. Public Records. › Sec. 40.21.110. Care of records.

Except for public records lawfully in the possession of a person other than the state, public records of existing or defunct agencies of the state, territorial, and Russian governments in Alaska are the property of the state and shall be created, maintained, preserved, stored, transferred, destroyed or disposed of, and otherwise managed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and AS 45.48.500 - 45.48.530. Records shall be delivered by outgoing officials and employees to their successors, and may not be removed, destroyed, or disposed of, except as provided in this chapter and AS 45.48.500 - 45.48.530.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 21. Management and Preservation of Public Records › Article 1. Public Records. › Sec. 40.21.120. Standards of clarity, accuracy, and permanency of copies.

When a public officer performing duties under this chapter is required or authorized by law to record, copy, recopy, or replace any public record, the officer may do so by photostatic, photographic, microphotographic, microfilm, or other mechanical or optical disk imaging system process that produces a clear and accurate copy or reproduction of the original record. If a record is considered to be of permanent or archival value, a reproduction of the record must meet archival standards approved by the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 21. Management and Preservation of Public Records › Article 1. Public Records. › Sec. 40.21.130. Alteration and replacement of public records.

An original public record that is worn or damaged may be replaced by a reproduction made in accordance with this chapter. Certification by the agency having custody of the record that the replacement is a true and correct copy of the original shall appear at the end of the reproduction. When original public records are photographed or otherwise mechanically reproduced under the provisions of this chapter and the photographic or other mechanical reproductions are placed in conveniently accessible files and provisions made for preserving and using them, the original records from which they were made may be destroyed only with the approval of the state archivist.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 21. Management and Preservation of Public Records › Article 2. General Provisions. › Sec. 40.21.150. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) “agency” or “state agency” means a department, office, agency, state board, commission, public corporation, or other organizational unit of or created under the executive branch of the state government; the term does not include the University of Alaska;
(2) “archives” means
(A) the noncurrent records of a state agency or political subdivision of the state preserved, after appraisal, because of their value; also referred to as archival material or archival holdings;
(B) the agency responsible for selecting, preserving, and making available archival material; also referred to as an archival agency; or
(C) the building or part of a building where archival material is located; also referred to as an archival depository;
(3) “department” means the Department of Education and Early Development;
(4) “electronic record” means any information that is recorded in machine readable form;
(5) “local record” means a public record of a city or borough of any class, villages, district, authority, or other political subdivision unless the record is designated or treated as a state record under state law;
(6) “record” means any document, paper, book, letter, drawing, map, plat, photo, photographic file, motion picture film, microfilm, microphotograph, exhibit, magnetic or paper tape, punched card, electronic record, or other document of any other material, regardless of physical form or characteristic, developed or received under law or in connection with the transaction of official business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by an agency or a political subdivision, as evidence of the organization, function, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the state or political subdivision or because of the informational value in them; the term does not include library and museum material developed or acquired and preserved solely for reference, historical, or exhibition purposes, extra copies of documents preserved solely for convenience of reference, or stocks of publications and processed documents;
(7) “records center” means a records depository in the department for the storage and disposition of noncurrent records;
(8) “state record” means a record of a department, office, commission, board, public corporation, or other agency of the state government, including a record of the legislature or a court and any other record designated or treated as a public record under state law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.100. Disposition of tax information.

(a) [See delayed amendment note.] Information in the possession of the Department of Revenue that discloses the particulars of the business or affairs of a taxpayer or other person, including information under AS 38.05.020(b)(11) that is subject to a confidentiality agreement under AS 38.05.020(b)(12), is not a matter of public record, except as provided in AS 43.05.230(i) - (m) or for purposes of investigation and law enforcement. The information shall be kept confidential except when its production is required in an official investigation, administrative adjudication under AS 43.05.405 - 43.05.499, or court proceeding. These restrictions do not prohibit the publication of statistics presented in a manner that prevents the identification of particular reports and items, prohibit the publication of tax lists showing the names of taxpayers who are delinquent and relevant information that may assist in the collection of delinquent taxes, or prohibit the publication of records, proceedings, and decisions under AS 43.05.405 - 43.05.499.
(b) If a copy of a record of tax information is requested under (a) of this section for the purposes of child support administration, the copy may be released only to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010 or a child support enforcement agency of another state. The Department of Revenue shall provide the requesting agency with a copy of the record. The requesting agency receiving information under this subsection may use it only for child support purposes authorized under law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.105. Disclosure of information for compliance with the tobacco product Master Settlement Agreement.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 40.25.100(a), the Department of Revenue may disclose information submitted to the Department of Revenue relating to cigarette and tobacco products, cigarette and tobacco product manufacturers, and cigarette and tobacco product retailers to the attorney general and to other parties as the Department of Revenue determines necessary to monitor and enforce compliance by cigarette and tobacco product manufacturers with the tobacco product Master Settlement Agreement described in AS 45.53.010 - 45.53.100.
(b) A person receiving information under this section shall maintain the confidentiality that the Department of Revenue is required to extend under AS 43.05.230 to the returns, reports, documents, determinations, and workpapers furnished to that person under this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.121. Copies of public records for veterans.

When a copy of a public record is required by the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, or by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be used in determining the eligibility of a person to participate in benefits, the official custodian of the public record shall, without charge, provide the applicant for the benefits, a person acting on behalf of the applicant, or an authorized representative of the department or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs with a certified copy of the record.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.122. Litigation disclosure.

A public record that is subject to disclosure and copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120 remains a public record subject to disclosure and copying even if the record is used for, included in, or relevant to litigation, including law enforcement proceedings, involving a public agency, except that with respect to a person involved in litigation, the records sought shall be disclosed in accordance with the rules of procedure applicable in a court or an administrative adjudication. In this section, “involved in litigation” means a party to litigation or representing a party to litigation, including obtaining public records for the party.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.123. Supervision and regulation.

(a) The Department of Administration shall supervise and adopt regulations for the operation and implementation of AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.140 by public agencies in the executive branch, except the Alaska Railroad Corporation.
(b) The legislative council shall supervise and adopt procedures for the operation and implementation of AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.140 by public agencies in the legislative branch.
(c) The administrative director of the Alaska Court System shall supervise and adopt procedures for the operation and implementation of AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.140 by public agencies in the judicial branch.
(d) The Board of Regents of the University of Alaska shall supervise and adopt procedures for the operation and implementation of AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.140 by the University of Alaska.
(e) The regulations and procedures adopted under this section must include the establishment of procedures for making an administrative appeal of public agency action that is taken under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.140.
(f) In this section,
(1) “action” includes the calculation of a fee, the denial of a fee reduction or waiver, and the denial of a request to inspect or copy a public record;
(2) “public agency” does not include a municipality.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.125. Enforcement: injunctive relief.

A person having custody or control of a public record who denies, obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, or a person not having custody or control who aids or abets another person in denying, obstructing, or attempting to obstruct, the inspection of a public record subject to inspection under AS 40.25.110 or 40.25.120 may be enjoined by the superior court from denying, obstructing, or attempting to obstruct, the inspection of public records subject to inspection under AS 40.25.110 or 40.25.120. A person may seek injunctive relief under this section without exhausting the person's remedies under AS 40.25.123 - 40.25.124.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.140. Confidentiality of library records.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the names, addresses, or other personal identifying information of people who have used materials made available to the public by a library shall be kept confidential, except upon court order, and are not subject to inspection under AS 40.25.110 or 40.25.120. This section applies to a library operated by the state, a municipality, or a public school, including the University of Alaska.
(b) Records of a public elementary or secondary school library identifying a minor child shall be made available on request to a parent or guardian of that child.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.151. Confidentiality of retirement records.

(a) Except as provided in (b) - (d) of this section, public records, including electronic services and products involving public records, containing information about a person and maintained under AS 14.25, AS 22.25, AS 26.05.222 - 26.05.229, AS 39.35, or former AS 39.37 shall be kept confidential and are not subject to inspection or copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120.
(b) Records described in (a) of this section concerning a person who is a member or former member of a state retirement system who is still living may only be released to
(1) the person or the person's guardian;
(2) the person's employer or former employer;
(3) a state agency authorized to obtain confidential information;
(4) another person if the person has
(A) written authorization for release from the affected member or former member or the member's or former member's guardian; or
(B) a court order or subpoena to obtain the information.
(c) Records described in (a) of this section concerning a member or former member of a state retirement system who is deceased or a deceased member's named beneficiary may only be released to
(1) the member's named beneficiary or the beneficiary's guardian;
(2) the member's or former member's former employer;
(3) a state agency authorized to obtain confidential information;
(4) the personal representative of the member's or former member's estate;
(5) another person if the person has
(A) written authorization for release from the member or former member, the member's named beneficiary, or the personal representative of the member's or former member's estate; or
(B) a court order or subpoena to secure the information.
(d) The name and address of a living person who is a member or former member of a state retirement system may be released to a retirement organization representing persons receiving benefits under a state retirement system if the retirement organization is affiliated with an organization representing employees of the employer under AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 (Public Employment Relations Act).
(e) In this section, “state retirement system” means the teachers' retirement system under AS 14.25, the judicial retirement system under AS 22.25, the retirement system for members of the national guard under AS 26.05.222 - 26.05.229, the public employees' retirement system under AS 39.35, or the elected public officers retirement system under former AS 39.37.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.220. Definitions for AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.295.

In AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.295, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) “electronic services and products” means computer-related services and products provided by a public agency, including
(A) electronic manipulation of the data contained in public records in order to tailor the data to the person's request or to develop a product that meets the person's request;
(B) duplicating public records in alternative formats not used by a public agency, providing periodic updates of an electronic file or data base, or duplicating an electronic file or data base from a geographic information system;
(C) providing online access to an electronic file or data base;
(D) providing information that cannot be retrieved or generated by the existing computer programs of the public agency;
(E) providing functional electronic access to the information system of the public agency; in this subparagraph, “functional access” includes the capability for alphanumeric query and printing, graphic query and plotting, nongraphic data input and analysis, and graphic data input and analysis;
(F) providing software developed by a public agency or developed by a private contractor for a public agency;
(G) generating maps or other standard or customized products from an electronic geographic information system;
(2) “public agency” means a political subdivision, department, institution, board, commission, division, authority, public corporation, council, committee, or other instrumentality of the state or a municipality; “public agency” includes the University of Alaska and the Alaska Railroad Corporation;
(3) “public records” means books, papers, files, accounts, writings, including drafts and memorializations of conversations, and other items, regardless of format or physical characteristics, that are developed or received by a public agency, or by a private contractor for a public agency, and that are preserved for their informational value or as evidence of the organization or operation of the public agency; “public records” does not include proprietary software programs.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 2. Personal Information in State Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.300. Notice regarding personal information.

(a) When a state agency requests personal information that may be included in a public record directly from the person who is the subject of the information, the agency shall give the person a written notice at the time of the request that states
(1) the name and address of the agency;
(2) the citation of the statute or regulation that authorizes the agency to request the information;
(3) a statement indicating whether the person is required to supply the information;
(4) the consequences to the person, if any, of not providing all or part of the requested information;
(5) a statement of the agency's anticipated uses of the information, including the agency's internal uses of the information and disclosure of the information to other state agencies;
(6) the fact that the information may be subject to inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120; and
(7) a statement summarizing how a person may challenge under AS 40.25.310 the accuracy or completeness of personal information maintained by a state agency.
(b) An agency may provide the written notice required under (a) of this section by
(1) placing the notice on the form used to request the information from the person;
(2) giving the person the notice on a separate sheet that accompanies the form used to request the information from the person;
(3) giving the person a statement in a pamphlet, booklet, manual, or other printed matter at the time the information on the person is requested; or
(4) prominently posting a sign containing the notice in a prominent location so that the sign can be easily observed and read by the person at the time the information is requested.
(c) This section does not apply to a request for information on a person if
(1) the request is made by a peace officer; in this paragraph, “peace officer” has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060;
(2) the person is the agency's employee;
(3) the information is related to litigation;
(4) the information is being collected by a public agency when investigating a possible violation of law; or
(5) the information is not subject to inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120, even if the information is eventually subject to inspection and copying under AS 18.50.310(f).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 2. Personal Information in State Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.310. Information accuracy and completeness.

(a) A person who is the subject of personal information that is maintained by a state agency and subject to public disclosure under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.140 may challenge the accuracy or completeness of the personal information.
(b) To challenge the accuracy or completeness of personal information under (a) of this section, the person must file with the state agency a written request that the personal information be changed. The request must provide
(1) a description of the challenged personal information;
(2) the changes necessary to make the personal information accurate or complete; and
(3) the person's name and the address where the department may contact the person.
(c) Within 30 days after receiving a written request made under (b) of this section, the state agency may request verification of the disputed personal information from the person who made the request.
(d) Within 30 days after receiving the written request under (b) of this section or the verification under (c) of this section, the state agency shall review the request and
(1) change the personal information according to the request and notify the person in writing of the change; or
(2) deny the request and notify the person in writing of the reasons for the decision and the name, title, and business address of the person who denied the request.
(e) If a request is denied under (d) of this section, the person may provide to the state agency a concise written statement that states the person's reasons for disagreeing with the decision. The state agency shall maintain in its records the request made under (b) of this section and the statement provided by the person under this subsection. On all of the state agency's records that contain the disputed information, the state agency shall clearly note which portions of the records are disputed. If the record is in electronic form, the state agency may note the dispute in one field of the electronic form and maintain the other information about the dispute in paper form.
(f) This section does not apply to criminal intelligence or criminal investigative records, criminal justice information under AS 12.62, state agency personnel or retirement system records, records of applicants for employment with the state agency, or information in documents recorded under AS 40.17.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 40. Public Records and Recorders › Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures › Article 2. Personal Information in State Public Records. › Sec. 40.25.350. Definitions.

In AS 40.25.300 - 40.25.350,
(1) “person” means an individual;
(2) “personal information” means information that can be used to identify a person and from which judgments can be made about a person's character, habits, avocations, finances, occupation, general reputation, credit, health, or other personal characteristics, but does not include a person's name, address, or telephone number, if the number is published in a current telephone directory, or information describing a public job held by a person;
(3) “state agency”
(A) means a department, institution, board, commission, division, authority, public corporation, committee, or other administrative unit of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government, including the University of Alaska;
(B) does not include the Alaska Railroad Corporation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 06. Geothermal Resources › Sec. 41.06.005. Jurisdiction over geothermal resources.

(a) The commission has jurisdiction under this chapter over geothermal wells to prevent waste, to protect correlative rights, and to ensure public safety.
(b) The Department of Natural Resources has jurisdiction under this chapter over management of geothermal leases and units in the public interest and to effect development.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 06. Geothermal Resources › Sec. 41.06.020. Authority of commission; application.

(a) The commission has jurisdiction over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter.
(b) The authority of the commission applies to all land in the state lawfully subject to the police power of the state, including private land, municipal land, state land, land of the United States, and land subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and to all land included in a voluntary cooperative or unit plan of development or operation entered into in accordance with AS 38.05.181. When land that is subject to the commission's authority is committed to a unit agreement involving land subject to federal jurisdiction, the operation of this chapter or a part of this chapter may be suspended if
(1) the unit operations are regulated by the United States; and
(2) the conservation of geothermal resources is accomplished under the unit agreement.
(c) This chapter applies
(1) to wells drilled in search of, in support of, or for the recovery or production of geothermal resources;
(2) when a person engaged in drilling activity not otherwise subject to the provisions of this chapter encounters geothermal resources, fluid, or water of sufficient heat or pressure to constitute a threat to human life or health unless the drilling operation is subject to oil and gas drilling regulation under AS 31.05;
(3) in areas and under conditions in which the commission determines that drilling may encounter geothermal resources, fluid, or water of sufficient heat or pressure to constitute a threat to human life or health.
(d) To the extent the provisions of AS 31.05 do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of AS 31.05 are applicable to wells drilled in search of, in support of, or for the recovery or production of geothermal resources.
(e) Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the department
(1) over geothermal resources under AS 38.05.181; or
(2) to approve and manage geothermal units or operations that include state land.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 06. Geothermal Resources › Sec. 41.06.030. Unitization.

(a) The commissioner shall require the filing and approval of a plan of development and operation on a geothermal system that includes state land.
(b) Lessees of all or part of a geothermal system that includes state land may enter into a unit agreement for cooperative development, with the approval of the commissioner. The commissioner may suspend or modify the approved development plan in accordance with the unit agreement.
(c) If the owners of at least two-thirds of the leasehold interests in a geothermal system ratify a unit agreement approved under (b) of this section by the commissioner, the commissioner may enforce the agreement as to lessees not a party to the agreement by allocating production under the principle of correlative rights and by apportioning costs and revenues.
(d) [Repealed, § 18 ch 38 SLA 2010.]
(e) The commissioner may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter for duties assigned to the department, including the promotion of maximum economic recovery.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 06. Geothermal Resources › Sec. 41.06.035. Reservoir management; commission's regulations.

(a) The commission may issue well-spacing and pooling orders, place limits on production, and impose reinjection requirements for the purpose of preventing waste and to protect correlative rights in a geothermal system.
(b) The commission may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 and issue orders appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter for duties assigned to the commission, including orders regarding the establishment of drilling units for pools as set out in AS 31.05.100 and orders regarding unitized operation and integration of interests as set out in AS 31.05.110.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 06. Geothermal Resources › Sec. 41.06.040. Regulations; requirements; inspections.

(a) The commission shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), issue orders, and take other appropriate action to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter, including adopting regulations to prevent
(1) geothermal resources, water or other fluids, and gases from escaping into strata other than that in which they are found, unless in accordance with an approved reinjection program;
(2) contamination of surface and groundwater;
(3) premature degradation of a geothermal system by water encroachment or otherwise;
(4) blowouts, cavings, and seepage; and
(5) unreasonable disturbance or injury to neighboring properties, prior water rights, prior oil or gas rights, human life, health, and the natural environment.
(b) The commission shall require the operator of a geothermal well to file an adequate individual or blanket surety bond to ensure compliance with regulations adopted under this section.
(c) The commission shall require a geothermal operator to notify the commission if the operator discovers significant quantities of hydrocarbon substances, helium, or fissionable materials.
(d) The commission and its staff may enter upon any property, public or private, to inspect a geothermal operation for compliance with regulations adopted under this section.
(e) [Repealed, § 18 ch 38 SLA 2010.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 06. Geothermal Resources › Sec. 41.06.050. Permits to drill.

(a) A person shall apply for and receive a permit from the commission before drilling a well in
(1) search of geothermal resources; or
(2) support of the recovery or production of geothermal resources.
(b) The application required in (a) of this section must contain sufficient information to enable the commission to determine if the operation of the well will interfere with or impair a prior water, oil, or gas right.
(c) A person must submit a separate permit application for each well. The permit application must be in the form or format required by the commission and include all information required by the commission.
(d) As soon as practicable after receiving an application under (a) of this section, the commission shall approve or deny the application for a permit to drill.
(e) In making the determination under (d) of this section, the commission shall consider whether the
(1) proposed well will significantly interfere with or substantially impair a prior water, oil, or gas right;
(2) proposed well is contrary to a provision of this chapter, a regulation adopted by the commission, another law, or an order, stipulation, or term of a permit issued by the commission; and
(3) applicant is in violation of a provision of this chapter, a regulation adopted by the commission, another law, or an order, stipulation, or term of a permit issued by the commission; the commission shall consider the magnitude of the violation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 06. Geothermal Resources › Sec. 41.06.055. Regulatory cost charge for geothermal wells.

(a) Each person that, on the first day of a state fiscal year, operates a well within the jurisdiction of the commission for which a permit to drill has been issued under AS 41.06.050 shall pay to the commission an annual regulatory charge for each well that has not, before the first day of that state fiscal year, been
(1) plugged and abandoned; and
(2) reported as abandoned in accordance with regulations of the commission.
(b) The commission shall annually determine the regulatory cost charge to be paid under this section. The regulatory cost charge to be paid by a person for a state fiscal year must be based on the total volume during the most recent calendar year for the wells described in (a) of this section of which the person was the operator on the first day of the fiscal year as a percentage of the total volume during the same calendar year for all wells described in (a) of this section. In this subsection, “total volume” means the sum of the volume of all geothermal resources produced from a well and all fluids and substances injected or otherwise artificially introduced into the well.
(c) The commission shall determine the regulatory cost charges levied under this section so that the total amount to be collected approximately equals the appropriations made for the operating costs of the commission that have been incurred under this chapter for the fiscal year.
(d) The commission shall collect the regulatory cost charges imposed under this section. The Department of Administration shall identify the amount of appropriations made for the operating costs of the commission under this chapter that lapse into the general fund each year. The legislature may appropriate an amount that is at least equal to the lapsed amount to the commission for its operating costs under this chapter for the next fiscal year. If the legislature makes an appropriation to the commission under this subsection that is equal to or greater than the lapsed amount, the commission shall reduce the total regulatory cost charge collected for that fiscal year by a comparable amount.
(e) The commission may adopt regulations relating to the investigation of the accuracy of reported information and for collecting required payments under this section.