Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 1 - Office of the Commissioner › Chapter 06 - Document Recording and Filing › 11 AAC 06.040 - Prerequisites for recording documents

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An original
				document or an electronic document is entitled to be recorded if
(1) it is of the type identified in
				AS
				40.17.110;
(2) it is in compliance with
				AS
				40.17.030;
(3) it meets one of the following format
				requirements, except that a UCC fixture statement recorded in a recording
				district need not conform to these requirements:
(A) it contains margins and a font size that
				conform to the following minimum requirements:
(i) at least two inches of blank space across
				the top of the first page of the document;
(ii) at least one-inch margins on the
				remainder of the first page and on all other pages of the document;
(iii) type size no smaller than 10-point
				font;
(B) for original
				documents only, it is a nonstandard document and is accompanied by an
				additional fee for nonstandard documents as set out in 11 AAC 05.200; for
				purposes of this subparagraph, a document
(i)
				is a nonstandard document if it does not substantially meet the margin
				requirements in (A)(i) and (ii) of this paragraph, but meets all other
				requirements to be eligible for recording; and
(ii) does not substantially meet the margin
				requirements in (A)(i) and (ii) of this paragraph if a substantial portion of
				the document exceeds those requirements, or if any portion of the document
				exceeds those requirements by more than one-half inch;
(4) it is accompanied by the fee
				for recording set out in 11 AAC 05.200;
(5) it contains a title reflecting the
				overall intent of the document;
(6)
				the information required for indexing is in English;
(7) for a document on which a legal
				description is present, that description is complete enough that a particular
				parcel can be geographically located and identified; a legal description is
				sufficient for purposes of recording if it contains, at a minimum, a section,
				township, range, and meridian designation of the parcel or, in the case of
				subdivided property, the
(A) lot and block of
				the parcel; and
(B) subdivision
				name or plat number of the parcel;
(8) it contains the legibly printed or typed
				names of all parties required to be indexed;
(9) it contains the recording book and page
				or serial number information of the original document that any amendment,
				correction, extension, modification, assignment, or release, partial or full,
				affects;
(10) it is submitted on
				opaque white paper stock not larger than 81/2 x 14 inches, or, if the document
				is a plat of survey, subdivision plat, or record of survey, is submitted on
				biaxially oriented polyester film that does not exceed 32 x 36 inches; the
				biaxially oriented polyester film used must be of archive quality; for
				documents authorized to be submitted by electronic means, the electronic
				version of the document must appear to comply substantially with this
				requirement;
(11) it contains
				original signatures except that a UCC fixture statement recorded in a recording
				district on or after August 23, 2001 may be submitted without an original
				signature of the debtor;
(12) it
				contains the name of the recording district in which it is to be entered into
				the public record; and
(13) in the
				case of an electronic document, it is a document that is authorized to be
				submitted electronically, it is submitted electronically by a person with
				authority to submit electronic documents under (g) of this section, and it
				otherwise complies with AS 40.17, the requirements of this chapter, and the
Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Electronic Recording
signed
				in accordance with (g) of this section.