Sec. 01.10.080. Computation of time.
The time in which an act provided by law is required to be done is computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded.
Sec. 01.10.090. Retrospective statutes.
No statute is retrospective unless expressly declared therein.
Sec. 01.10.100. Effect of repeals or amendments.
(a) The repeal or amendment of a law does not release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred or right accruing or accrued under that law, unless the repealing or amending act so provides expressly. The law shall be treated as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution […]
Sec. 01.10.110. Effect of amendments to Statehood Act.
No amendment (enacted after September 16, 1976) that affects an interest of the state under the Alaska Statehood Act (72 Stat. 339) is effective as to the state unless approved by law enacted by the legislature or the people of the state.
Sec. 01.10.010. Applicability of common law.
So much of the common law not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State of Alaska or the Constitution of the United States or with any law passed by the legislature of the State of Alaska is the rule of decision in this state.
Sec. 01.10.020. Applicability of AS 01.10.040 – 01.10.090.
The provisions of AS 01.10.040 – 01.10.090 shall be observed in the construction of the laws of the state unless the construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature.
Sec. 01.10.030. Severability.
Any law heretofore or hereafter enacted by the Alaska legislature which lacks a severability clause shall be construed as though it contained the clause in the following language: “If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application to […]
Sec. 01.10.040. Words and phrases; meaning of “including”.
(a) Words and phrases shall be construed according to the rules of grammar and according to their common and approved usage. Technical words and phrases and those that have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning, whether by legislative definition or otherwise, shall be construed according to the peculiar and appropriate meaning. (b) When the words […]
Sec. 01.10.050. Tense, number, and gender.
(a) Words in the present tense include the past and future tenses, and words in the future tense include the present tense. (b) Words in the singular number include the plural, and words in the plural number include the singular. (c) Words of any gender may, when the sense so indicates, refer to any other […]
Sec. 01.10.055. Residency.
(a) A person establishes residency in the state by being physically present in the state with the intent to remain in the state indefinitely and to make a home in the state. (b) A person demonstrates the intent required under (a) of this section (1) by maintaining a principal place of abode in the state […]