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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]