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) […]
Sec. 22.15.070. Extent of jurisdiction.
The civil jurisdiction and the criminal jurisdiction of the district court of the State of Alaska extend over the entire state.
Sec. 22.15.230. Additional compensation.
Subject to rule of the supreme court, a district judge or magistrate shall receive a per diem allowance and a transportation allowance commensurate with that authorized for other state employees.
Sec. 22.15.080. Change of venue.
The court in which an action is pending shall change the place of trial of the action from one place to another place in the same judicial district or to a designated place in another judicial district when the court finds any of the following: (1) there is reason to believe that an impartial trial […]
Sec. 22.15.090. Sessions and general powers of district court.
(a) The district court shall always be open for the transaction of business, except on judicial holidays as determined by rule of the supreme court. However, the court may at any time (1) exercise its powers in a criminal action, or in a proceeding of a criminal nature, including the issuance of orders pertaining to […]
Sec. 22.15.100. Functions and powers of district judge and magistrate.
Each district judge and magistrate has the power (1) to issue writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of restraint of liberty, returnable before a judge of the superior court, and the same proceedings shall be had on the writ as if it had been granted by the superior court […]