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Sec. 34.15.105. Transfer fee covenants prohibited.

(a) A document that conveys real estate may not include a provision that requires a subsequent grantee or grantor to pay a transfer fee to convey the real estate, except a document that conveys real estate may include a provision that requires a transfer fee if the fee is (1) a loan assumption fee or […]

Sec. 34.15.110. Conveyances construed as creating tenancy in common.

(a) A conveyance or devise of land or an interest in land made to two or more persons, other than to executors and trustees, as such, shall be construed to create a tenancy in common in the estate, except as provided in (b) of this section and AS 34.77.100. (b) A husband and wife who […]

Sec. 34.15.130. Joint tenancy abolished.

Joint tenancy, with the exception of interests in personalty and tenancy by the entirety, is abolished. Except as provided in AS 34.15.110(b) and AS 34.77.100, persons having an undivided interest in real property are considered tenants in common.

Sec. 34.15.140. Tenancy by the entirety.

(a) The right to hold an estate in land as tenants by the entirety, with the right of survivorship, is recognized. (b) [Repealed, § 91 ch 6 SLA 1984.] (c) The right of a spouse to convey to self and the other spouse as tenants by the entirety, or as tenants in common, is confirmed.

Sec. 34.15.145. Solar easement.

(a) An easement obtained for the purpose of protecting the exposure of property to the direct rays of the sun must be created in writing and is subject to the recording requirements for other conveyances of real property. (b) An instrument creating a solar easement must include, but is not limited to, (1) the vertical […]

Sec. 34.15.050. Effect of quitclaim.

A deed of quitclaim and release for the form in common use is sufficient to pass all the real estate which the grantor can convey by a deed of bargain and sale.

Sec. 34.15.070. Passage of grantor’s entire estate.

(a) A conveyance of real estate passes all the real estate of the grantor, unless the intent to pass a less estate appears by express terms or is necessarily implied in the terms of the grant. (b) A conveyance by a tenant for life or years purporting to grant a greater estate than the tenant […]

Sec. 34.15.075. Receipt of after-acquired title or interest.

(a) In addition to any estate passed by the grantor under AS 34.15.070, whenever a person purports by a warranty deed, or, for Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act real property, a quitclaim deed, to grant real property in fee or in fee simple to a grantee and subsequently acquires title to, or an interest in, […]