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Home » US Law » 2022 Alaska Statutes » Title 34. Property » Chapter 35. Liens » Article 3. Mines and Wells.

Sec. 34.35.125. Liens on mines and oil wells.

A person who, at the instance of the owner, performs work in, on, or about a mine, or mining claim, oil, gas, or other well, in opening up, developing, sinking, drilling, drifting, stoping, mucking, stripping, shoveling, mining, hoisting, firing, cooking, teaming, or performs any other class or kind of work necessary or convenient to the […]

Sec. 34.35.130. Lien on mill or machine.

A person who, at the instance of the owner, performs work or labor on, in, or about a mill or machine, either in the alteration or repair of it, or in the operation or working of it, while the mill or machine is used in or about a mine, or mining claim, oil, gas, or […]

Sec. 34.35.135. Priority.

A lien under AS 34.35.125 and 34.35.130 is a preferred lien, prior and superior to a mortgage, conditional sale agreement, attachment, claim, or demand, unless the mortgage, conditional sale agreement, attachment, claim, or demand is in writing and recorded in the recorder’s office of the recording district where the property is located before the work […]

Sec. 34.35.140. Lien on dump or mass of mineral.

(a) A person who, at the instance of another who has the right of possession of a mine, or mining claim, oil or gas well, performs upon, in, or about the mine or well any of the kinds of work mentioned in AS 34.35.125, or who performs any other kind of work in the production, […]

Sec. 34.35.145. Extent of liens.

Liens under AS 34.35.125, 34.35.130, and 34.35.140 are security for payment for the work performed within a period of nine months immediately before the cessation of the work. The liens bind all the right, title, and interest in the property mentioned of the person at whose instance or request or for whom the work is […]

Sec. 34.35.155. Liens not exclusive.

(a) Liens under AS 34.35.125 – 34.35.170 are not exclusive of one another. The lien shall attach and may be claimed by the same labor upon the mine, mining claim, mill, or machine used in mining or working, and the dump or mass of mineral, gold, or gold dust, if the facts relative to the […]

Sec. 34.35.160. Claim of lien.

(a) A person who claims the benefit of AS 34.35.125 – 34.35.170 shall, within 90 days after the performance of the services or the cessation of the work mentioned in AS 34.35.125 – 34.35.170, record the claim of lien in the recorder’s office of the recording district in which the mine or mining claim, or […]

Sec. 34.35.165. Duration of lien.

(a) A lien under AS 34.35.125 – 34.35.170 does not bind a property for more than six months after notice of the lien is filed for record, unless suit is brought before the proper court to enforce the lien within that time, or if credit is given, with six months after the expiration of the […]

Sec. 34.35.170. Definitions.

(a) In AS 34.35.125 – 34.35.170, (1) “dump” or “mass” means the mineral-bearing sands, gravel, earth, ore, stone, coal, oil, gas, other fluids or minerals extracted, hoisted, and raised from a mine or mining claim, while in mass at the mine or on the mining claim or adjacent to it, whether it is deposited in […]