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Home » US Law » 2022 Alaska Statutes » Title 34. Property » Chapter 35. Liens » Article 7. Fish Packers and Processors.

Sec. 34.35.320. Packer’s and processor’s lien.

(a) A person who contributes to the preparation of fish or aquatic animals for food, fish, meal, fertilizer, oil, or other article of commerce by furnishing material or labor for it has a lien for the value of the labor and material upon (1) the product or output of the cannery, saltery, or other plant […]

Sec. 34.35.325. Time limit.

The person performing the service or doing the work or furnishing the material mentioned in AS 34.35.320 is only entitled to a lien under AS 34.35.320 – 34.35.390 for service, work, or material furnished for the six months, or a shorter period, preceding the recording of a claim under AS 34.35.330.

Sec. 34.35.330. Lien claim.

(a) A person who claims the benefit of AS 34.35.320 – 34.35.390 shall, within 90 days after the completion of the work or the furnishing of material mentioned in AS 34.35.320, record a claim of lien in the recorder’s office of the recording district where (1) the product or output of the plant, cannery, saltery, […]

Sec. 34.35.335. Extent of lien.

A lien under AS 34.35.320 – 34.35.390 binds all the right, title, and interest of the person at whose instance or request or for whom the work is performed or material furnished, to the full extent of the interest that the person has at the commencement of the work or at the time the material […]

Sec. 34.35.340. Priority.

(a) A lien under AS 34.35.320 – 34.35.390 is preferred, prior, and superior to a mortgage, attachment, claim, or demand made or recorded in the recorder’s office of the recording district where the property subject to the lien is located after (1) the commencement of the work for which the lien is claimed; (2) the […]

Sec. 34.35.345. Duration of lien.

(a) A lien under AS 34.35.320 – 34.35.390 does not bind the property for more than six months after the lien is recorded, unless suit is brought before the proper court within that time to enforce the lien or if credit is given, within six months after the expiration of the credit. (b) A lien […]

Sec. 34.35.350. Commissioner of public safety as receiver.

(a) The commissioner of public safety or a peace officer designated by the commissioner is the receiver, when one is appointed, and the superior court upon a showing made may appoint the receiver without notice. (b) The receiver is entitled to the fees that seem just to the court and the receiver shall account for […]

Sec. 34.35.355. Bona fide purchasers.

The court shall conclusively presume that a party who purchases property on which a lien is claimed, within the time allowed for the filing of the lien, is not an innocent purchaser for value and is not a bona fide owner of the property subject to the lien, unless it appears that (1) the purchaser […]

Sec. 34.35.360. Enforcement against whole or part of property.

(a) A person who brings a suit to enforce the lien, or a person having a lien, who is made a party to the action, may demand that the lien be enforced against the whole or a part of the property upon which the person performs labor or for which the person furnishes material. (b) […]

Sec. 34.35.365. Property to be sold before judgment.

When it appears, during the term or in vacation, that the property is liable to loss or destruction, the court shall order it sold, free of the lien, by a peace officer, in the manner provided for the sale of personal property under execution, before judgment is rendered. The proceeds of sale shall be paid […]

Sec. 34.35.370. Liability for injuring property or destroying identity.

(a) A person who eloigns, injures, or destroys, or who makes difficult, uncertain, or impossible the identification of a property on which there is a lien under AS 34.35.320 – 34.35.390, without the written consent of the lienholder, is liable to the lienholder for the damages to the amount secured by the lien together with […]

Sec. 34.35.375. Release upon filing bond.

(a) After a lien attaches upon property mentioned in AS 34.35.320 – 34.35.390, the owner of the property or a person on behalf of the owner may file with the clerk of the superior court in the judicial district in which the property is located, a bond (1) in a sum double the amount claimed […]

Sec. 34.35.380. Misdemeanor to remove lien property from state.

A person who removes or has removed from the state fish, fish products, or the products of an aquatic animal, or fishing appliances, upon which there is a lien or right of lien under AS 34.35.320 – 34.35.390, unless a bond under AS 34.35.375 is filed, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is […]

Sec. 34.35.385. Embezzlement of lien property.

(a) A person who sells or otherwise disposes of fish or the products of fish or aquatic animals or other property upon which there is a lien under AS 34.35.320 – 34.35.390 is a trustee for the lien claimant of the consideration received or promised to be paid for the property and shall account to […]

Sec. 34.35.390. Written statements to employees.

(a) When a person employs another to work at a cannery, saltery, or other plant or establishment in this state for the catching or preparation of fish or aquatic animals for food, fish meal, fertilizer, oil, or other articles of commerce, and the plant or establishment, at the time of employment, is subject to a […]