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Sec. 38.95.075. Permits for the use of trapping cabins.

Except where a resource management conflict exists, the commissioner shall issue a nonexclusive, nontransferable permit to an individual for the use of a trapping cabin when the applicant provides to the commissioner a verified statement by the local fish and game advisory committee of the area in which the cabin is located that states that […]

Sec. 38.95.080. Trapping cabin construction permits.

(a) The commissioner may issue a nontransferable permit for the construction of a trapping cabin on state land to a person who meets the following qualifications: (1) the person must have an established trapline with proof of regular use; (2) the person must have a trapline of sufficient length to justify the need for cabin […]

Sec. 38.95.150. Survey of state land.

A professional land surveyor registered to practice under AS 08.48 shall certify the location and monumentation of boundaries and the platting and subdivision of state land. This section does not apply to surveys, monumentation, platting, or subdivision performed by the federal government.

Sec. 38.95.160. Improvements on state land.

(a) The location and design of a publicly financed improvement on state land that costs more than $100,000 shall be supervised by a professional registered to practice under AS 08.48. A lease, easement, right-of-way, or other similar agreement that permits the use and improvement of state land under this section shall be documented by a […]

Sec. 38.95.200. Real property subject to escheat.

(a) Real property in an intestate estate for which no taker can be found and real property devised by will for which no devisee, heir, or other claimant can be found escheats to the state. (b) Real property of a defunct organization or corporation, for which no proceeding for distribution has been instituted within four […]

Sec. 38.95.210. Enforcement of rights by department.

(a) When the Department of Natural Resources is informed or has reason to believe that real property has escheated to the state, the department shall bring an action in superior court to establish whether the property has escheated to the state. (b) The department may maintain an action to recover the possession of escheated property, […]

Sec. 38.95.220. Judgment of escheat.

(a) If the superior court determines that the real property has escheated to the state, the superior court shall issue a judgment of escheat. (b) A court order approving settlement of an estate that distributes real property to the state is a judgment of escheat.

Sec. 38.95.230. Management of escheated real property by department.

(a) After a judgment of escheat under AS 38.95.220, the department may sell, lease, exchange, assign, or otherwise manage real property that has escheated to the state. In determining the proper disposition of escheated real property the department shall, within two years after the judgment of escheat under AS 38.95.220, make a written finding that […]

Sec. 38.95.240. Time within which to claim escheated real property.

(a) Within seven years after a judgment of escheat under AS 38.95.220, a person who is not a party to the escheat proceeding may bring an action in the superior court to prove the person’s claim to the real property. If the plaintiff establishes the claim and establishes that the plaintiff had no knowledge of […]