Article 12. Miscellaneous Provisions.
In AS 09.45.881 09.45.899, (1) action means a civil action or an arbitration proceeding for damages or indemnification;
(2) claim means a claim against a construction professional concerning a defect in the design, construction, or remodel of a dwelling;
(3) claimant means a person who owns or is purchasing a dwelling and who asserts a claim;
(4) construction professional means a registered contractor, architect, or engineer who is engaged in the business of designing, constructing, or remodeling a dwelling; in this paragraph, contractor has the meaning given in AS 08.18.171;
(5) dwelling means a single-family house, a duplex, or a multi-family housing unit, and the mechanical and other systems, the other components, and all improvements that are part of the house, duplex, or housing unit when the dwelling is constructed or remodeled; for purposes of this paragraph, multi-family housing unit means (A) an individual housing unit in a multi-family housing facility; and
(B) the interest of the owner of an individual housing unit in the common areas and improvements of a multi-family housing facility;
(6) multi-family housing facility means a residential horizontal property regime organized under AS 34.07, a residential condominium organized under AS 34.08, and a residential cooperative organized under AS 10.15;
(7) remodel means a change to a dwelling if the change has a value that is more than 25 percent of the value of the structure being changed;
(8) serve means to deliver by personal service or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the addressee.