Title 40, Public Records and Recorders

(a) The recorder shall maintain an index system for recorded documents in the manner prescribed by regulations adopted by the department. The system shall be designed so the public may find documents by location and by names of grantors and grantees, and the system may include ot…

A recorded master form, or a numbered paragraph of it, may be incorporated by reference in a recorded document by referring to the form by its recording information and the number of the paragraph to be incorporated. The reference has the same effect as if the master form or the …

If a document was executed in accordance with the law in effect at the time the document was executed, the document remains recordable regardless of later amendments to the law changing the manner in which that document is to be executed.

(a) The recorder shall promptly record all documents presented that are recordable under AS 40.17.030 and 40.17.110. (b) The recorder shall maintain in the central recording office a daily log and index for recorded documents. (c) As a document is recorded, the recorder shall ind…

Under AS 37.05.146(c), fees for services of the recorder collected under this chapter shall be accounted for separately, and appropriations from the account are not made from the unrestricted general fund.

(a) Subject to (c) and (d) of this section, from the time a document is recorded in the records of the recording district in which land affected by it is located, the recorded document is constructive notice of the contents of the document to subsequent purchasers and holders of …

(a) A conveyance that is acknowledged, proven, or certified under AS 34.15.150 — 34.15.250 is admissible as evidence of the conveyance without further proof. (b) An acknowledged and recorded signed document relating to title to real property creates presumptions with respect to t…

When the parties to a recorded conveyance absolute in its terms intend it to serve only as security for repayment of a debt, the conveyance is absolute as to all persons who rely upon it in good faith and for value before a reconveyance is recorded.

(a) Subject to (b) — (d) of this section, a document that meets the requisites for recording under AS 40.17.030 may be recorded. (b) If the document to be recorded is a conveyance, power of attorney, contract for the sale or purchase of real property, or option for the purchase o…

(a) Recording a memorandum of lease substantially complying with (b) of this section has the same effect as recording the lease. (b) A memorandum of lease is a document signed by the lessor and lessee and containing a reference to an unrecorded lease, sublease, or agreement to le…

(a) A recorder shall record an affixation affidavit and a severance affidavit if the affidavit meets the requirements for recording under AS 40.17.030 and is offered for recording in the recording district where the real property to which the manufactured home affixed is located.…

If the recorder fails to record and index a document properly, the recorder may be compelled to record and index the document properly by an action filed in the superior court.

(a) The provisions of AS 09.80 (Uniform Electronic Transactions Act) apply to this chapter. (b) In applying this chapter, the department shall accept notarial acts performed for remotely located individuals under AS 44.50.075.

In this chapter, (1) “acceptance” means the determination by the recorder that a document is recordable under this chapter accompanied by marking an identifying code on the document and entering the document in a daily log; (2) “certified copy” means a copy of a document certifie…