Title 08 — Business and Professions
52 chapters · 1,415 sections in this title.
AS 08.88.465 Consideration of application.
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(a) If the commission receives a claim for an award from the recovery fund that complies with the requirements of AS 08.88.450 — 08.88.495, the commission shall make an award from the recovery fund in an amount not to exceed $15,000. Not more than $15,000 may be paid for each tra…
AS 08.88.470 Findings and payment. [Repealed, § 24 ch 113 SLA 2008.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.88.472 Fund operations; charges against fund.
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(a) The commission may charge the real estate recovery fund for expenses related to fund operations. The commission shall deposit into the real estate recovery fund amounts recovered for these expenses from the licensee under AS 08.88.071(b) or from other parties under AS 08.88.4…
AS 08.88.474 Payment of small claims judgment. [Repealed, § 24 ch 113 SLA 2008.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.88.475 Maximum liability.
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(a) The maximum liability of the real estate recovery fund may not exceed $50,000 for any one real estate licensee. (b) If the $50,000 liability of the fund as provided in (a) of this section is insufficient to pay in full the valid claims of all persons who have obtained a final…
AS 08.88.480 Order of claim payment.
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If the money deposited in the real estate recovery fund is insufficient at a given time to satisfy a legally authorized claim against the fund, the commission shall, when sufficient money has been deposited in the fund and appropriated, satisfy unpaid claims in the order that the…
AS 08.88.485 False claims or documents.
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A person who files with the commission a notice, statement, or other document required under this chapter that contains a wilful material misstatement of fact, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not more than one year, or a fine of not mo…
AS 08.88.490 Right to subrogation.
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When the commission has paid to a claimant from the real estate recovery fund the sum awarded by the commission, the commission shall be subrogated to all of the rights of the claimant to the amount paid, and the claimant shall assign all right, title, and interest in that portio…
AS 08.88.495 Disciplinary action.
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Repayment in full of all obligations to the real estate recovery fund does not nullify or modify the effect of disciplinary proceedings brought under the provisions of this chapter.
AS 08.88.500 Definition. [Repealed, § 14 ch 14 SLA 1987; former AS 08.88.500 was repealed by § 3, ch. 95, SLA 1964.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.88.510 Secs. 08.88.510 , 08.88.520. [Repealed, § 3 ch 95 SLA 1964.]
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Article 5. License Relationships and Duties.
AS 08.88.600 Licensee relationships.
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(a) A real estate licensee who provides real estate services to one party in a real estate transaction represents only that party unless the parties to the transaction agree otherwise in writing. (b) A real estate licensee may not provide real estate services to more than one par…
AS 08.88.605 Additional licensee relationship provisions.
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(a) A real estate licensee may provide real estate services to a party in separate real estate transactions under different licensee relationships if the licensee complies with AS 08.88.600 — 08.88.695 when establishing the relationship for each transaction. (b) The authorization…
AS 08.88.610 Authorization of neutral licensee relationship.
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(a) Before a real estate licensee begins acting as a neutral licensee, the real estate licensee may obtain preauthorization from a person to act as a neutral licensee in the person's real estate transaction by obtaining the written consent of the person. (b) If preauthorization i…
AS 08.88.615 Duties owed by licensee in all licensee relationships.
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(a) Unless additional duties are agreed to in a written document signed by the person, and regardless of the type of licensee relationship in which the real estate licensee is acting, a real estate licensee owes the following duties to each person to whom the licensee provides sp…
AS 08.88.620 Duties owed by licensee representing a person.
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Unless additional duties are agreed to in a written document signed by the person represented by the licensee, a real estate licensee who represents the person owes the person the following duties in addition to the other duties imposed by AS 08.88.615: (1) not taking action that…
AS 08.88.625 Waiver of duties.
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A real estate licensee or a person to whom a licensee provides specific assistance may not waive the duties identified under AS 08.88.615 and 08.88.620, except as otherwise allowed under AS 08.88.620(5) and (6).
AS 08.88.630 Duties not owed by licensee.
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Unless agreed otherwise, a real estate licensee does not owe a duty to a person with whom the licensee has established a licensee relationship to (1) conduct an independent inspection of the real estate that is the subject of the licensee relationship; (2) conduct an independent …
AS 08.88.635 Acts not amounting to adverse or detrimental acts or conflicts of interest.
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(a) If a licensee shows real estate not owned or leased by the seller or lessor to prospective buyers or lessees or lists competing properties for sale or lease, this activity does not by itself constitute action that is adverse or detrimental to the seller or lessor or create a …
AS 08.88.640 Designated licensee relationship.
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(a) Unless the broker is the designated licensee, the relationship, including the duties, obligations, and responsibilities of the relationship, established between a person and a designated real estate licensee does not extend to the real estate broker for whom the designated li…
AS 08.88.645 Duties of neutral licensee.
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(a) Unless additional duties are agreed to in a written document signed by the neutral licensee and the seller, buyer, lessor, or lessee, the duties of a neutral licensee are limited to the duties established for real estate licensees under AS 08.88.615 and the following duties: …
AS 08.88.650 No imputation of knowledge resulting from neutral licensee relationship.
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In a neutral licensee relationship, the knowledge or information of the licensee about one client is not imputed to other clients or to other licensees who work for the same real estate broker.
AS 08.88.655 Compensation.
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(a) A real estate broker may be compensated by any party to a real estate transaction, by a third party, or by one or more of the parties to the transaction splitting or sharing the compensation. (b) The payment of compensation to a real estate broker may not be construed to esta…
AS 08.88.660 Duration of relationship.
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(a) A licensee relationship with a buyer, lessee, seller, or lessor begins when the licensee represents or provides specific assistance to the buyer, lessee, seller, or lessor and continues until the earliest of the following events occurs: (1) the licensee completes the represen…
AS 08.88.665 Vicarious liability.
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A seller, buyer, lessor, or lessee is not liable for an act, error, or omission of a real estate licensee that arises out of the licensee relationship, (1) unless the seller, buyer, lessor, or lessee participated in or authorized the act, error, or omission and then only to the e…
AS 08.88.670 Imputed knowledge and notice.
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(a) Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, a seller, buyer, lessor, or lessee is not considered to have knowledge or notice of a fact known by a real estate licensee of the seller, buyer, lessor, or lessee unless the fact is actually known by the seller, buyer, lessor, or lessee.…
AS 08.88.675 Common law abrogated.
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The common law of agency related to real estate licensee relationships in real estate transactions is expressly abrogated to the extent inconsistent with AS 08.88.600 — 08.88.695.
AS 08.88.680 Causes of action.
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(a) A person may not bring an action against a neutral licensee for making a disclosure that is required or permitted under this chapter. (b) In a civil action for the failure of a licensee to comply with the provisions of AS 08.88.600 — 08.88.695, the plaintiff's remedy is limit…
AS 08.88.685 Policies, guidelines, and requirements.
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(a) A broker shall adopt written policies and procedures available to the commission and to members of the public on request that (1) require real estate licensees to comply with all real estate laws; (2) require real estate licensees to act fairly and honestly in all dealings; (…
AS 08.88.690 Exemptions.
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A real estate licensee is exempt from the signature requirements of AS 08.88.600 — 08.88.695 when the licensee provides specific assistance to (1) a corporation that issues publicly traded securities; (2) a business that has a net worth in the previous calendar year of $2,000,000…
AS 08.88.695 Definitions for AS 08.88.600 — 08.88.695.
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Article 6. General Provisions. In AS 08.88.600 — 08.88.695, (1) “compensation” includes a commission; (2) “confidential information” means information from or concerning a person that (A) the licensee acquired during the course of the licensee's relationship as a licensee with th…
AS 08.88.900 Exceptions.
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(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, this chapter does not apply to (1) a person who is not licensed under this chapter who manages or makes a real estate transaction with respect to real estate the person owns or is seeking to own so long as the compensation the person…
AS 08.88.910 Application to independent contractors.
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The provisions of this chapter that apply to employment relationships and employees also apply to contracting relationships and independent contractors.
AS 08.88.990 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) “commission” means the Real Estate Commission except where the context indicates that “commission” refers to a fee paid for personal services; (2) “community association management” means an activity undertaken for an owners' association with regard to proper…