Title 09 — Code of Civil Procedure

[Repealed or reserved.]

Article 2. Privilege of Public Officials and Reporters.

Except as provided in AS 09.25.300 — 09.25.390, a public official or reporter may not be compelled to disclose the source of information procured or obtained while acting in the course of duties as a public official or reporter.

(a) When a public official or reporter claims the privilege in a cause being heard before the supreme court or a superior court of this state, a person who has the right to question the public official or reporter in that proceeding, or the court on its own motion, may challenge …

(a) This section is applicable to a hearing held under the laws of this state (1) before a court other than the supreme or a superior court; (2) before a court commissioner, referee, or other court appointee; (3) in the course of legislative proceedings or before a commission, ag…

An order of the superior court entered under AS 09.25.300 — 09.25.390 shall be subject to review by the supreme court, by appeal or by certiorari, as the rules of that court may provide. During the pendency of the appeal, the privilege shall remain in full force and effect.

When a public official or reporter claims the privilege conferred by AS 09.25.300 — 09.25.390 and the public official or reporter has not been divested of the privilege by order of the supreme or superior court, neither the public official or reporter nor the news organization wi…

AS 09.25.300 — 09.25.390 also apply to proceedings held under the laws of the United States or any other state where the law of this state is being applied.

AS 09.25.300 — 09.25.390 may not be construed to abridge any of the privileges recognized under the laws of this state, whether at common law or by statute.

Article 3. Other Privileges. In AS 09.25.300 — 09.25.390, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “news organization” means (A) an individual, partnership, corporation, or other association regularly engaged in the business of (i) publishing a newspaper or other periodical tha…

Confidential communications between a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault and a victim counselor are privileged under AS 18.66.200 — 18.66.250.

(a) Except as provided in AS 09.25.460, an owner or operator who prepares an audit report or causes an audit report to be prepared has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another person from disclosing, the parts of the report that consist of confidential self-evalu…

(a) The privilege in AS 09.25.450 does not apply to the extent the privilege is expressly waived in writing by the owner or operator who prepared the audit report or caused the report to be prepared. (b) Disclosure of the part of an audit report or information consisting of confi…

(a) There is no privilege under AS 09.25.450 for that part of an audit report that contains the following: (1) a document, communication, datum, report, or other information required by a government agency to be collected, developed, maintained, or reported under an environmental…

(a) A court or administrative hearing officer with jurisdiction may require disclosure of confidential self-evaluation and analysis contained in an audit report in a civil or administrative proceeding if the court or administrative hearing officer determines, after an in camera r…

(a) Except as provided by this section, an owner or operator who makes a voluntary disclosure of a violation of an environmental law, or of circumstances, conditions, or occurrences that constitute or may constitute such a violation, is immune from an administrative or civil pena…

(a) There is no immunity under AS 09.25.475 if a court or administrative hearing officer finds that (1) the owner or operator claiming the immunity has (A) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly committed or authorized the violation; (B) within the 36 months preceding the violat…

AS 09.25.450 — 09.25.490 do not limit, waive, or abrogate the scope or nature of a statutory or common law privilege, including the work product doctrine, the attorney-client privilege, and any other privilege recognized by a court with appropriate authority in this state.

Article 5. Electronic Signatures. (a) In AS 09.25.450 — 09.25.490, (1) “audit report” means a report that includes each document and communication, other than those set out in AS 09.25.460, produced from an environmental audit; general components that may be contained in a comple…

[Repealed or reserved.]

A certified copy of the judgment or decree of a court of this state or a court of record of the United States upon which execution may issue, the enforcement of which has not been stayed, may be recorded with the recorder of a recording district. From the recording, the judgment …

A conveyance of real property or interest in real property is void against a judgment lien that is recorded before the conveyance is recorded.

When an action is against two or more defendants jointly indebted upon a contract and the summons is served on one or more but not all of them and judgment is recovered, it may be entered against all the defendants jointly indebted only so far as it may be enforced against the jo…

Where judgment is against a borough, city, or other public corporation, no execution may issue on it but the judgment may be satisfied only as follows: (1) the party in whose favor the judgment is given may, at any time within 10 years of the date of the judgment, present a certi…

A judgment by confession may be entered with or without action against a person for any amount or relief. The confession may be made only by the confessor in person or by the person's attorney-in-fact under a power of attorney so authorizing, or, if the confessor is a corporation…

[Repealed or reserved.]

When an action upon a contract is pending against one or more defendants jointly liable, judgment may be given on the confession of one or more defendants against all the defendants jointly liable, whether all defendants have been served with the summons or not. However, the judg…

(a) At any time more than 10 days before the trial begins, either the party making a claim or the party defending against a claim may serve upon the adverse party an offer to allow judgment to be entered in complete satisfaction of the claim for the money or property or to the ef…

Article 2. Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act. (a) Notwithstanding AS 45.45.010, the rate of interest on judgments and decrees for the payment of money, including prejudgment interest, is three percentage points above the 12th Federal Reserve District discount rate i…

AS 09.30.100 — 09.30.180 apply to any foreign judgment that is final and conclusive and enforceable where rendered even though an appeal is pending or it is subject to appeal.

Except as provided in AS 09.30.120, a foreign judgment meeting the requirements of AS 09.30.100 is conclusive between the parties to the extent that it grants or denies recovery of a sum of money. The foreign judgment is enforceable in the same manner as the judgment of a sister …

(a) A foreign judgment is not conclusive if (1) the judgment was rendered under a system that does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law; (2) the foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant; or…

(a) The foreign judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if (1) the defendant was served personally in the foreign state; (2) the defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceedings, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threat…

If the defendant satisfies the court either that an appeal is pending or that the defendant is entitled and intends to appeal from the foreign judgment, the court may stay the proceedings until the appeal has been determined or until the expiration of a period of time sufficient …

AS 09.30.100 — 09.30.180 do not prevent the recognition of a foreign judgment in situations not covered by AS 09.30.100 — 09.30.180.

AS 09.30.100 — 09.30.180 shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.

In AS 09.30.100 — 09.30.180, (1) “foreign judgment” means a judgment of a foreign state granting or denying recovery of a sum of money other than a judgment for taxes, a fine or other penalty, or a judgment for support in matrimonial or family matters; (2) “foreign state” means a…

Article 3. Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. AS 09.30.100 — 09.30.180 may be cited as the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.

A copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the Act of Congress or the laws of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court with jurisdiction in this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a domestic judgment. …

(a) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of court an affidavit setting out the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor, and the judgment creditor. (b) P…

(a) If the judgment debtor shows the court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or t…

A person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk of court the fee prescribed for the filing of an action. Fees for docketing, transcription, or other enforcement proceedings shall be as provided for domestic judgments.

The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce the judgment instead of proceeding under AS 09.30.200 — 09.30.270 remains unimpaired.

AS 09.30.200 — 09.30.270 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.

In AS 09.30.200 — 09.30.270 “foreign judgment” means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.

Article 4. Satisfaction of Judgments. AS 09.30.200 — 09.30.270 may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.

(a) Satisfaction of a judgment may be entered upon an execution returned satisfied, or upon an acknowledgment of satisfaction filed with the clerk, which may recite payment of the judgment in full or the acceptance by the judgment creditor of any lesser sum in full satisfaction o…

If a certified copy of the judgment has been recorded with the recorder of any recording district, as provided in AS 09.30.010, then the acknowledgment required under AS 09.30.300 must identify the book and page of the official record in which the judgment has been recorded or th…

A writ of execution may be issued in favor of (1) a party in whose favor a judgment is given that requires the payment of money or the delivery of real or personal property or either of them; (2) the state on behalf of a victim of a crime or a delinquent act in whose favor a judg…

When a period of five years has elapsed after the entry of judgment and without an execution being issued on the judgment, no execution may issue except by order of the court in which judgment is entered. The court shall grant the motion if the court determines that there are jus…