Alaska Property Law Flashcards
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What type of deed provides the greatest protection to a buyer in Alaska?
Answer: General warranty deed
A general warranty deed provides the most buyer protection, with the grantor warranting title against all claims including those arising before the grantor's ownership.
Under Alaska's recording act, what type of statute protects a subsequent bona fide purchaser?
Answer: Race-notice statute
Alaska follows a race-notice recording act, protecting subsequent purchasers who record first without notice of a prior unrecorded interest.
In Alaska, the adverse possession period for privately held land is how many years?
Answer: 10 years
AS 09.10.030 establishes a 10-year adverse possession period for privately held real property in Alaska.
What elements are required for adverse possession in Alaska?
Answer: Actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, and continuous for statutory period
Alaska requires actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile (under claim of right), and continuous possession for the statutory 10-year period.
Under Alaska law, a landlord must return a residential security deposit within how many days after tenancy ends?
Answer: 30 days
AS 34.03.070 requires landlords to return security deposits or provide written accounting within 14 days after the tenant vacates.
Alaska's Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act requires landlords to maintain rental property in what condition?
Answer: Habitable condition fit for the intended use
AS 34.03.100 requires landlords to maintain residential premises in a habitable condition, fit and safe for human occupancy.