Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.291 (2026)
Land of the University of Alaska not public domain land
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Sec. 14.40.291. Land of the University of Alaska not public domain land.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, university-grant land, state replacement land that becomes university-grant land on conveyance to the university, land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365, and any other land owned by the university is not and may not be treated as state public domain land. Land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365 shall be managed as nontaxable trust land under AS 14.40.365 — 14.40.367 and policies of the Board of Regents.
(b) Title to or interest in land described in (a) of this section may not be acquired by adverse possession, prescription, or in any other manner except by conveyance from the university.
(c) The land described in (a) of this section is subject to condemnation for public purpose in accordance with law.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, university-grant land, state replacement land that becomes university-grant land on conveyance to the university, land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365, and any other land owned by the university is not and may not be treated as state public domain land. Land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365 shall be managed as nontaxable trust land under AS 14.40.365 — 14.40.367 and policies of the Board of Regents.
(b) Title to or interest in land described in (a) of this section may not be acquired by adverse possession, prescription, or in any other manner except by conveyance from the university.
(c) The land described in (a) of this section is subject to condemnation for public purpose in accordance with law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1999–2009 · leading case: Alaska Legislative Council Ex Rel. Alaska State Legislature v. Knowles, 86 P.3d 891 (Alaska 2004).
Alaska Legislative Council Ex Rel. Alaska State Legislature v. Knowles, 86 P.3d 891 (Alaska 2004). “170(a) 2 and *893 AS 14.40.291. 3 Senate Bill 7 also provides that the income from the transferred land will be held in perpetual trust for the benefit of the university.”
Se. Alaska Conservation Council v. State, 202 P.3d 1162 (Alaska 2009). “See AS 14.40.291(a). 44 . SEACC provides several examples of other purposes for which we have found that the University is part of the state, citing University of Alaska v.”
Ellingstad v. State, Dept. of Nat. Res., 979 P.2d 1000 (Alaska 1999). “[15] AS 14.40.291. [16] Ellingstad's contracts provide that [i]f all or part of said Parcel has been tentatively approved, but not yet patented, by the United States to the Seller, then this Contract shall be conditioned upon receipt by the Seller of such patent.”
Ellingstad v. State, Dep't of Nat. Resources, 979 P.2d 1000 (Alaska 1999). “AS 14.40.291. . Ellingstad's contracts provide that [i]f all or part of said Parcel has been tentatively approved, but not yet patented, by the United States to the Seller, then this Contract shall be conditioned upon receipt by the Seller of such patent.”
— Alaska Stat. § 14.40.291(a) — 1 case
Se. Alaska Conservation Council v. State, 202 P.3d 1162 (Alaska 2009). “See AS 14.40.291(a). 44 . SEACC provides several examples of other purposes for which we have found that the University is part of the state, citing University of Alaska v.”
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