Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 19.10.010 (2026)
Dedication of land for public highways
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Sec. 19.10.010. Dedication of land for public highways.
A tract 100 feet wide between each section of land owned by the state, or acquired from the state, and a tract four rods wide between all other sections in the state, is dedicated for use as public highways. The section line is the center of the dedicated right-of-way. If the highway is vacated, title to the strip inures to the owner of the tract of which it formed a part by the original survey.
A tract 100 feet wide between each section of land owned by the state, or acquired from the state, and a tract four rods wide between all other sections in the state, is dedicated for use as public highways. The section line is the center of the dedicated right-of-way. If the highway is vacated, title to the strip inures to the owner of the tract of which it formed a part by the original survey.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1975–2015 · leading case: Luker v. Sykes, 357 P.3d 1191 (Alaska 2015).
Luker v. Sykes, 357 P.3d 1191 (Alaska 2015). “18 We have recognized that the Territorial legislature accepted the federal grant by its passage of chapter 85, § 1, SLA 1953 (now codified as AS 19.10.010), which dedicated tracts of land between all sections for public highways and thereby "effectively established the…”
Wessells v. State, Dep't of Highways, 562 P.2d 1042 (Alaska 1977). “Similarly, AS 19.10.010 dedicates tracts 100 feet wide between each section of land owned or acquired by the state for use as a public highway.”
Andersen v. Edwards, 625 P.2d 282 (Alaska 1981). “1 Pursuant to AS 19.10.010, the *285 100-foot tract was dedicated for use as a public highway.”
Fisher v. Golden Valley Elec. Ass'n, Inc., 658 P.2d 127 (Alaska 1983). “The question on the merits in this case is whether a utility may construct a powerline on an unused section line easement reserved for highway purposes under AS 19.10.010. 1 The superior court answered this question in the affirmative.”
Hillstrand v. City of Homer, 218 P.3d 685 (Alaska 2009). “See AS 19.10.010 ("A tract 100 feet wide between each section of land owned by the state, or acquired from the state, and a tract four rods wide between all other sections in the state, is dedicated for use as public highways.”
0.958 Acres, More or Less v. State, 762 P.2d 96 (Alaska 1988). “Nothing in AS 19.10.010 suggests that the owners of the servient estates of section line easements are guaranteed a right of direct access to any highways that may be built on these easements.”
Girves v. Kenai Peninsula Borough, 536 P.2d 1221 (Alaska 1975). “1953 (now AS 19.10.010) constitute^] the acceptance of the offer to dedicate made in 43 U.”
Simon v. State, 996 P.2d 1211 (Alaska 2000). “4 In Andersen, the court was asked to interpret AS 19.10.010, which provides the State in certain places with a right of way 100 feet wide for use as public highways.”
Luker v. Sykes (Alaska 2015). “18 We have recognized that the Territorial legislature accepted the federal grant by its passage of chapter 35, § 1, SLA 1953 (now codified as AS 19.10.010), which dedicated tracts of land between all sections for public highways and thereby “effectively established the…”
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