Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 21.78.010 (2026)
Jurisdiction of delinquency proceedings
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Sec. 21.78.010. Jurisdiction of delinquency proceedings.
(a) The court is vested with exclusive original jurisdiction of delinquency proceedings under this chapter, and is authorized to make all necessary and proper orders to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Except as provided under AS 21.24, delinquency proceedings under this chapter constitute the sole and exclusive method of liquidating, rehabilitating, reorganizing, or conserving an insurer, and a court may not entertain a petition for the commencement of the proceedings unless it has been filed in the name of the state on the relation of the director.
(c) An appeal shall lie to the supreme court from an order granting or refusing rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation, and from every other order in delinquency proceedings having the character of a final order as to the particular portion of the proceedings embraced therein.
(a) The court is vested with exclusive original jurisdiction of delinquency proceedings under this chapter, and is authorized to make all necessary and proper orders to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Except as provided under AS 21.24, delinquency proceedings under this chapter constitute the sole and exclusive method of liquidating, rehabilitating, reorganizing, or conserving an insurer, and a court may not entertain a petition for the commencement of the proceedings unless it has been filed in the name of the state on the relation of the director.
(c) An appeal shall lie to the supreme court from an order granting or refusing rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation, and from every other order in delinquency proceedings having the character of a final order as to the particular portion of the proceedings embraced therein.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2025 · leading case: Williams v. Wainscott, 974 P.2d 975 (Alaska 1999).
Williams v. Wainscott, 974 P.2d 975 (Alaska 1999). “GAIC relies on AS 21.78.010, which provides that the superior court has “exclusive original jurisdiction” over insurance insolvency proceedings, and AS 21.”
White v. State Ex Rel. Block, 597 P.2d 172 (Alaska 1979). “There is a distinction between “priority of claims” and “subordination of claims”. The basis upon which the court acts in recognizing superior equity of some claims over others, in instances such as we are here dealing with, is usually estoppel, though it may be estoppel arising…”
In the Matter of the Liquidation of Scottish RE (U.S.) Inc. (Del. Ch. 2025). “Code § 27-32-3 Alaska Stat. § 21.78.010 (no analog to 18 venue; change of Alaska Stat.”
— Alaska Stat. § 21.78.010(a) — 2 cases
White v. State Ex Rel. Block, 597 P.2d 172 (Alaska 1979). “There is a distinction between “priority of claims” and “subordination of claims”. The basis upon which the court acts in recognizing superior equity of some claims over others, in instances such as we are here dealing with, is usually estoppel, though it may be estoppel arising…”
Williams v. Wainscott, 974 P.2d 975 (Alaska 1999). “GAIC relies on AS 21.78.010, which provides that the superior court has “exclusive original jurisdiction” over insurance insolvency proceedings, and AS 21.”
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