Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 22.20.050 (2026)
Authority to bind client, receive money or property, and give discharge
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Sec. 22.20.050. Authority to bind client, receive money or property, and give discharge.
(a) An attorney may
(1) bind the attorney's client in any of the proceedings in an action or proceeding by agreement filed with the clerk or entered upon the journal of the court, and not otherwise;
(2) receive money or property claimed by the client in an action or proceeding during its pendency, or within three years after judgment, and, upon the payment or delivery of it, discharge the claim or acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment.
(b) However, this section does not prevent a party from employing a new attorney to issue execution upon a judgment, or to take the other proceedings prescribed by law for its enforcement, and when the party does so the authority of the former attorney ceases.
(a) An attorney may
(1) bind the attorney's client in any of the proceedings in an action or proceeding by agreement filed with the clerk or entered upon the journal of the court, and not otherwise;
(2) receive money or property claimed by the client in an action or proceeding during its pendency, or within three years after judgment, and, upon the payment or delivery of it, discharge the claim or acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment.
(b) However, this section does not prevent a party from employing a new attorney to issue execution upon a judgment, or to take the other proceedings prescribed by law for its enforcement, and when the party does so the authority of the former attorney ceases.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1967–2014 · leading case: Lane v. Ballot, 330 P.3d 338 (Alaska 2014).
Lane v. Ballot, 330 P.3d 338 (Alaska 2014). “"); AS 22.20.050 ("An attorney may ... bind the attorney's client in any of the proceedings in an action or proceeding by agreement filed with the clerk or entered upon the journal of the court, and not otherwise.”
Saxton v. Splettstoezer, 557 P.2d 1126 (Alaska 1977). “- That the settlement did not comply with the provisions of AS 22.20.050(a) which provides that an attorney has authority to bind his client “by his agreement filed with the clerk or entered upon the journal of the court and not otherwise; .”
Alaska-Canadian Corp. v. Ancow Corp., 434 P.2d 534 (Alaska 1967). “See AS 22.20.050 which states in part: (a) An attorney has authority to (1) bind his client in any of the proceedings in an action or proceeding fay his agreement filed with the clerk or entered upon the journal of the court, and not otherwise * * *.”
— Alaska Stat. § 22.20.050(a) — 1 case
Saxton v. Splettstoezer, 557 P.2d 1126 (Alaska 1977). “- That the settlement did not comply with the provisions of AS 22.20.050(a) which provides that an attorney has authority to bind his client “by his agreement filed with the clerk or entered upon the journal of the court and not otherwise; .”
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