Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 23.05.220 (2026)
Assignment of liens and claims to department
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Sec. 23.05.220. Assignment of liens and claims to department.
(a) The department may take an assignment of (1) a wage claim and an incidental expense account and an advance; (2) a mechanics or other lien of an employee; (3) a claim based on a “stop order” for wages or on a bond for labor; for damages for misrepresentation of a condition of employment; against an employment agency or its bondsman; for unreturned bond money of an employee; for a penalty for nonpayment of wages; for the return of a worker's tools in the illegal possession of another person; and for vacation pay or severance pay.
(b) The department is not bound by any rule requiring the consent of the spouse of a married claimant, the filing of a lien for record before it is assigned, or prohibiting the assignment of a claim for penalty before the claim has been incurred or by any other technical rule with reference to the validity of an assignment.
(c) The department may not accept an assignment of a claim in excess of the amount set out in AS 22.15.040 as the maximum amount, exclusive of costs, interest, and attorney fees, for the jurisdiction of the district court to hear an action for the payment of wages as a small claim.
(a) The department may take an assignment of (1) a wage claim and an incidental expense account and an advance; (2) a mechanics or other lien of an employee; (3) a claim based on a “stop order” for wages or on a bond for labor; for damages for misrepresentation of a condition of employment; against an employment agency or its bondsman; for unreturned bond money of an employee; for a penalty for nonpayment of wages; for the return of a worker's tools in the illegal possession of another person; and for vacation pay or severance pay.
(b) The department is not bound by any rule requiring the consent of the spouse of a married claimant, the filing of a lien for record before it is assigned, or prohibiting the assignment of a claim for penalty before the claim has been incurred or by any other technical rule with reference to the validity of an assignment.
(c) The department may not accept an assignment of a claim in excess of the amount set out in AS 22.15.040 as the maximum amount, exclusive of costs, interest, and attorney fees, for the jurisdiction of the district court to hear an action for the payment of wages as a small claim.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1980–1988 · leading case: State, Dep't of Labor, Wage & Hour Div. v. Univ. of Alaska, 664 P.2d 575 (Alaska 1983).
State, Dep't of Labor, Wage & Hour Div. v. Univ. of Alaska, 664 P.2d 575 (Alaska 1983). “" The Department of Labor may take an assignment of a wage claim under AS 23.05.220. [4] After a determination that the claim is valid and enforceable, and that the claimant is entitled to its services, the Department of Labor may prosecute an action for the collection *579 of…”
State v. Osborne, 607 P.2d 369 (Alaska 1980). “Handy went bankrupt, Hancke assigned his wage claim to the state under the authority of AS 23.05.220, 1 and the state in turn filed a lien on the Osbornes’ new house.”
Dresser Indus., Inc. v. Alaska Dep't of Labor, 633 P.2d 998 (Alaska 1981). “The person on whose behalf the action has been instituted is Clyde Woody (herein claimant), who has assigned his rights to the Department of Labor pursuant to AS 23.05.220. 3. The Department of Labor is the proper party plaintiff to bring this suit under AS 23.”
Kollodge v. State, 757 P.2d 1028 (Alaska 1988). “On April 8, 1982, Wilson placed Kollodge on a ten-day suspension for pursuing a wage claim in excess of $5,000, which was in violation of both the $5,000 limit set in AS 23.05.220(c) and written division policies.”
— Alaska Stat. § 23.05.220(a) — 1 case
State v. Osborne, 607 P.2d 369 (Alaska 1980). “Handy went bankrupt, Hancke assigned his wage claim to the state under the authority of AS 23.05.220, 1 and the state in turn filed a lien on the Osbornes’ new house.”
— Alaska Stat. § 23.05.220(c) — 1 case
Kollodge v. State, 757 P.2d 1028 (Alaska 1988). “On April 8, 1982, Wilson placed Kollodge on a ten-day suspension for pursuing a wage claim in excess of $5,000, which was in violation of both the $5,000 limit set in AS 23.05.220(c) and written division policies.”
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