Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 23.05.230 (2026)
Prosecution of claims
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Sec. 23.05.230. Prosecution of claims.
(a) The department may prosecute an action for the collection of a claim of a person whom it considers entitled to its services, and whom it considers to have a claim that is valid and enforceable.
(b) The department may prosecute an action for the return of a worker's tools that are in the illegal possession of another person.
(c) The department may join several claimants in one lien to the extent allowed by the lien laws and, in case of suit, join them in one cause of action. A bond is not required from the department in connection with an action brought as assignee under this section and AS 23.05.220.
(a) The department may prosecute an action for the collection of a claim of a person whom it considers entitled to its services, and whom it considers to have a claim that is valid and enforceable.
(b) The department may prosecute an action for the return of a worker's tools that are in the illegal possession of another person.
(c) The department may join several claimants in one lien to the extent allowed by the lien laws and, in case of suit, join them in one cause of action. A bond is not required from the department in connection with an action brought as assignee under this section and AS 23.05.220.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1981–1983 · 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). “AS 23.05.230. [5] If the employer disputes the claim, the employer must respond in writing to the claim and pay any wages conceded to be due.”
Dresser Indus., Inc. v. Alaska Dep't of Labor, 633 P.2d 998 (Alaska 1981). “The Department of Labor is the proper party plaintiff to bring this suit under AS 23.05.230 and suit has been timely and properly instituted.”
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