Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 27.10.150 (2026)
Annual labor or improvements required
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Sec. 27.10.150. Annual labor or improvements required.
(a) During each year beginning at noon on September 1, and until patent is issued, annual labor shall be performed or improvements made on, or for the benefit of or development of, each mining claim in the state to the extent required by the laws of the United States applicable to Alaska.
(b) If the owner of a mining claim fails to perform the annual labor or make the improvements required by the laws of the United States, the claim is forfeited and open to location by others as if no location of it had ever been made.
(c) If the general laws of the United States requiring annual labor upon mining claims in Alaska are suspended or waived, administratively or by statute, the laws of the state requiring annual labor under this section upon mining claims are likewise suspended or waived upon the same terms and conditions.
(a) During each year beginning at noon on September 1, and until patent is issued, annual labor shall be performed or improvements made on, or for the benefit of or development of, each mining claim in the state to the extent required by the laws of the United States applicable to Alaska.
(b) If the owner of a mining claim fails to perform the annual labor or make the improvements required by the laws of the United States, the claim is forfeited and open to location by others as if no location of it had ever been made.
(c) If the general laws of the United States requiring annual labor upon mining claims in Alaska are suspended or waived, administratively or by statute, the laws of the state requiring annual labor under this section upon mining claims are likewise suspended or waived upon the same terms and conditions.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1983–1983 · leading case: Dodge v. Wilkinson, 664 P.2d 157 (Alaska 1983).
Dodge v. Wilkinson, 664 P.2d 157 (Alaska 1983). “§ 28 (1971); AS 27.10.150(b). Wilkinson’s resumption of assessment work during the late 1960’s, however, cured this default because it occurred prior to any relocation by another person.”
Alaska Stat. § 27.10.150(b): 1 case
Dodge v. Wilkinson, 664 P.2d 157 (Alaska 1983). “§ 28 (1971); AS 27.10.150(b). Wilkinson’s resumption of assessment work during the late 1960’s, however, cured this default because it occurred prior to any relocation by another person.”
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