Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 34.20.110 (2026)
Trust deeds recorded as mortgages
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Sec. 34.20.110. Trust deeds recorded as mortgages.
For the purposes of record, a deed of trust, given to secure an indebtedness, shall be treated as a mortgage of real estate, and recorded in full in the book provided for mortgages of real property. The person who makes or executes the deed of trust shall be indexed as “mortgagor,” and the trustee and the beneficiary or cestui que trust, as the “mortgagees.”
For the purposes of record, a deed of trust, given to secure an indebtedness, shall be treated as a mortgage of real estate, and recorded in full in the book provided for mortgages of real property. The person who makes or executes the deed of trust shall be indexed as “mortgagor,” and the trustee and the beneficiary or cestui que trust, as the “mortgagees.”
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1970–2022 · leading case: Davin J. Anderson v. Alaska Hous. Fin. Corp., 462 P.3d 19 (Alaska 2020).
Davin J. Anderson v. Alaska Hous. Fin. Corp., 462 P.3d 19 (Alaska 2020). “”12 The trustee also was required to mail or personally deliver 9 See AS 34.20.110 (providing that “a deed of trust, given to secure an indebtedness, shall be treated as a mortgage of real estate”); Young v.”
Young v. Embley, 143 P.3d 936 (Alaska 2006). “Our statutes explicitly treat deeds of trust as mortgages in form; AS 34.20.110 states that "[f]or the purposes of record, a deed of trust, given to secure an indebtedness, shall be treated as a mortgage of real estate, and recorded in full in the book provided for mortgages of…”
Mark Thomas v. Joseph P. Casteel Trust, 496 P.3d 403 (Alaska 2021). “4 Prior to sale the trustee must record a notice of the trustor’s default and the beneficiary’s election to sell the property5 1 Other parties were involved in the superior court proceedings, but only Thomas appealed; the caption intentionally omits parties not participating in…”
Belland v. OK Lumber Co., Inc., 797 P.2d 638 (Alaska 1990). “2d 829, 832 (Alaska 1970); see also AS 34.20.110. Thus, a deed of trust, when conveyed to the trustor under circumstances that would comprise a purchase-money mortgage if a mortgage were conveyed, shall be treated as a purchase-money mortgage.”
Brand v. First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n of Fairbanks, 478 P.2d 829 (Alaska 1970). “AS 34.20.110. 10 . 36 Am.Jur., Mortgages § 179 (1941).”
Donald Tangwall v. George E. Buscher & Lois L. Buscher, Barbara Tangwall v. George E. Buscher & Lois L. Buscher (Alaska 2022). “19 The Buschers submitted a report from First National Bank Alaska Escrow Department, which serviced and held the deed of trust on the property, showing that as of August 2, 2018, $11,998.”
Leo Blas v. Bank of Am., NA (Alaska 2017). “080(e), AS 34.20.110, AS 34.20.115, AS 34.20.120 and the Uniform Commercial Code.”
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