Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 34.20.150 (2026)
Maturity of lien
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Sec. 34.20.150. Maturity of lien.
(a) The date of maturity of an instrument creating a lien upon real property is considered to be 10 years from the date of the instrument, unless
(1) the period of the instrument is disclosed by the terms of the instrument; or
(2) another instrument extending the period of the first instrument or a memorandum of payment of the first instrument is recorded.
(b) When an existing recorded instrument is recorded before March 26, 1955, which creates a lien upon real property but which does not disclose the period of the instrument, another instrument extending the period of the first instrument, or a memorandum of payment of the first instrument may be recorded before January 1, 1956.
(a) The date of maturity of an instrument creating a lien upon real property is considered to be 10 years from the date of the instrument, unless
(1) the period of the instrument is disclosed by the terms of the instrument; or
(2) another instrument extending the period of the first instrument or a memorandum of payment of the first instrument is recorded.
(b) When an existing recorded instrument is recorded before March 26, 1955, which creates a lien upon real property but which does not disclose the period of the instrument, another instrument extending the period of the first instrument, or a memorandum of payment of the first instrument may be recorded before January 1, 1956.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1968–2002 · leading case: Holta v. Certified Fin. Servs., Inc., 49 P.3d 1104 (Alaska 2002).
Holta v. Certified Fin. Servs., Inc., 49 P.3d 1104 (Alaska 2002). “19 (Alaska 1968) (holding that AS 34.20.150's ten-year presumptive date of maturity does not apply when an instrument explicitly sets forth a maturity date).”
McIntyre v. Ticor Title Ins., 658 F. Supp. 944 (D. Alaska 1986). “AS 34.20.150 provides that the maturity date of an instrument creating a lien upon real property, which does not by its terms include a maturity date, is ten years from the date of the instrument unless a memorandum of payment is recorded.”
Dworkin v. First Nat'l Bank of Fairbanks, 444 P.2d 777 (Alaska 1968). “* * * In our view, AS 34.20.150(a) (1) is inapplicable for here the very document upon which appellant asserts his claim for relief stated that the $17,500 was due and owing on October 24, 1959.”
Alaska Stat. § 34.20.150(2): 1 case
Holta v. Certified Fin. Servs., Inc., 49 P.3d 1104 (Alaska 2002). “19 (Alaska 1968) (holding that AS 34.20.150's ten-year presumptive date of maturity does not apply when an instrument explicitly sets forth a maturity date).”
Alaska Stat. § 34.20.150(a): 3 cases
Holta v. Certified Fin. Servs., Inc., 49 P.3d 1104 (Alaska 2002). “19 (Alaska 1968) (holding that AS 34.20.150's ten-year presumptive date of maturity does not apply when an instrument explicitly sets forth a maturity date).”
Dworkin v. First Nat'l Bank of Fairbanks, 444 P.2d 777 (Alaska 1968). “* * * In our view, AS 34.20.150(a) (1) is inapplicable for here the very document upon which appellant asserts his claim for relief stated that the $17,500 was due and owing on October 24, 1959.”
McIntyre v. Ticor Title Ins., 658 F. Supp. 944 (D. Alaska 1986). “AS 34.20.150 provides that the maturity date of an instrument creating a lien upon real property, which does not by its terms include a maturity date, is ten years from the date of the instrument unless a memorandum of payment is recorded.”
Alaska Stat. § 34.20.150(a)(1): 1 case
Holta v. Certified Fin. Servs., Inc., 49 P.3d 1104 (Alaska 2002). “19 (Alaska 1968) (holding that AS 34.20.150's ten-year presumptive date of maturity does not apply when an instrument explicitly sets forth a maturity date).”
Alaska Stat. § 34.20.150(a)(2): 1 case
Holta v. Certified Fin. Servs., Inc., 49 P.3d 1104 (Alaska 2002). “19 (Alaska 1968) (holding that AS 34.20.150's ten-year presumptive date of maturity does not apply when an instrument explicitly sets forth a maturity date).”
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