Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 34.35.185 (2026)
Lien notice
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Sec. 34.35.185. Lien notice.
(a) The lien claimant shall, before delivery of the chattel to the owner or the authorized agent of the owner, record a lien notice in the office of the recorder of the recording district where the chattel is situated and in which the labor, skill, and materials are expended on the chattel.
(b) The notice must state the name of the claimant, the name of the owner, or reputed owner, a description of the chattel, sufficient for identification, upon which the claimant has expended labor, skill, and material, the amount for which the lien is claimed, and the date upon which the expenditure was completed. The notice shall be verified by the oath of the claimant, or by some one on behalf of the claimant, who has personal knowledge of the facts, and may be substantially in the following form:
....................................................., Claimant, v...................................................... DefendantNotice is hereby given that ..................................................... claims a lien upon ..................................................... (describe the property) for, and on account of labor, skill, and materials expended upon the ..................................................... (property); that the name of the owner, or reputed owner is, .....................................................; that the labor, skill, and materials were expended upon the property between the .......... day of .........., and the day of .........., and the rendition of the labor, skill, and materials so expended by the claimant above named was closed on the .......... day of ..........; that the amount claimant demands for labor, skill, and materials so expended is $..........; that no part of it has been paid except $.........., and there is now due and remaining unpaid on it, after deducting all just credits and offsets, the sum of $.........., in which amount a lien is claimed upon the property.State of Alaska..................................................... Judicial District ss:..................................................... ClaimantI,....................................................., being first duly sworn, on oath say that I am ..................................................... named in the foregoing claim; that I have heard the claim read, know the contents of it, and believe it is true...................................................... ClaimantSubscribed and sworn to before me this .......... day of ...............................................................
(a) The lien claimant shall, before delivery of the chattel to the owner or the authorized agent of the owner, record a lien notice in the office of the recorder of the recording district where the chattel is situated and in which the labor, skill, and materials are expended on the chattel.
(b) The notice must state the name of the claimant, the name of the owner, or reputed owner, a description of the chattel, sufficient for identification, upon which the claimant has expended labor, skill, and material, the amount for which the lien is claimed, and the date upon which the expenditure was completed. The notice shall be verified by the oath of the claimant, or by some one on behalf of the claimant, who has personal knowledge of the facts, and may be substantially in the following form:
....................................................., Claimant, v...................................................... DefendantNotice is hereby given that ..................................................... claims a lien upon ..................................................... (describe the property) for, and on account of labor, skill, and materials expended upon the ..................................................... (property); that the name of the owner, or reputed owner is, .....................................................; that the labor, skill, and materials were expended upon the property between the .......... day of .........., and the day of .........., and the rendition of the labor, skill, and materials so expended by the claimant above named was closed on the .......... day of ..........; that the amount claimant demands for labor, skill, and materials so expended is $..........; that no part of it has been paid except $.........., and there is now due and remaining unpaid on it, after deducting all just credits and offsets, the sum of $.........., in which amount a lien is claimed upon the property.State of Alaska..................................................... Judicial District ss:..................................................... ClaimantI,....................................................., being first duly sworn, on oath say that I am ..................................................... named in the foregoing claim; that I have heard the claim read, know the contents of it, and believe it is true...................................................... ClaimantSubscribed and sworn to before me this .......... day of ...............................................................
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1967–2012 · leading case: Marine Constr. & Design Co. v. Vessel Tim, Off. No. 290680, 434 P.2d 683 (Alaska 1967).
Marine Constr. & Design Co. v. Vessel Tim, Off. No. 290680, 434 P.2d 683 (Alaska 1967). “By virtue of our adoption of this rule of conflict of laws, and application of the substantive law of the State of Washington to the lien rights in question, we dispose of appellee’s reliance upon the substantive lien provision of our lien laws contained in AS 34.”
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc. v. Nat'l Rural Utils. Coop. Fin. Corp. (Naknek Elec. Ass'n), 471 B.R. 225 (Bankr. D. Alaska 2012). “A mining lien claim must contain a statement of demand and the amount of the demand, the name of the person who employed the lien claimant, a statement of the terms and conditions of employment, the start and stop dates of the work, a description of the property subject to the…”
Rodvik v. Meddleton (In re Rodvik), 367 B.R. 148 (Bankr. D. Alaska 2007). “330 (providing for the recordation of a lien against fish products or the fish processing plant by fish packers or processors); AS 34.35.391 (allowing the recordation of a fisherman’s lien); AS 34.”
— Alaska Stat. § 34.35.185(b) — 1 case
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc. v. Nat'l Rural Utils. Coop. Fin. Corp. (Naknek Elec. Ass'n), 471 B.R. 225 (Bankr. D. Alaska 2012). “A mining lien claim must contain a statement of demand and the amount of the demand, the name of the person who employed the lien claimant, a statement of the terms and conditions of employment, the start and stop dates of the work, a description of the property subject to the…”
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