Alaska Statutes

Alaska Stat. § 34.35.240 (2026)

Lien claim

✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section AK-LEGakleg.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
Sec. 34.35.240. Lien claim.
 (a) A person who claims a lien under AS 34.35.235 within 60 days after the completion of the service or after the close of the work must record a claim with the recorder of the recording district in which the timber is cut.

 (b) The claim must contain (1) a statement of the demand and the amount of the demand, after deducting as nearly as possible all just credits and offsets; (2) the name of the person by whom the claimant was employed; (3) a statement of the terms and conditions of the contract, or if there is no contract, the reasonable value of the service or work; and (4) a description of the property charged with the lien sufficient for identification with reasonable certainty. The claim shall be verified by the oath of the claimant or another who has knowledge of the facts.

 (c) The claim must be substantially in the following form:

CLAIM OF LIEN..................................................... Claimant, v......................................................Notice is given by this claim that .................................., residing at .................................., State of Alaska, claims a lien upon a .................................. of .................................., being about .................................. in quantity, which were cut in .................................. recording district, State of Alaska, and are now lying or being at .................................., for labor performed and assistance provided in .................................. said ..................................; that the name of the owner or reputed owner is ..................................; that .................................. employed said .................................. to perform the labor and provide the assistance upon the following terms and conditions, to wit: —That .................................. agreed to pay the .................................. for labor and assistance ..................................; that the contract has been faithfully performed and fully complied with on the part of .................................., who performed labor and assisted in .................................. for the period of ..................................; that the labor and assistance were so performed and provided upon .................................. between the .................................. day of .................................., and 45 days have not elapsed since that time; that the amount of the claimant's demand for the service is ..................................; that no part of the claim has been paid except ..................................; and there is now due and remaining unpaid on the claim, after deducting all just credits and offsets, the sum of .................................., and that .................................. claims a lien in this amount upon the .................................. and also claims a lien on all the .................................. now owned by .................................. in the recording district to secure payment for the work and labor in obtaining or securing the saw logs, spars, piles, cordwood, fuelwood, shingle bolts, or other timber herein in this claim......................................................State of Alaska..................................Judicial District ss................................... being first duly sworn on oath says that the undersigned is named in the foregoing claim of liens, has heard the claim read, knows the contents of the claim and believes the claim to be true......................................................Subscribed and sworn to beforeme this .................................. day of........................................(Signature).



Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1984–2012 · leading case: Sheehan v. Est. of Gamberg, 677 P.2d 254 (Alaska 1984).
Sheehan v. Est. of Gamberg, 677 P.2d 254 (Alaska 1984). “160 (Mines and Wells: 90 days after performance of services or cessation of work); AS 34.35.240 (Timber Lien: 60 days after completion of service or after the close of the work); 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). “35.160(b). The lien notice must also identify the lien claimant.”
Rodvik v. Meddleton (In re Rodvik), 367 B.R. 148 (Bankr. D. Alaska 2007). “391 (allowing the recordation of a fisherman’s lien); AS 34.35.405 (permitting the recordation of a lien for a watchman’s services upon the real or personal property under his care); AS 34.”
— Alaska Stat. § 34.35.240(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). “35.160(b). The lien notice must also identify the lien claimant.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.