Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 40.15.010 (2026)
Approval, filing, and recording of subdivisions
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Sec. 40.15.010. Approval, filing, and recording of subdivisions.
Before the lots or tracts of any subdivision or dedication may be sold or offered for sale, the subdivision or dedication shall be approved by the authority having jurisdiction, as prescribed in this chapter and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the recorder. The recorder may not accept a subdivision or dedication for filing and recording unless it shows this approval. However, the recorder may accept for filing and recording a division of a tract or parcel of land approved under AS 29.40.080(c).
Before the lots or tracts of any subdivision or dedication may be sold or offered for sale, the subdivision or dedication shall be approved by the authority having jurisdiction, as prescribed in this chapter and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the recorder. The recorder may not accept a subdivision or dedication for filing and recording unless it shows this approval. However, the recorder may accept for filing and recording a division of a tract or parcel of land approved under AS 29.40.080(c).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1982–1991 · leading case: State v. Anderson, 749 P.2d 1342 (Alaska 1988).
State v. Anderson, 749 P.2d 1342 (Alaska 1988). “Anderson relies on AS 40.15.010, which appears in the chapter entitled “Subdivisions and Dedications.”
State v. Weidner, 684 P.2d 103 (Alaska 1984). “” It is further mandated by AS 40.15.010 and AS 40.15.070 that all subdivisions or dedications of land be submitted to the borough planning commission for approval.”
Kenai Peninsula Borough v. Cook Inlet Region, Inc., 807 P.2d 487 (Alaska 1991). “AS 40.15.010. See Kenai Peninsula Borough v.”
Kenai Peninsula Borough v. Kenai Peninsula Bd. of Realtors, Inc., 652 P.2d 471 (Alaska 1982). “The ordinance directly conflicts with AS 40.15.010 because that statute requires that all subdivisions be submitted for approval to the platting authority while the ordinance purports to make an exception to that requirement.”
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