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Alaska Stat. § 40.15.030 (2026)

Dedication of streets, alleys, and thoroughfares

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Sec. 40.15.030. Dedication of streets, alleys, and thoroughfares.
When an area is subdivided and a plat of the subdivision is approved, filed, and recorded, all streets, alleys, thoroughfares, parks and other public areas shown on the plat are considered to be dedicated to public use.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1966–2025 · leading case: Cowan v. Yeisley, 255 P.3d 966 (Alaska 2011).
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Cowan v. Yeisley, 255 P.3d 966 (Alaska 2011). · cites it 3× “35 Former AS 40.15.030, in effect in 1980 and 1981, stated: "When an area is subdivided and a plat of the subdivision is approved and recorded, all streets, alleys, thoroughfares, parks and other public areas shown on the plat are deemed to have been dedicated to public use.”
State v. Anderson, 749 P.2d 1342 (Alaska 1988). “020), they can accept dedications of public streets (see AS 40.15.030), and they can assert some basic control over city planning and development.”
Chugach Elec. Ass'n v. Calais Co., 410 P.2d 508 (Alaska 1966). · cites it 2× “[6] The words "other public area" as used in AS 40.15.030, and "other open spaces" as used in the certificate of ownership and dedication, being preceded by the terms "streets, alleys, walks, parks and thoroughfares", will be construed as referring to things of the same general…”
Daniel S. Anderson, Alison Anderson, Stephen T. Lewis, Gerald Robert Lee, Terrence S. Valentine, Sally J. Valentine, Edward G. Wilson, Suzanne Hammond Wilson, James P. Hoeffler & Karyn J. Warner, as Trs. for & on Behalf of the Hoeffler Fam. Trust, Don Ward, Galen Gaunt, Claudia E. Hoversten, as Tr. for & on Behalf of the Hoversten Revocable Trust, Matthew F. Warnick, Herman J. Schliesing & Myra K. Schliesing, as Trs. for & on Behalf of the Schliesing Alaska Cmty. Prop. Trust, Martin J. Boniek for Copper Valley Air Serv., LLC, as its Managing Member, & Clare Jaeger v. Kirk Wilson & Julie Wilson, Daniel S. Anderson, Alison Anderson, Stephen T. Lewis, Gerald Robert Lee, Terrence S. Valentine, Sally J. Valentine, Edward G. Wilson, Suzanne Hammond Wilson, James P. Hoeffler & Karyn J. Warner, as Trs. for & on Behalf of the Hoeffler Fam. Trust, Don Ward, Galen Gaunt, Claudia E. Hoversten, as Tr. for & on Behalf of the Hoversten Revocable Trust, Matthew F. Warnick, Herman J. Schliesing & Myra K. Schliesing, as Trs. for & on Behalf of the Schliesing Alaska Cmty. Prop. Trust, Martin J. Boniek for Copper Valley Air Serv., LLC, as its Managing Member, & Clare Jaeger v. Kirk Wilson & Julie Wilson, 555 P.3d 13 (Alaska 2024). “The plain language of AS 40.15.030 requires affirmative state approval, and so does our case law.”
State v. Fairbanks Lodge No. 1392, Loyal Order of Moose, 633 P.2d 1378 (Alaska 1981). “AS 40.15.030 provides: When an area is subdivided and a plat of the subdivision is approved and recorded, all streets, alleys, thoroughfares, parks and other public areas shown on the plat are deemed to have been dedicated to public use.”
Laughlin v. Everhart, 678 P.2d 926 (Alaska 1984). “AS 40.15.030 6 provides that all platted roads are deemed to have been dedicated to the public.”
Arthur Behm v. John Ketchum & the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Alaska 2025). “14 Here, the plat is not ambiguous, so we are not required to take the analysis any further. CONCLUSION The judgment of the superior court is REVERSED and the attorney’s fee award is VACATED.”
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