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Alaska Statutes.
Title 13. Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts.
Chapter 16. Probate of Wills and Administration
Section 45. Statutes of Limitation On Decedent's Cause of Action.
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AS 13.16.045. Statutes of Limitation On Decedent's Cause of Action.

No statute of limitation running on a cause of action belonging to a decedent which had not been barred as of the date of death shall apply to bar a cause of action surviving the decedent's death sooner than four months after death. A cause of action which, but for this section, would have been barred less than four months after death, is barred after four months unless tolled.

Article 02. VENUE FOR PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY TO ADMINISTER; DEMAND FOR NOTICE


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