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Alaska Statutes.
Title 34. Property
Chapter 35. Liens
Section 280. Enforceability.
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AS 34.35.280. Enforceability.

(a) The following persons may demand that a lien under AS 34.35.230 - 34.35.315 be enforced:

(1) a person who brings an action to enforce the lien; or

(2) a person who has a lien under AS 34.35.230 - 34.35.315, and who is made a party to an action to enforce a lien under those sections.

(b) The lien may be enforced against the whole, or a part of the lumber, when, during the six months preceding the recording of the lien,

(1) the person has performed labor on it;

(2) the person has assisted in securing or obtaining it; or

(3) it has been cut on the person's land.

(c) The lien demand recorded must be for

(1) all the labor upon or all the assistance in obtaining or securing the lumber during the whole or a part of the six months mentioned in AS 34.35.260; or

(2) timber cut during the whole or a part of the six months mentioned above.

(d) The priority of the liens shall be determined under AS 34.35.255 where

(1) proceedings are started against a lot of lumber;

(2) some of the lienors claim liens against specific lumber to secure their claims for work and labor; and

(3) other lienors claim liens against the lumber generally to secure their claims for work and labor.


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