Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 521.Construction.

Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure

Rule 521.Construction.

These rules are designed to facilitate business and advance justice. They may be relaxed or dispensed with by the appellate courts where a strict adherence to them will work surprise or injustice. In a matter involving the validity of a criminal conviction or sentence, this rule does not authorize an appellate court or the superior court, when acting as an intermediate appellate court, to allow

(1) the notice of appeals to be filed more than 60 days late; or

(2) a petition for review or petition for hearing to be filed more than 60 days late.

(SCO 439 effective November 15, 1980; amended by SCO 1238 effective July 15, 1996)

Note to SCO 1238: The limitation on the court's power to accept late appeals or petitions was added by ch. 79 ő 21 SLA 1995. Section 7 of this order is adopted for the sole reason that the legislature has mandated the amendment.

Note:
There were a number of changes to the court rules made by the Alaska Legislature, but are not included because they did not make the publication deadline. Some of these changes are significant. The Legislative Changes to Rules of Court. should be consulted in order to obtain these changes.

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