Alaska Statutes 09.60.040 – Costs where party is a representative
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 09.60.040
- action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
In actions in which an executor, administrator, trustee of an express trust, or a person authorized to represent a party is a party, costs may be allowed as in other cases. However, when costs are allowed against that party, they are chargeable solely upon the estate, fund, or party represented unless the court orders the costs to be paid by that party personally for mismanagement or bad faith in the conduct of the action.