Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 34.07.130

  • apartment: means a part of the property intended for any type of independent use, including one or more rooms or enclosed spaces located on one or more floors, or part or parts of the floors, in a building, regardless of whether or not it is destined for a residence, an office, the operation of any industry or business, or for any other use not prohibited by law, and that has a direct exit to a public street or highway, or to a common area leading to the street or highway. See Alaska Statutes 34.07.450
  • association of apartment owners: means all of the apartment owners acting as a group in accordance with the bylaws and with the recorded declaration. See Alaska Statutes 34.07.450
  • common expenses: includes
    (A) all sums lawfully assessed against the apartment owners by the association of apartment owners. See Alaska Statutes 34.07.450
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

If a mortgagee of a recorded mortgage or a trustee of a recorded deed of trust or other purchaser of an apartment obtains possession of the apartment as a result of foreclosure of the mortgage or deed of trust, the possessor, and successors and assigns of the possessor are not liable for the share of the common expenses or assessments by the association of apartment owners chargeable to the apartment that became due before possession. This unpaid share of common expenses or assessments is a common expense collectable from all of the apartment owners including the possessor and successors and assigns of the possessor.