When determining whether a document may be recorded, the recorder may not

(1) consider whether the contents of the document are legally sufficient to achieve the purposes of the document;

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 40.17.035

  • 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
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(2) reject a document because the document

(A) does not satisfy the current requirements for recording if the document satisfied the requirements for recording that existed at the time the document was executed;
(B) serves more than one purpose;
(C) references an attached exhibit that is not labelled;
(D) is a certified copy of an official document that creates an interest in real property, that meets the requirements of Alaska Stat. § 40.17.030(b), and that is from a governmental office; or
(3) require that a document that serves more than one purpose be recorded separately for each of the purposes; this paragraph does not prevent the multiple recording of the document if the person offering the document requests that the document be recorded for more than one of its purposes and the request is accompanied by the applicable recording fee for each of the multiple purposes.
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