In Alaska Stat. § 45.45.130 – 45.45.240

(1) “customer” includes a person authorized by the customer to act on the customer’s behalf;

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 45.45.240

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
(2) “motor vehicle” or “vehicle” means a motor vehicle as defined in Alaska Stat. § 28.90.990 that is required to be registered under Alaska Stat. Chapter 28.10, or with a governmental agency of another jurisdiction performing a similar function;
(3) “shop” means an individual, corporation, partnership, or other form of business organization engaged in the motor vehicle repair business and includes owners, officers, directors, agents, employees, and representatives but excludes the following:

(A) a shop engaged solely in the business of repairing the motor vehicles of a single commercial, industrial, or governmental establishment, or of two or more of these establishments that are related by common ownership or corporation affiliation;
(B) a person repairing the person’s own or a family member’s motor vehicle;
(4) “repair” or “repairs” means the improvement, adjustment, replacement, examination, diagnosis, maintenance, servicing, removal, or installation of any component or part of a motor vehicle, but does not include towing or the supplying of motor fuel to a motor vehicle.
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