Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 16 > Chapter 40 > Article 1 - Buffalo, Musk Oxen, Elk, and Elephants

• action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• communication technology: means an electronic device or process that
  (A) allows a notary public and a remotely located individual to communicate with each other simultaneously by sight and sound. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
• 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.
• electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• identity proofing: means a process or service by which a third person provides a notary public with a means to verify the identity of a remotely located individual by a review of personal information from public or private data sources. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
• 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.
• notarial act: means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic record, that is identified as a notarial act under Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
• notarial officer: means a notary public or other individual authorized to perform a notarial act. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
• notary public: means a person commissioned to perform notarial acts under this chapter. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
• 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
• property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
• remotely located individual: means an individual who is not in the physical presence of a notary public who performs a notarial act under Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• signature: means a tangible symbol or an electronic signature that evidences the signing of a record. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
• state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060