11 AAC 06.040. Prerequisites for recording documents

(a) An original document is entitled to be recorded if

(1) it is of the type identified in AS 40.17.110 ;

(2) it is in compliance with AS 40.17.030 ;

(3) it contains margins and a font size that conform to the following minimum requirements, except that a UCC fixture statement recorded in a recording district need not conform to these requirements:

(A) at least two inches of blank space across the top of the first page of the document;

(B) at least one-inch margins on the remainder of the first page and on all other pages of the document;

(4) it is accompanied by the fee for recording set out in 11 AAC 05.010(a) (14);

(5) it contains a title reflecting the overall intent of the document;

(6) the information required for indexing is in English;

(7) for a document on which a legal description is present, that description is complete enough that a particular parcel can be geographically located and identified; a legal description is sufficient for purposes of recording if it contains, at a minimum, a section, township, range, and meridian designation of the parcel or, in the case of subdivided property, the

(A) lot and block of the parcel; and

(B) subdivision name or plat number of the parcel;

(8) it contains the legibly printed or typed names of all parties required to be indexed;

(9) it contains the recording book and page or serial number information of the original document that any amendment, correction, extension, modification, assignment, or release, partial or full, affects;

(10) it is submitted on opaque white paper stock not larger than 81/2 x 14 inches, or, if the document is a plat of survey, subdivision plat, or record of survey, is submitted on biaxially oriented polyester film or duplicate positive biaxially oriented polyester film that does not exceed 32 x 36 inches; the biaxially oriented polyester film used must be of archive quality;

(11) it contains original signatures except that a UCC fixture statement recorded in a recording district on or after August 23, 2001 may be submitted without an original signature of the debtor; and

(12) it contains or is accompanied by the name of the recording district in which it is to be entered into the public record.

(b) A certified copy of a document is entitled to be recorded if the certified copy complies with AS 40.17.030 (b).

(c) An original document that is otherwise recordable on its own may not be submitted as an attachment to any other document.

(d) Repealed 1/17/90.

(e) It is the responsibility of the person submitting a document for recording to ensure that the prerequisites for recording as established by this section and by statute are met.

(f) If the document submitted for recordation is a plat of survey, subdivision plat, or record of survey, it becomes the property of the state after recording.

History: Eff. 6/1/86, Register 98; am 1/17/90, Register 113; am 8/23/2001, Register 159; am 4/2/2004, Register 169

Authority: AS 40.15.010

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