Alaska Statutes Sec. 34.17.010 - Creation, Conveyance, Acceptance, and Duration

(a) Except as otherwise provided in AS 34.17.010 - 34.17.060, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements.

(b) A right or duty in favor of or against a holder and a right in favor of a person having a third-party right of enforcement may not arise under a conservation easement before the conservation easement is accepted by the holder and the acceptance is recorded.

(c) Except as provided in AS 34.17.020 (b), a conservation easement is unlimited in duration unless the instrument creating the conservation easement provides a limitation on duration.

(d) An interest in real property in existence at the time a conservation easement is created is not impaired by the conservation easement unless the owner of the interest is a party to or consents to the conservation easement.

(e) The state or a municipality may not establish a conservation easement on property by eminent domain.

Section: 34.17.010  34.17.020  34.17.030  34.17.040  34.17.050  34.17.055  34.17.060    Next

Last modified: November 15, 2016