(a) The lien claimant shall, before delivery of the chattel to the owner or the authorized agent of the owner, record a lien notice in the office of the recorder of the recording district where the chattel is situated and in which the labor, skill, and materials are expended on the chattel.
(b) The notice must state the name of the claimant, the name of the owner, or reputed owner, a description of the chattel, sufficient for identification, upon which the claimant has expended labor, skill, and material, the amount for which the lien is claimed, and the date upon which the expenditure was completed. The notice shall be verified by the oath of the claimant, or by some one on behalf of the claimant, who has personal knowledge of the facts, and may be substantially in the following form:
..........., Claimant, v. .................. Defendant
Notice is hereby given that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . claims a
lien upon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (describe the property)
for, and on account of labor, skill, and materials expended upon
the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (property); that
the name of the owner, or reputed owner is, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .; that the labor, skill, and materials were expended upon the
property between the . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . .
., and the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., and the rendition of the labor, skill,
and materials so expended by the claimant above named was closed on the
. . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; that the
amount claimant demands for labor, skill, and materials so expended is
$. . . . . . . .; that no part of it has been paid except $. . . . . .
. ., and there is now due and remaining unpaid on it, after deducting
all just credits and offsets, the sum of $. . . . . . . ., in which
amount a lien is claimed upon the property.
State of Alaska
. . . . . . . . . . . . . Judicial District ss:
. . . . . . Claimant
I, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., being first
duly sworn, on oath say that I am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . named in the foregoing claim; that I have heard the claim
read, know the contents of it, and believe it is true.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claimant
Subscribed and sworn to before me this . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Name of Officer taking oath
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