Alaska Statutes Title 09, Chapter 09.10 - Limitations of Actions

• Sec. 09.10.010 General Limitations on Civil Actions.
  A person may not commence a civil action except within the periods prescribed in this chapter after the cause of action has accrued, except...
• Sec. 09.10.020 When Action Commenced. [Repealed, Sec. 1 Ch 27 Sla 1966. for Present Law, See Civ. R. 3].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 09.10.030 Actions to Recover Real Property.
  (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person may not bring an action for the recovery of real property or for...
• Sec. 09.10.040 Action Upon Judgment or Sealed Instrument in 10 Years.
  (a) A person may not bring an action upon a judgment or decree of a court of the United States, or of a state...
• Sec. 09.10.050 Certain Property Actions to Be Brought in Six Years.
  Unless the action is commenced within six years, a person may not bring an action for waste or trespass upon real property.
• Sec. 09.10.053 Contract Actions to Be Brought in Three Years.
  Unless the action is commenced within three years, a person may not bring an action upon a contract or liability, express or implied, except...
• Sec. 09.10.054 Limits on When Certain Design, Construction, and Remodeling Actions May Be Brought.
  (a) For actions covered under AS 09.45.881 - 09.45.899, a claimant may not begin an action against a construction professional unless the notice of...
• Sec. 09.10.055 Statute of Repose of 10 Years.
  (a) Notwithstanding the disability of minority described under AS 09.10.140 (a), a person may not bring an action for personal injury, death, or property...
• Sec. 09.10.060 Actions for Certain Statutory Penalties to Be Brought in Three Years.
  (a) [Repealed, Sec. 2 ch 70 SLA 1996].(b) A person may not bring an action upon a statute for penalty or forfeiture where the...
• Sec. 09.10.065 Commencement of Actions for Acts Constituting Sexual Offenses.
  (a) A person may bring an action at any time for conduct that would have, at the time the conduct occurred, violated provisions of...
• Sec. 09.10.070 Actions for Torts, for Injury to Personal Property, for Certain Statutory Liabilities, and Against Peace Officers and Coroners to Be Brought in Two Years.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a person may not bring an action (1) for libel, slander, assault, battery, seduction, or false imprisonment,...
• Sec. 09.10.080 Actions Related to Escape to Be Brought in One Year.
  A person may not bring an action against a peace officer for the escape of a person arrested or imprisoned on civil process unless...
• Sec. 09.10.090 Actions for Penalty.
  A person may not bring an action upon a statute for the penalty given in whole or in part to the person who will...
• Sec. 09.10.100 Other Actions in 10 Years.
  An action for a cause not otherwise provided for may be commenced within 10 years after the cause of action has accrued.
• Sec. 09.10.110 Accrual of Cause of Action Upon Mutual, Open, and Current Account.
  In an action brought to recover a balance due upon a mutual, open, and current account where there have been reciprocal demands between the...
• Sec. 09.10.120 Actions in Name of State, Political Subdivisions, or Public Corporations.
  (a) An action brought in the name of or for the benefit of the state, any political subdivision, or public corporation may be commenced...
• Sec. 09.10.130 Effect of Absence From State or Concealment.
  When the cause of action accrues against a person who is out of the state or concealed in the state, the action may be...
• Sec. 09.10.140 Disabilities of Minority and Incompetency.
  (a) Except as provided under (c) of this section, if a person entitled to bring an action mentioned in this chapter is at the...
• Sec. 09.10.150 Death of a Party Before Expiration of Limitation Period. [Repealed, Sec. 5 Ch 78 Sla 1972].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 09.10.160 Disability of Alien During War.
  When a person is an alien subject or citizen of a country at war with the United States, the time of the continuance of...
• Sec. 09.10.170 Commencement Stayed by Injunction or Statute.
  When the commencement of an action is stayed by injunction or a statutory prohibition, the time of the continuance of the injunction or prohibition...
• Sec. 09.10.180 Time At Which Disability Exists.
  A person may not claim the benefit of a disability unless it existed when the right of action accrued or began before the time...
• Sec. 09.10.190 Coexisting Disabilities.
  When two or more disabilities coexist at the time the right of action accrues, the limitation does not attach until they all are removed.
• Sec. 09.10.200 Acknowledgment or Promise.
  No acknowledgment or promise is sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract to take the case out of the operation of this chapter...
• Sec. 09.10.210 Past Due Payments.
  When a past due payment of principal or interest is made upon any evidence of indebtedness, the running of the time within which an...
• Sec. 09.10.220 Action Arising in Other Jurisdictions Between Nonresidents.
  When a cause of action has arisen in another state or in a territory or foreign country between nonresidents of this state, and by...
• Sec. 09.10.230 Certain Actions Relating to Real Property.
  A person may not bring an action for the determination of a right or claim to or interest in real property unless commenced within...
• Sec. 09.10.240 Commencement of Action After Dismissal or Reversal.
  If an action is commenced within the time prescribed and is dismissed upon the trial or upon appeal after the time limited for bringing...

Last modified: November 15, 2016