When an attorney refuses to deliver over money or papers to a person from or for whom the attorney has received them in the course of professional employment, whether in a judicial proceeding or not, a court may, by order, require the attorney to do so within a specified time or show cause why punishment for a contempt should not be imposed on the attorney.
Sec. 22.20.090. Court order under AS 22.20.080 .
If an attorney claims a lien upon the money or papers under AS 34.35.430, the court, in making an order under AS 22.20.080 , shall
(1) impose, as a condition of making the order, that the client give security, in form and amount to be directed, to satisfy the lien when determined in an action;
(2) summarily inquire into the facts on which the claim of a lien is founded, and determine it; or
(3) direct the trial of the controversy by a jury, or refer it, and upon the verdict or report determine it as in other cases.
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