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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The private property that may be taken under AS 09.55.240--09.55.460 includes
(1) all real property belonging to any person;
(2) land belonging to the state or to an organized or unorganized borough, city, town, village, or other municipal division, whether incorporated or unincorporated, not appropriated to a public use;
(3) property appropriated to public use, but the property may not be taken unless for a more necessary purpose than that to which it has already been appropriated;
(4) franchises for a public utility, but those franchises may not be taken unless for a more necessary public use;
(5) all rights-of-way for any of the purposes mentioned in AS 09.55.240, and the structures and improvements on the rights-of-way, and the land held and used in connection with them shall be subject to be connected with, crossed, or intersected by another right-of-way or improvements or structures on them; they shall also be subject to a limited use, in common with the owner, when necessary; but the uses, crossings, intersections, and connections shall be made in the manner most compatible with the greatest public benefit and least private injury;
(6) all classes of private property not enumerated may be taken for public use when the taking is authorized by law.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Alaska Statutes Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure § 09.55.260. Private property subject to be taken - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ak/title-9-code-of-civil-procedure/ak-st-sect-09-55-260/
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