Alaska § 10.06.638 - Commencement of commissioner's action; notice; default.
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§ 10.06.638. Commencement of commissioner's action; notice; default.
(a) An action for the involuntary dissolution of a corporation under AS 10.06.635 shall be commenced by the commissioner in the superior court.
(b) Summons shall issue and be served as in civil actions. If no registered agent or office is found to serve, the commissioner shall publish notice as in civil cases in a newspaper published in the judicial district where the registered office of the corporation is situated, containing a notice of the pendency of the action, the title of the court, the title of the action, and the date on or after which default may be entered. The commissioner may include in one notice the names of any number of corporations against which actions are pending in the same court.
(c) The commissioner shall mail a copy of the notice to an office of the corporation, if one is known, within 10 days after the first publication of the notice.
(d) Notice shall be published at least once each week for two successive weeks, and the first publication may begin after the summons has been returned.
(e) Unless a corporation is served with summons, a default may not be taken against the corporation earlier than 30 days after the first publication of notice.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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