Alaska § 13.06.010 - Purposes; rule of construction.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 13.06.010 — Purposes; rule of construction., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13.06.010. Purposes; rule of construction.
(a) AS 13.06 — AS 13.36 shall be liberally construed and applied to promote their underlying purposes and policies.
(b) The underlying purposes and policies of AS 13.06 — AS 13.36 are to (1) simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons;
(2) discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of the decedent's property;
(3) promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent's successors;
(4) facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and
(5) make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13.06.010 ("Purposes; rule of construction.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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