00                            SENATE BILL NO. 93                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to limitations on actions to quiet title to, eject a person from, or recover                           
02 real property or the possession of it; and providing for an effective date."                                            
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 09.10.030 is amended to read:                                                                     
05            Sec. 09.10.030.  Actions to recover real property [IN 10 YEARS].  (a)                                    
06       Except as provided in (b) of this section, a [A] person may not bring an action for                           
07       the recovery of real property [,] or for the recovery of the possession of it unless the                          
08       action is commenced within 10 years.                                                                              
09            (b)  An action may be brought at any time by a person whose ownership                                    
10       interest in real property is recorded under AS 40.17 to                                                       
11                 (1)  quiet title to that real property; or                                                          
12                 (2)  eject a person from that real property.                                                        
13            (c)  An action may not be maintained under this section [FOR THE                                     
14       RECOVERY] unless it appears that the plaintiff, an ancestor, a predecessor, or the                                

01       grantor of the plaintiff was seized or possessed of the premises in question at some                          
02       time [WITHIN 10 YEARS] before the commencement of the action.                                                 
03    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
04 read:                                                                                                                   
05       APPLICABILITY.  AS 09.10.030, as amended in sec. 1 of this Act, applies to actions                                
06 that have not been barred before the effective date of this Act by AS 09.10.030 as it read                              
07 before the effective date of this Act.                                                                                  
08    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).