Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 45 > Chapter 48 > Article 4 - Disposal of Records

• action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060