Alaska Statutes 19.05.080 – Acquisition of land, easements, and materials by purchase or eminent domain
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 19.05.080
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- 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
The department on behalf of the state and as part of the cost of constructing or maintaining a highway may purchase in the open market, acquire, take over, or condemn under the right and power of eminent domain land in fee simple or easements that it considers necessary for present public use, either temporary or permanent, or that it considers necessary and reasonable for the public use. By the same means, the department may obtain material, including clay, gravel, sand, or rock, or the land necessary to obtain material, including access to it. The department may acquire the land or materials notwithstanding the fact that title to it is vested in the state or a department, agency, commission, or institution of the state. Acquisition of materials by purchase in the open market under this section is governed by Alaska Stat. Chapter 36.30 (State Procurement Code).