(a) The department may prosecute an action for the collection of a claim of a person whom it considers entitled to its services, and whom it considers to have a claim that is valid and enforceable.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 23.05.230

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
(b) The department may prosecute an action for the return of a worker’s tools that are in the illegal possession of another person.
(c) The department may join several claimants in one lien to the extent allowed by the lien laws and, in case of suit, join them in one cause of action. A bond is not required from the department in connection with an action brought as assignee under this section and Alaska Stat. § 23.05.220.
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