(a) A lien or other encumbrance on a vehicle may be filed by delivering to the department

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 28.10.381

  • cancel: means to annul or terminate, by formal action of the department, a certification, registration, license, permit or privilege issued or allowed under this title or regulations adopted under this title, because of an error or defect in the document issued or the application for issuance or because the person holding the document is no longer entitled to it. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • department: means the Department of Administration. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vehicle, including but not limited to a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but exclusive of a lessee under a lease not intended as security. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • 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
  • vehicle: means a device in, upon, or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn upon or immediately over a highway or vehicular way or area. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
(1) a manufacturer’s certificate of origin or an existing certificate of title;
(2) an application for a new certificate of title, signed by the registered owner and containing the name and address of any lienholder and the date of the lienholder’s interest;
(3) applicable filing fees required by law; and
(4) other documents or information required by the department.
(b) Upon approval of the application, the department shall send to the person holding a lien or other encumbrance a new certificate of title which displays the name of the owner and indicates the existence of the lien or other encumbrance.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in AS 28.10.262, 28.10.263, and Alaska Stat. Chapter 34.85, after a certificate of title to a manufactured home has been issued and while the manufactured home is subject to a lien or encumbrance under (a) of this section,

(1) the department may not cancel the manufacturer’s certificate of origin for the manufactured home under AS 28.10.262, or cancel the certificate of title to the manufactured home under AS 28.10.263; and
(2) the validity and priority of the lien or encumbrance continues.