(a) If just and reasonable charges are not paid within three months after the care, attention, and labor is performed or food is furnished, the person having the lien may proceed to sell at public auction, as provided in Alaska Stat. § 34.35.175, the property mentioned in Alaska Stat. § 34.35.220, or a part of it, sufficient to pay the just and reasonable charges.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 34.35.225

  • 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
  • property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize a person to sell more of the property than is sufficient to pay charges due the person on the property.
(c) A person who sells, loans, or otherwise disposes of property contrary to the provisions of Alaska Stat. § 34.35.220 and this section without the consent of the owner of the property shall, for each offense, forfeit and pay to the owner a sum equal to the market value of the property, and 50 percent of the market value in addition as a penalty. In this subsection, “market value” means the price the property bears at the time the owner makes demand on the person for it.
(d) The remedies available under this section are in addition to any remedies available under Alaska Stat. § 45.07.210.
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