(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, all contracts of purchase or lease of land or interest in land may be, on the affirmative approval of the director, assigned or subleased in whole or in part in writing by the contract holder or lessee, and the assignee or sublessee is subject to the provisions of laws and regulations applicable to the contract or lease.

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 38.05.920

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • director: means the director of the division of lands of the Department of Natural Resources. See Alaska Statutes 38.05.965
  • land: means all land, including shoreland, tideland , and submerged land, or resources belonging to or acquired by the state. See Alaska Statutes 38.05.965
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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
  • writing: includes printing. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) A nonprofit organization that is exempted from paying rent on state land under Alaska Stat. § 38.05.097 may not assign or sublease the land or a portion of it on which it has a lease.