Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 6 - Lands
Chapter 53 - Records, Surveys, and Platting
Article 5 - Platting Authority in the Unorganized Borough
11 AAC 53.730 - Replats and vacations

(a) A plat of land that is subject to the department's platting authority under AS 40.15.070 may not be replatted, vacated, or otherwise changed without the approval of the commissioner. Approval for a change to or vacation of a plat is initiated by filing the original and one copy of a petition with the department in Anchorage. However, if the area to be replatted is also partially within the jurisdiction of a municipal platting authority, and if the municipal platting authority agrees, the commissioner may delegate to that entity the authority to receive, review, and approve the petition for the entire area to be replatted in accordance with the municipality's own procedures.

(b) A petition for a replat or vacation filed with the department must contain

(c) The plat review and filing fees required by 11 AAC 05.240 must accompany the petition.

(d) No more than 60 days after a petition is filed and the fees required by 11 AAC 05.240 have been received, a public hearing will be held on the petition at a place designated by the commissioner. At least once a week for two consecutive weeks, a notice of hearing that meets the requirements of AS 29.40.130 will be published in a newspaper of general circulation published within each judicial district in which the land is located. lf no such newspaper exists, the notice will be posted in the local post office or other place of general visitation. A copy of the notice will be mailed by registered mail to each

(e) If the petition is approved, the commissioner will prepare a state platting resolution and notify the petitioner by certified mail. A copy of the resolution will be sent with the notice. In the notice, the commissioner will require the petitioner to present to the commissioner a final plat of the replat that complies with 11 AAC 53.210 and 11 AAC 53.230. The replat must be prepared at the petitioner's expense. If the replat is not completed within 18 months after the date of the state platting resolution, the platting resolution expires, unless the commissioner extends the time limit for good cause. The commissioner may require a preliminary plat that complies with 11 AAC 53.220 before the plat is approved. Each agency and utility notified of the petition must be notified of the approval. The commissioner will record the plat and the state platting resolution in each recording district where a portion of the changed or vacated area is located, and the change or vacation is not valid until the recording has taken place. The department will send to the petitioner a copy of the recorded plat and a copy of the platting resolution showing the recording data. The original copies of the replat and the platting resolution will be maintained by the department.

(f) A replat showing a change and presented to the department must contain the following standard certificates, as set out in 11 AAC 53.210 and available on a form provided by the department: