Alaska Administrative Code
Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities
Chapter 10 - Engineering: Encroachments, Driveways, and Road Approaches
Article 3 - Land Disposal
17 AAC 10.100 - Land disposal

(a) Except for a conveyance of land by a commissioner's deed issued under 17 AAC 05.020, or an encroachment permit issued under 17 AAC 10.011, the provisions of 17 AAC 10.100 through 17 AAC 10.120 apply to a disposal of land, or an interest in land, contained within a highway right-of-way, whether the land or interest was acquired by gift, transfer from the federal government, purchase, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain.

(b) The department will prepare a decisional document summarizing its decision to dispose of a particular parcel of land acquired in a right-of-way acquisition. In that document, the department will summarize the conclusion that the particular parcel of land is excess right-of-way and whether the land has a present or potential use for parks, conservation, recreation, or related uses. The department will, in its discretion, find that the land is excess right-of-way, if the land is located outside of the slope limits of a highway, the land is not necessary for the highway's operation or maintenance, and the land is not needed for a public purpose. If the department finds that the land has a present or potential use for parks, conservation, recreation, or related uses, the department will describe in the decisional document the department's efforts to dispose of the land to public agencies for parks, conservation, recreation, or related uses. If the public agencies decline to acquire the parcel, the department will conduct the land disposal according to 17 AAC 10.105 - 17 AAC 10.120.