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Bulletin: AK000011
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Date: November 20, 1991
To:
Alaska Agents
RE:
Homesteads
Dear Associates:
AS 34.15.010(b) requires as follows:
In a deed or conveyance of the family home or homestead by a married man or a married woman, the husband and wife shall join in the deed or conveyance.
The homestead is defined in AS 09.38.010(a) as "property in this state used as the principal residence".
These statutes imposed a strict requirement that every deed or mortgage of the family home or principal residence be signed by both spouses. There are no exceptions. It is not technically proper to avoid this requirement by either power of attorney or quit claim from one spouse to the other. The deed or mortgage instrument itself should be signed by both spouses.
References
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- Underwriting Manual:
- Exceptions Manual:
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- Forms:
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