GroundRules
AS 18.55.780: Petition or finding that dwelling is unfit and filing of complaint.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender.
- Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities.
- Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.
When at least five residents file a petition charging that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation or when it appears to a public officer that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation, the public officer shall conduct a preliminary investigation, and if the investigation discloses a basis for the charges, the public officer shall issue and have served upon the owner, every mortgagee of record, and all parties in interest in the dwelling, including those in possession, a complaint stating the charges.
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