{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.12.608","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.12.608","heading":"Exercise of power of appointment.","body":"In the absence of a requirement that a power of appointment be exercised by a reference, or by an express or specific reference, to the power, a general residuary clause in a will, or a will making general disposition of all of the testator's property, expresses an intention to exercise a power of appointment held by the testator only if\n(1) the power is a general power and the creating instrument does not contain a gift if the power is not exercised; or\n(2) the testator's will manifests an intention to include the property subject to the power.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 12. Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers.","Article 7. Rules of Construction Applicable Only to Wills."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.12.608","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"61c7688bf9d3abd2a5fe5748ba4edf4f9f49e6b965519a0fc5bc9bc5fea8840e","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.12.607","next":"us-ak/as-13.12.609"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}