{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.16.700","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.16.700","heading":"Settlement directed by court.","body":"When a judge receives information that a person has died in the judge's judicial district leaving an estate with property limited to the property described under AS 13.16.680(a)(1) or less and no qualified person has appeared to take charge of the assets, the judge may immediately appoint a person, corporation, or attorney to settle the estate in the manner provided for in AS 13.16.680 — 13.16.695.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 16. Probate of Wills and Administration.","Article 12. Collection of Personal Property by Affidavit and Summary Administration Procedure."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.16.700","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"4e1c6af4e31fa0abfa81d93b9ed1b1ec37a0c68aebef302fd1c12d78561d477b","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.16.695","next":"us-ak/as-13.16.705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}