{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-34.27.020","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 34.27.020","heading":"Abolition of the common law rule in Shelley's case.","body":"If real property is granted or devised to a person and after the person's death, to the person's heirs or the heirs of the person's body, however the grant or devise is expressed, an estate for life only vests in the person, and a remainder goes to the person's heirs or the heirs of the person's body as purchasers.","path":["Title 34. Property.","Chapter 27. Modification or Abolition of Common Law Property Rules."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#34.27.020","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:42Z","sha256":"054b617dadad69afc6bd36330f9c8ffcccd6f65c9457106581ba6208ae13f382","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-34.27.010","next":"us-ak/as-34.27.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}