{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-44.80.010","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 44.80.010","heading":"State as a party to actions.","body":"If a statute or regulation designates a state department, agency, board, commission, or public officer as a necessary or proper party to prosecute or defend an action in a court of the state,\n(1) the state is also a proper party to the action;\n(2) it is not necessary to name a department, agency, board, commission, or public officer as an additional party to the action; and\n(3) the Department of Law may bring, prosecute, or defend the action in any court in the name of the state.","path":["Title 44. State Government.","Chapter 80. Liability of the State."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#44.80.010","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:34Z","sha256":"48464ccaa53086fb16398f08b7bea52a82270ff31465177aea81a642e93b44e4","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-44.77.070","next":"us-ak/as-44.80.020-44.80.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}