1. (a) After a document is recorded, the original of the document must be returned either to the person identified on the document under AS 40.17.030 or to the person who presented it. For a document submitted electronically, after the document is recorded, the document may be returned either by electronic means to the person that submitted it or as a paper document to the person identified on the document under AS 40.17.030.
2. (b) If a document is filed and recorded, it shall be processed as a recorded document. However, the original becomes the property of the state. The state will permanently retain recorded plats of survey, subdivision plats, and records of survey.

(Eff. 6/1/86, Register 98; am 1/17/90, Register 113; am 8/23/2001, Register 159; am 12/14/2008, Register 188; am 12/5/2009, Register 192)

Authority: AS 09.80.150, AS 40.15.010, AS 40.17.070, AS 44.37.025