1. (a) In accordance with AS 19.10.010, before selling, leasing, or otherwise disposing of the surveyed or unsurveyed land estate, the department will reserve along each section line public easements in the following widths:

   1. (1) if the section line forms a boundary of the parcel being disposed, 50 feet measured from the section line;
   2. (2) if the section line runs through the parcel being disposed, 50 feet measured on each side of the section line, for a total width of 100 feet.
2. (b) Whether reserved by the department or granted to the state, a section-line easement continues to exist unless and until it is vacated under 11 AAC 51.065, regardless of whether that easement is in use.
3. (c) Nothing in this chapter affects or modifies the existence and width of any section-line easement as established by ch. 19, SLA 1923, ch. 123, SLA 1951, ch. 35, SLA 1953, and AS 19.10.010, as applicable.

(Eff. 5/3/2001, Register 158)