1995 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 09 CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Chapter 09.38. ALASKA EXEMPTIONS ACT
Sec. 09.38.017. EXEMPTION OF RETIREMENT PLAN INTERESTS AND PAYMENTS.

(a) In addition to the exemption under AS 09.38.015 (b), the following are exempt from a claim of an individual's creditor:

(1) the interest of the individual in a retirement plan; and

(2) the money or other assets payable to the individual from a retirement plan.

(b) The exemptions provided by (a) of this section do not apply to a contribution made by an individual to a retirement plan within 120 days before the individual files for bankruptcy.

(c) The exemptions provided by (a) of this section do not prevent the payment of benefits under a retirement plan to an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order. In this subsection, "qualified domestic relations order" has the meaning given in 26 U.S.C. 414(p).

(d) A retirement plan exempt from claims under (a) of this section is conclusively presumed to be a spendthrift trust under this section.

(e) In this section,

(1) "alternate payee" has the meaning given in 26 U.S.C. 414(p)(8);

(2) "individual" means an individual who is a participant in, a beneficiary of, or an alternate payee of a retirement plan;

(3) "retirement plan" means a retirement plan that is qualified under 26 U.S.C. 401(a), 26 U.S.C. 403(a), 26 U.S.C. 403(b), 26 U.S.C. 408, or 26 U.S.C. 409 (Internal Revenue Code).