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2016 Alaska Statutes
Title 34 - PROPERTY
Chapter 34.27 - MODIFICATION OR ABOLITION OF COMMON LAW PROPERTY RULES
Article 01 - MISCELLANEOUS COMMON LAW RULES ABOLISHED.
Sec. 34.27.020 Abolition of the common law rule in Shelley's case.

AK Stat § 34.27.020 (2016) What's This?

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.

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