Ketchikan Gateway Borough Warranty Deed (Corporation Grantor) Form

A corporation selling Alaska real property uses a warranty deed whose shape differs from a deed between individuals: the grantor entry identifies the entity and its state of incorporation, one officer or authorized agent signs on a By line in the corporation's name, and the acknowledgment certificate names the officer, the title, and the capacity in which the act is made. This Alaska Warranty Deed (Corporation Grantor) is the statutory warranty deed of AS 34.15.030 set up for exactly that configuration.

Full statutory covenants, in the corporation's name

Alaska writes its general warranty deed by statute. A deed substantially in the AS 34.15.030 form, using the operative words conveys and warrants, is a conveyance in fee simple with three covenants the statute writes into it as if set out at length: the grantor's lawful seisin of an indefeasible fee simple estate with the power to convey, freedom from encumbrances, and a warranty of quiet and peaceable possession with a duty to defend the title. Because AS 34.15.080 implies no covenants in Alaska conveyances, the statutory wording is what carries the warranty, and this form carries it verbatim. The exceptions section defines what the covenants do not reach, where recorded easements, plat notes, patent reservations, and current-year taxes are listed. After-acquired title passes to the grantee by operation of law under AS 34.15.075, a feature specific to the warranty form.

One officer signature, made for the entity record

The signature section recites the corporation's name, then a By line for the signing officer or authorized agent, with printed name, title, and date identifying the signer for the recorder's index. Under AS 10.06.025, a conveyance made in the name of the corporation binds it when the board authorized or ratified the conveyance or the signer acted within actual or apparent authority, and the same section reaches foreign corporations conveying Alaska land, so the form serves a corporation organized in Alaska or elsewhere. The acknowledgment certificate follows the corporate short form of AS 09.63.100(a)(2), venued by Alaska judicial district rather than county, with the by-line in the statutory style: the officer's name and title, the corporation and its state of incorporation, on behalf of the corporation. A builder or developer selling a completed home, a corporation disposing of an office, shop, or land holding, and an Alaska Native corporation or other entity conveying fee land it holds in its corporate name present the pattern this deed recites.

Built for Alaska's statewide recording system

Alaska records deeds through the Department of Natural Resources Recorder's Office and its 34 recording districts, not through county or borough offices, and AS 40.17.030 makes certain contents eligibility items: the recording district named on the face of the deed, complete mailing addresses for grantor and grantee, a return name and address, a sufficient legal description, and an acknowledged signature. The form carries a blank for each, reserves the two inches at the top of the first page that 11 AAC 06.040 sets aside for the recorder's stamp, and keeps every entry at 10 point or larger on letter-size pages. Alaska collects a flat recording fee, $20 for the first page and $5 for each additional page, and imposes no statewide transfer tax and no transfer declaration on an ordinary deed.

What arrives in the download

The download includes the blank statutory warranty deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing an Anchorage Recording District transaction with all sections filled in, and a plain-language guide covering every numbered section, the corporate signature and acknowledgment blocks, the ownership forms Alaska recognizes on the grantee side, and the recording process. The materials are informational and are not legal advice; an Alaska attorney can apply these statutes to a specific corporation, title, or closing.