3 deadlines NoticeGuard models for Alaska: what each one counts from, the statute it was read from, and the statute text.
Information, not legal advice. This app reports what the statute says and cites the section it read. It is not legal advice, it does not file anything for you, and it does not tell you what to do.
Verify with the statute or an attorney. Statutes change, and courts reinterpret them. Every deadline in this app comes from a statute read on the date shown next to its citation - that snapshot can go out of date. Missing a mechanics lien deadline can extinguish your claim permanently, so confirm any deadline you are relying on with an attorney licensed in that state before you act on it.
Data verified: statute text retrieved 2026-09-21 (each citation below carries its own date). Rule data from the NoticeGuard app, source commit 22f9300.
Record claim of lien (no notice of completion recorded)
Recorded with the recording office, counted from this claimant's own last day of furnishing labor, materials, services, or equipment - used when the owner has not recorded a notice of completion.
What it counts from. 120 days after last furnishing (last day on site).
Applies to. Original contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service (when no date is entered for notice of completion filed).
AS § 34.35.068 (a) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“If a notice of completion is not recorded by the owner as provided in AS 34.35.071, a claim of lien shall be recorded not later than 120 days after the claimant (1) completes the construction contract; or (2) ceases to furnish labor, material, services, or equipment for the construction, alteration, or repair of the owner's property.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). § 34.35.068(c): "A claim of lien is enforceable only if recorded by a claimant within the time specified in (a) or (b) of this section."
Also stated next to this deadline.
Must be verified by oath and state: a legal description of the property; the owner's name; the claimant's name and address; the name and address of the person the claimant contracted with; a general description of the labor/materials/services/equipment furnished and the contract price; the amount due; and the date the last of it was furnished (§ 34.35.070(c)).
Record claim of lien (notice of completion recorded)
Recorded with the recording office, counted from the date the owner recorded a notice of completion - the conservative default this app shows whenever a notice of completion exists.
What it counts from. 15 days after notice of completion filed.
Applies to. Original contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service (when a date is entered for notice of completion filed).
AS § 34.35.068 (b)(1) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“If a notice of completion is recorded by the owner as provided in AS 34.35.071, (1) the following shall record a claim of lien or a notice of right to lien not later than 15 days after the notice of completion is recorded: (A) a claimant who has received advance notification of the date that the notice of completion is recorded as provided in AS 34.35.071(a)(2); (B) a claimant who has not given a notice of right to lien as permitted in AS 34.35.064.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). § 34.35.068(c): "A claim of lien is enforceable only if recorded by a claimant within the time specified in (a) or (b) of this section."
Also stated next to this deadline.
The full 120-day period may still apply instead, if you both gave a notice of right to lien in time AND did not receive advance notice of the completion recording (§ 34.35.068(b)(2)) - this app shows the shorter, conservative 15-day period by default (see this state's "Honest limits").
Must be verified by oath and contain the same content as the sibling rule above (§ 34.35.070(c)).
Commence action to enforce the lien
Counted from the date the claim of lien was recorded. The lien stops binding the property after this period unless an action has been commenced.
What it counts from. 180 days after notice of construction lien recorded.
Applies to. Original contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
AS § 34.35.080 (a) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“A lien provided for in AS 34.35.050 - 34.35.120 does not bind real property for more than six months after the claim of lien is recorded, unless an action is commenced in the proper court to enforce the lien within (1) that time; or (2) six months after recording of an extension notice in the same recording office within the original six-month period showing the recording date and the book and page or instrument number or serial number of the initial claim of lien, and the balance owing.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). The statute's own mechanism: the lien "does not bind real property for more than six months after the claim of lien is recorded, unless an action is commenced... within that time."
Also stated next to this deadline.
Approximated as 180 calendar days (6 months), the same approximation style used throughout this app.
Recording an extension notice within the original 6 months adds another 6 months to this deadline (§ 34.35.080(a)(2)) - not modeled here (see this state's "Honest limits").
Weekend and holiday rollover
NoticeGuard does not model a weekend or holiday extension for Alaska. The dates above are the plain count from the date you enter. Check whether a Saturday, Sunday or holiday changes your date.
What this rule set does not cover
The shortened 15-day period after a recorded notice of completion (§ 34.35.068(b)(1)) is shown as the default whenever a notice of completion is entered - this app cannot distinguish the narrower real trigger (advance notice received, or no notice of right to lien previously given) from the case where the full 120-day period would still apply despite a notice of completion existing (§ 34.35.068(b)(2)). The 15-day default is the conservative (never-too-late) choice, not a claim that the shorter period definitely applies to your situation.
The optional preliminary notice of right to lien (AS 34.35.064), which can preserve the full 120-day period even after a notice of completion is recorded, is not modeled - this app does not collect whether one was given.
The lien-extension mechanism (§ 34.35.080(a)(2): recording an extension notice within the original 6 months adds another 6 months) is not modeled - a data-dependent, claimant-elected filing this app does not otherwise track.
Weekend/holiday rollover is NOT modeled - no general Alaska computation-of-time statute was researched this pass.
Sourcing gap, stated plainly: the statute text quoted here was read from Justia's Alaska Statutes mirror - a commercial legal publisher - and not from the State of Alaska's own site. Justia's mirror is reputable and labels itself current to 2025, but it is not the primary source and has not been re-verified word-for-word against the state's own page. Named for the same reason Arkansas's, Georgia's, New Mexico's and Tennessee's equivalent gaps are named.
Only §§ 34.35.068, 34.35.070, and 34.35.080 have been read closely. The rest of Article 2 - including AS 34.35.064's notice-of-right-to-lien mechanism and AS 34.35.071's notice-of-completion procedure - was reviewed but not otherwise incorporated.
NoticeGuard is an app that turns a job's dates into a countdown for each statutory step, shows the statute text each date was read from, exports a calendar file (.ics) and sends reminders 14, 7 and 1 day before each deadline. It tracks and reminds; it does not file anything for you.