AK · rules
Alaska R. Admin. 10
Exemption from Payment of Fees— Determination of Indigency
(a) The determination of a person’s indigency for
purposes of exemption from payment of fees under Rule
9(f)(1) shall be made by the court in which the action is filed
as soon as practicable after the date the action is filed, but in no
event more than 60 days after that date.
(b) A person who requests an exemption of fees shall file
an indigency statement on a form prescribed by the
administrative director of courts, except that a person
represented by an attorney furnished by the Alaska Legal
Services Corporation, the Alaska Pro Bono Program, the
Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Pro
Bono Program, or the Cook Inlet Tribal Council need not file
such a form.
(c) If a person files the documents required by
subparagraph (b) of this rule, or is represented by an attorney
furnished by the Alaska Legal Services Corporation, the
Alaska Pro Bono Program, the Alaska Network on Domestic
Violence and Sexual Assault Pro Bono Program, or the Cook
Inlet Tribal Council, the clerk or magistrate judge shall accept
the pleadings for filing without payment of the filing fee.
(d) If the court finds that the person is not indigent, it
shall order the person to pay the filing fee. The court may
continue the action until such payment is made. If payment is
not made within 30 days after notice of the order, the court
may dismiss the action.
(e) The provisions of this rule do not apply to an
exemption from payment of filing fees in litigation against the
state. In this paragraph, “litigation against the state” has the
meaning given in AS 09.19.100.
History
(Adopted by SCO 412 effective July 1, 1980; amended by SCO 888 effective July 15, 1988; by SCO 908 effective January 15, 1989; by SCO 1237 effective July 15, 1996; by SCO 1357 effective July 21, 1999; by SCO 1790 effective October 15, 2012; by SCO 1829 effective October 15, 2014; and SCO 2047 effective June 24, 2026) Note to SCO 1237: Administrative Rule 10(e) was added by ch. 79 § 16 SLA 1995. Section 1 of this order is adopted for the sole reason that the legislature has mandated the amendment. Note: Section 3 of chapter 95 SLA 1998 amends the definition of prisoner litigation against the state that appears in AS 09.19.100(1). According to section 14 of the act, this amendment has the effect of changing Administrative Rule 10(e) “by expanding the definition of ‘litigation against the state’ so that it has the meaning given in AS 09.19.100 as amended by sec. 3 of this Act.”
Provenance
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- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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