Alaska Legal Overview: Anchorage Alaska's Anchorage metropolitan area consists of Anchorage and the neighboring Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska, and the Municipality of Anchorage is under unified home-rule. The superior courts are the main trial courts in Alaska with general and original jurisdiction over all criminal and civil matters. District courts in each judicial district have limited jurisdiction over misdemeanors, minor offenses and local ordinance violations. Listed below are the major cities in the Anchorage metro area.
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1. The Mat-Su Borough has Palmer as its borough seat and Wasilla as the biggest city in the borough. Anchorage and Palmer are served by the 3rd judicial circuit of the Alaska Superior Court, which has four judicial circuits and 40 judgeships in the state. The district courts currently have 21 judgeships in three of the four judicial districts. The Anchorage superior and district courts are located at 825 W. 4th Avenue. The courts in Palmer are located at 435 South Denali Street. 2. Ron Alleva, owner of the Grubstake auction house in Anchorage, is suing his real estate tenants and owners around him for being bad neighbors. The city is a defendant as the owner of the land being used by a homeless shelter and a café. 3. The family of Shane Tasi, who was shot and killed in front of his own apartment by an Anchorage police officer, are planning to file a wrongful death lawsuit. The Anchorage Police Dept. said that no charges will be brought against officer Boaz Gionson for the shooting.
Trending Alaska Legal Topics: Alaska does not have municipal courts for each city or municipality. Appeals against district court decisions may be heard by the Superior Court. The superior court appeals are in turn taken up by the Alaska Court of Appeals, which is the intermediate appellate court. The Alaska Supreme Court is the court of last resort. All attorneys in the Anchorage metro area must be licensed to practice law in Alaska and members of the Alaska Bar Association, which has over 4,000 members. The Alaska Bar Association offices are also in Anchorage. |