Sell Inherited Property in Alaska

The main Alaska inherited property considerations are the form of title, the rule that the small-estate affidavit cannot transfer a house, surviving-spouse rights, and whether an Alaska court filing is required to sell.

• Alaska real estate does not use ordinary joint tenancy. For non-spouse co-owners, Alaska real property is generally held as tenants in common unless the deed creates another valid form of ownership; married couples generally take title as tenants by the entirety unless the deed states otherwise or a community-property arrangement applies (AS 34.15.130).
• The small estate affidavit cannot transfer a house. Alaska’s affidavit covers personal property only (AS 13.16.680). Solely titled real estate, or a deceased co-owner’s tenancy-in-common share, generally needs a summary or probate court path unless a transfer-on-death deed, trust, or entirety survivorship already moved it outside probate.
• A transfer-on-death deed avoids probate for that property, if it was set up correctly before death. A valid TOD deed passes the home outside probate, but it must be recorded before death in the correct recording district, and the property can still be reached for estate claims for twelve months (AS 13.48).
• A surviving spouse has rights that can change a sale. Alaska gives a surviving spouse cash allowances, an elective share of one-third of the augmented estate on a nine-month deadline, and omitted-spouse protection in some cases (AS 13.12.202, AS 13.12.211).
• Alaska has no state estate tax, inheritance tax, or income tax. Selling inherited property creates no state-level income or death tax, and Alaska has no statewide real estate transfer tax. Local property taxes, recording fees, estate creditor claims, and federal tax can still matter.
• Out-of-state heirs usually need an Alaska step. A nonresident owner’s Alaska real estate generally needs an Alaska filing to clear title, though the home-state personal representative can often be recognized in Alaska using Forms P-312 and P-313 rather than starting over (AS 13.21).

Whether inherited Alaska real property needs probate depends first on the form of title and any nonprobate transfer document, not simply on whether there is a will. Property that passed through a transfer-on-death deed, a trust, tenancy by the entirety between spouses, or a valid survivorship community property arrangement transfers outside probate. Solely titled property, and a deceased co-owner’s tenancy-in-common share, generally needs a court path, because Alaska’s small estate affidavit reaches personal property only and cannot transfer real estate (AS 13.16.680).

• Sole ownership: Probate or summary administration. The property passes by will or intestacy and needs a court process to clear title.
• Tenancy in common: Probate or summary administration for the deceased owner’s share. A deed to two or more non-spouse owners is a tenancy in common by default, with no survivorship, so the deceased owner’s fractional share passes by will or intestacy.
• Tenancy by the entirety (married couples): No probate for this property. It passes to the surviving spouse automatically.
• Transfer-on-death deed: No probate for this property. It passes to the named beneficiary, subject to estate claim rules for twelve months.
• Revocable trust: No probate for this property. The trustee sells or distributes it under the trust terms, if it was properly transferred into the trust during life.
• Survivorship community property: No probate for this property. Couples who opted into Alaska community property and used the survivorship form pass it to the surviving spouse by nontestamentary transfer (AS 34.77.110).

Do not assume “joint tenancy” from an old deed. Many heirs read the word “joint” and assume the property automatically passed to the surviving owner. In Alaska, ordinary joint tenancy in real estate was abolished except for married couples holding as tenants by the entirety (AS 34.15.130). If the deed is unclear, have the title reviewed before choosing a sale strategy.

Alaska is a Uniform Probate Code state, and its decedents’ estate law lives in Alaska Statutes Title 13. It is not a default community property state, but it allows married couples to opt into community property by agreement or trust under Title 34, Chapter 77. Alaska has no state estate tax, no inheritance tax, no individual income tax, and no statewide real estate transfer tax. Its defining feature for inherited real estate is that the small estate affidavit cannot transfer real property (AS 13.16.680), so clear title to an inherited Alaska home usually depends on a court proceeding in the Superior Court, a recorded transfer-on-death deed, a trust, or an entirety or survivorship arrangement.

Alaska has several features that distinguish it from most other states for inherited real estate: a co-ownership system that does not use ordinary joint tenancy, an affidavit shortcut that pointedly does not reach real property, an opt-in community property regime with a federal tax benefit, and Native corporation stock and other special assets that follow their own rules.

Alaska Real Estate Does Not Work Like Ordinary Joint Tenancy

Alaska abolished joint tenancy in land, with the single exception of tenancy by the entirety between spouses (AS 34.15.130). A conveyance to two or more non-spouse owners is read as a tenancy in common unless it expressly creates another valid form, and married couples who take title together generally hold as tenants by the entirety unless the deed declares otherwise or a community-property arrangement applies (AS 34.15.110). This matters enormously for heirs. With tenancy in common, there is no right of survivorship, so a deceased co-owner’s fractional share passes by will or intestacy and generally needs a court path. With tenancy by the entirety, the surviving spouse takes the whole property outside probate. Read the deed for the words “tenants in common,” “tenants by the entirety,” “transfer on death,” “trustee,” or “survivorship,” and do not assume any survivorship the deed does not actually create.

The Small Estate Affidavit Cannot Transfer Real Property

Alaska’s small estate affidavit lets a successor collect personal property without a full probate, but it cannot be used to transfer a house. The affidavit applies thirty days after death, covers vehicles up to $100,000 and other personal property up to $50,000 after liens, and requires that no personal representative petition is pending (AS 13.16.680). Because real estate is excluded, an inherited Alaska home generally needs a summary administration or a probate track to create marketable title. Summary administration may be available for a qualifying smaller estate, but it is still a court case, not an affidavit (AS 13.16.690).

Alaska Allows Opt-In Community Property With a Federal Tax Benefit

Alaska is one of a small group of states that let married couples opt into community property, joined by Tennessee, South Dakota, Florida, and Kentucky. Couples opt in through a community property agreement or a community property trust under Title 34, Chapter 77, and even non-residents can participate by transferring property into an Alaska community property trust. The reason this matters for inherited real estate is federal: property validly treated as community property may qualify for a basis adjustment on both halves at the first spouse’s death, which can materially reduce the taxable gain when the surviving spouse later sells a long-held home. This is tax-planning territory rather than a guaranteed outcome, so a couple considering it should get individualized tax advice.

Native Corporation Stock, Native Land, and Fishing Privileges Follow Separate Rules

Some of Alaska’s most distinctive assets do not pass like ordinary real estate, and they should not be treated as if they do. Alaska Native corporation stock, meaning settlement common stock and inalienable stock issued under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, is not subject to probate, and its value is not counted in determining the value of an estate or allowance (AS 13.16.705(a)). When the stock does not pass by a testamentary designation on the stock certificate, it passes by will or intestacy, but the issuing Native corporation, not the probate court, determines who receives it through its own process. The surviving spouse’s special intestate share of that stock follows a separate rule (AS 13.12.102(b)). Native allotments and other restricted Native property can require federal Bureau of Indian Affairs approval rather than passing through state court. Limited-entry commercial fishing permits cannot be divided among multiple heirs, and individual fishing quotas have separate federal transfer rules; neither should be handled as an ordinary estate asset or an ordinary real-estate title issue. If an estate includes any of these alongside a house, route those assets to attorney, corporation, tribal, or agency review. For unusual or fractional assets that sit outside a normal home sale, see our overview of other inherited assets.

Alaska recognizes several forms of ownership, and the form controls whether inherited property passes through probate and who has authority to sign a deed to sell it. The single most important Alaska rule is that real estate does not use ordinary joint tenancy: non-spouse co-owners are tenants in common unless the deed creates entirety or community property survivorship, so survivorship is the exception, not the default.

A property can bypass probate while other parts of the estate still require administration: even when the house passes outside probate, other assets, debts, tax issues, or beneficiary disputes can still need a court process. One more Alaska wrinkle affects married owners even when only one spouse is on title: when a married person conveys a homestead, Alaska generally requires the non-owner spouse to sign the deed, even if that spouse has no ownership interest (AS 34.15.010). Heirs selling a home that was a married couple’s residence should expect the title company to look for that signature in the chain of title.

When someone dies without a will in Alaska, the surviving spouse’s share of the intestate estate depends on whether the couple had children together and whether either the decedent or the spouse had children from another relationship. This table applies to the intestate estate, the property that did not already pass by deed, trust, or survivorship. If all of the decedent’s descendants are also the surviving spouse’s, and the spouse has no other descendants, the spouse takes the entire intestate estate (AS 13.12.102).

Several Alaska rules sit on top of these formulas. An heir must survive the decedent by 120 hours, which is five days, to inherit through intestacy (AS 13.12.104). Property that does not pass to the spouse goes to the decedent’s descendants, then to parents, then to the descendants of parents, and outward from there, with escheat to the state only when no relative can be found (AS 13.12.103). Adopted and posthumous children inherit, but an unmarried partner does not inherit through intestacy regardless of how long the relationship lasted.

Worked example (simplified). Suppose a $400,000 Anchorage home is the only intestate asset, and the decedent had a child from a prior relationship. The surviving spouse takes $100,000 plus half of the remaining $300,000, which is $250,000 of value, and the decedent’s child takes $150,000 (AS 13.12.102). Because a house cannot be divided in kind, this usually forces a sale or a buyout. This example is before liens, sale costs, allowances, taxes, and probate expenses, which change the real numbers.

Intestacy is one of the most common ways inherited Alaska property ends up with co-owners who did not plan to own it together. For the general concept of how intestate succession works, see our guide to probate real estate.

Alaska probate timelines depend on the track. Summary administration is the fastest when the estate qualifies, informal probate typically runs six to twelve months, formal probate usually takes nine to eighteen months, and supervised administration often runs twelve to twenty-four months or longer. For an informal or formal administration where creditor notice is published, the four-month creditor claim period is usually the main timing constraint, because the estate generally should not make final distributions until it runs (AS 13.16.460). Summary administration is different and does not require creditor publication, which is part of why it is faster.

For a decedent who lived in Alaska, the initial probate is generally filed in the judicial district where the decedent lived at death, not where the property sits (AS 13.16.055). Only when the decedent did not live in Alaska does venue shift to a judicial district where the property is located, through the ancillary or foreign-representative path described below. The Alaska Court System hears probate in the Superior Court, and the boroughs and areas involved most often include Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough, and Juneau.

On cost, the Alaska Court System’s filing fee for a Probate of Estates case is currently $250, and filing authenticated foreign-court letters for an out-of-state representative is a separate, lower fee of $50. Beyond the filing fee, costs can include publication, certified copies, a bond, legal help, valuation, title work, repairs, and ordinary closing costs, and they vary by estate. Confirm the current court fee schedule before filing.

The main administration tracks for real estate are:

1. Summary administration. Available when the estate, after liens, does not exceed the homestead allowance, exempt property, family allowance, costs of administration, and reasonable funeral and last-illness expenses. It opens a court case and requires a personal representative, but it is faster and does not require creditor notice (AS 13.16.690).
2. Informal probate. The common track for an uncontested estate with a will or clear priority, handled with minimal court involvement, generally available within three years of death (AS 13.16.080).
3. Formal probate. Used when there is a dispute, a will problem, a personal representative without priority, or other complications (AS 13.16.140).
4. Supervised administration. The court approves many steps; reserved for contested or complex estates (AS 13.16.215).

A few procedural anchors shape the timeline. The personal representative publishes notice to creditors once a week for three successive weeks (AS 13.16.450), and creditors then generally have four months from first publication to present claims. The personal representative must file an inventory within three months of appointment. Alaska also has a general three-year limit on opening certain probate, testacy, and appointment proceedings, subject to statutory exceptions (AS 13.16.040), so a title problem discovered after three years is not automatically impossible to fix but needs case-specific legal review.

Typical sequence for an inherited Alaska home (informal probate). Thirty-day wait before the personal-property affidavit can be used (real estate excluded), then appointment of the personal representative and issuance of Letters, then creditor notice published once a week for three weeks, then a four-month creditor claim period, with the inventory due within three months of appointment. A clean, uncontested estate commonly runs six to twelve months start to finish. A remote property, winter access, a long-vacant home, or deferred repairs can stretch the practical sale timeline even when the probate track itself is uncontested.

For how long a sale generally takes once you can list, see our guide to how long it takes to sell inherited property.

The fastest ways to transfer inherited Alaska property generally had to be set up before death: a recorded transfer-on-death deed, tenancy by the entirety for a married couple, a survivorship community property arrangement, or a revocable trust. After death, the options are summary administration, informal probate, or formal or supervised probate. The small estate affidavit is not a path for a house. The table below shows which paths reach real property and how much court involvement each carries.

Two points cause most of the confusion. Summary administration is not the same thing as the small estate affidavit: the affidavit is a personal-property shortcut that cannot touch real estate, while summary administration is a streamlined court case that can (AS 13.16.690). And the genuinely fast transfers almost all had to be created before death, so if you inherited a property with no transfer-on-death deed, no trust, and no entirety or survivorship title, expect a court path. Which path applies changes the sale strategy: if title can be cleared now, a sale can move at normal speed, but if the property has to go through administration, the realistic close depends on appointment of a personal representative and on clearing creditor and title issues first. For how owners can set up the pre-death tools, see our guide to how to avoid probate on inherited real estate.

The recording-district trap for transfer-on-death deeds. Alaska records real estate through district recording offices, and a transfer-on-death deed must be recorded before death in the district where the property is located. The statutory form directs recording in each district in which any part of the property lies (AS 13.48.120). A deed recorded in the wrong district does not do its job, which is one of the most common ways a planned probate-avoidance step fails.

For estate-distribution purposes, Alaska’s homestead allowance is a cash priority, not a right to keep the decedent’s home or an automatic surviving-spouse life estate. Separate debtor-creditor homestead rules can protect an owner-occupant’s equity from some creditors (AS 09.38.010), but that is a different concept from the probate allowances and does not give a surviving spouse the automatic right to remain in an inherited home. What a surviving spouse does have, in the estate, is a set of allowances and rights paid in addition to anything received by will or intestacy.

• Homestead allowance: $27,000 to the surviving spouse, with priority over all claims against the estate (AS 13.12.402).
• Exempt property: up to $10,000 in household goods, vehicles, and personal effects, with real estate excluded (AS 13.12.403).
• Family allowance: a reasonable amount for maintenance during administration, with no fixed dollar cap, limited to one year if the estate cannot cover claims (AS 13.12.404).

Alaska’s Elective Share for a Surviving Spouse

A surviving spouse who is unhappy with what a will leaves them can claim an elective share of one-third of the augmented estate (AS 13.12.202). If the amounts otherwise coming to the spouse fall below $50,000, a supplemental elective share brings them up to $50,000. The election must be filed within nine months after death, or six months after the will is admitted to probate, whichever is later (AS 13.12.211).

The augmented estate may include specified probate and nonprobate transfers under Alaska’s elective-share statutes, which is what keeps a will-maker from defeating the share simply by routing assets around probate (AS 13.12.203). Whether a particular trust, account, transfer-on-death deed, or insurance benefit is included depends on its structure, the beneficiary designations, statutory offsets, timing, and the governing domicile law, so the calculation is fact-specific. As a simplified illustration, if the augmented estate were $400,000, one-third would be about $133,333 before applying the statutory offsets, exclusions, and recovery rules. The allowances above are paid in addition to the elective share, not counted against it, and a spouse can waive these rights by a valid prenuptial or postnuptial agreement, including a general waiver-of-all-rights clause (AS 13.12.213).

Why this matters to a sale. If a will leaves the home to children but the surviving spouse elects against it, the augmented-estate calculation can affect sale proceeds, distribution, or what must be resolved before closing. A surviving spouse’s rights can change the economics of a sale even when the deed or will looks straightforward.

The Omitted Spouse Rule and the Bentley Decision

Alaska also protects a spouse who married the decedent after the will was signed. Under the omitted-spouse rule, that spouse is generally entitled to at least the share they would have received under intestacy, as to the portion of the estate not left to the decedent’s children from before the marriage or their descendants (AS 13.12.301). This protection is automatic; it does not require the augmented-estate calculation, an election, or the nine-month deadline. Three exceptions can defeat it: the will was made in contemplation of the marriage, the will states it remains effective despite a later marriage, or the decedent provided for the spouse outside the will in a way meant to take the place of a bequest. A 2024 Alaska Supreme Court decision, In re Estate of Bentley, held that an Alaska choice-of-law clause in a will can bring this Alaska protection into play even for a testator who lived in another state, which makes it a narrow but real choice-of-law issue for out-of-state owners of Alaska property. The practical lesson for heirs is to check whether the decedent married after the will was signed before assuming the will controls who gets the home. For more on a sale after losing a spouse, see our guide to selling a house after the death of a spouse.

Does Alaska Have an Estate or Inheritance Tax?

Alaska has no state estate tax and no state inheritance tax. An old estate-tax provision remains on the books, but it was tied to a federal credit that no longer exists, so it collects nothing (AS 43.31). The only death tax that can reach an Alaska estate is the federal estate tax, which applies to very few estates: for 2026 deaths, the federal estate-tax exemption is $15,000,000 per individual.

What Is the Capital Gains Tax on Inherited Property in Alaska?

Alaska does not impose a state capital-gains tax, because it has no individual income tax. Federally, an heir is generally taxed only on gain above the property’s stepped-up basis, which is its value at the date of death. Some situations add federal wrinkles: a property that was a rental or business asset can carry depreciation-related tax consequences, valuation can be disputed, and a very large estate can face federal estate tax. Couples who validly held Alaska real estate as community property can also see a federal benefit, because both halves may receive a stepped-up basis at the first spouse’s death, which can sharply reduce the gain on a later sale. This page covers the Alaska-level treatment only; for how the federal stepped-up basis works and how to calculate gain, see our guide to capital gains tax on inherited property.

Does Inheriting Property in Alaska Trigger Property Tax Reassessment?

Alaska has no statewide reassessment that resets a property’s taxable value at death the way some states do. Property taxes in Alaska are administered locally, so the practical answer depends on the municipality and on whether the new owner will occupy the home. The decedent’s senior, disability, veteran, or residential exemptions do not automatically carry over; depending on the borough and the heir’s eligibility, an exemption may end, may continue, or may require a fresh application by a local deadline. A surviving spouse who qualifies can sometimes continue a senior or related exemption. The right next question is which borough the property is in, whether the new owner will live there, and what the local application deadlines are. A beneficiary should also remember that inheriting from someone who lived in an inheritance-tax state such as Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New Jersey, or Maryland can create a tax in that state even though Alaska imposes none. For how property taxes work for heirs more generally, see our complete guide to inherited property taxes.

What Sale Costs Should Alaska Heirs Expect?

Beyond any tax, an inherited Alaska sale can involve recording fees, title charges, broker compensation, repairs, mortgage payoff, property-tax proration, estate creditor claims, Medicaid estate recovery where it applies, and ordinary closing costs. For a fuller picture of the running costs of holding a property while you sort all of this out, see our guide to carrying costs on inherited property.

To sell inherited property in Alaska, the title company needs proof of who has authority to sign the deed, and that proof depends on how the property passes. The signer is the personal representative for estate property, the surviving spouse for entirety or survivorship property, the trustee for trust property, and the named beneficiary for transfer-on-death property.

Important Alaska probate forms. The Alaska Court System publishes the forms most inherited-property cases use: P-110 (Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property), P-312 (Domiciliary Foreign Personal Representative’s Statement) and P-313 (the order recognizing that authority), the informal probate forms P-315 and P-316 and the related P-325 and P-326, and P-370 (the inventory). Knowing these by number helps when you call the court or a title company.

Documents to Gather Before Listing an Inherited Alaska Property

Gathering a few documents first makes the conversation with a broker and a title company far more productive: the current deed, a certified death certificate, any probate paperwork (Letters, or P-312 and P-313 for an out-of-state estate), any trust or transfer-on-death documents, the mortgage statement, the property insurance information, the most recent property-tax bill, and a list of the heirs. With those in hand, most inherited Alaska sales follow the same practical sequence:

1. Pull the current deed and identify the ownership form (sole, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entirety, trust, transfer-on-death, or survivorship community property).
2. Confirm whether the property passed outside probate or needs a court path.
3. Obtain the authority documents: Letters and a personal representative’s deed, a certificate of trust, a recorded transfer-on-death deed, a certified death certificate, or, for an out-of-state estate, P-312 and the P-313 recognition order.
4. Resolve mortgage payoff, delinquent property taxes, estate creditor claims, insurance, and occupancy or winterization issues.
5. Confirm the title company’s specific requirements before committing to a closing date.

Can a Personal Representative Sell an Alaska House Before Probate Closes?

Often, yes, and how much court involvement is required depends on the type of administration. In an unsupervised estate, a personal representative can generally list, contract, and sell without a separate court sale order, unless the will, a court order, or a dispute limits that authority (AS 13.16.355). In supervised administration, court approval may be required for a sale. In every case, the practical control on closing is whether the title company will insure the sale, which usually means a cleared chain of title and valid authority documents before a buyer’s lender will fund. For the documents a sale typically requires, see our guide to the documents you need to sell inherited property, and for the personal representative’s role, see what a personal representative needs to do to sell inherited property.

Even though a transfer-on-death deed avoids probate, the property can be reached to satisfy estate claims and statutory allowances for twelve months after death if the probate estate is not enough to cover them (AS 13.48.110), so a beneficiary planning a quick sale should account for that window. And if the decedent received certain Medicaid benefits, the state may have a claim against the estate that has to be resolved as part of closing; for how recovery works generally, see our guide to whether Medicaid can take an inherited house.

When Selling May Make Sense

Selling is not the only option, but it often becomes the practical one in Alaska when:

• the property is remote, vacant, winterized, or hard to maintain;
• heirs disagree, or one heir wants a buyout but cannot finance it;
• the estate needs cash for debt, repairs, or carrying costs;
• title questions or probate timing make a long hold impractical.

For help weighing the choice, see our guide on whether to sell or rent an inherited property.

Out-of-state heirs usually need to solve the Alaska title question in Alaska, even when the main probate is happening somewhere else. A nonresident who owned Alaska real estate generally needs an Alaska filing to clear title, but full ancillary administration is not always required. Where the personal representative was already appointed in the decedent’s home state, Alaska offers a streamlined route: that representative can ask the Alaska court to recognize their authority by filing the Domiciliary Foreign Personal Representative’s Statement (Form P-312) with authenticated copies of the appointment papers, and authenticated bond records unless the bond was waived, provided no Alaska estate case is pending. The court then issues an order recognizing that authority (Form P-313), after which the foreign representative can exercise local powers (AS 13.21). This is a streamlined ancillary route, not an automatic no-court shortcut, but it is faster and cheaper than opening a full Alaska estate.

Three threads trip up out-of-state heirs, and they each follow a different law:

• Title to Alaska real property is governed by Alaska law and cleared through an Alaska filing or proceeding.
• A surviving spouse’s elective-share rights against the Alaska property are governed by the law of the decedent’s domicile, not Alaska law (AS 13.12.202).
• The omitted-spouse protection applies to the Alaska property only if the will contains an Alaska choice-of-law clause, under the Bentley decision.

To use Alaska’s creditor-bar process, the personal representative must follow Alaska’s notice requirements, including publication when required, and without proper notice some claims can remain open longer. A nonresident can serve as the personal representative, and remote signing, notarization, and coordinating with an Alaska title company are normal parts of an out-of-state sale. For the general mechanics of probating across state lines, see our guide to ancillary probate, and for the logistics of a distance sale, see selling inherited property from out of state.

Potentially, yes. A co-owner can file a partition action, and an Alaska court may order a sale when physically dividing the property would cause great prejudice to the owners (AS 09.45.290). Because Alaska real estate co-ownership defaults to tenancy in common, heirs who inherit together hold separate fractional shares, and any one of them can ask the court to partition the property. In practice, a house usually cannot be split in kind, so a partition action involving a home commonly leads to a sale rather than a physical division.

The everyday version of this problem is familiar: one sibling lives in the house, another wants the cash, a third will not sign, or an heir lives out of state. The usual ways out are a buyout, where one owner buys the others’ shares, a negotiated sale and split of the proceeds, or, if the owners cannot agree, a court-ordered partition. The blended-family intestacy outcome described earlier is one of the most common ways heirs end up as reluctant co-owners in the first place. For the dynamics when co-owners disagree, see our guides on selling inherited property with siblings and whether a sibling can force the sale of inherited property.

• SB 104 (transfer-on-death titles for vehicles and boats): This bill passed both chambers in 2026 and has moved to the governor, with its effective date set as the same as passage. It allows transfer-on-death titling for vehicles, boats, and certain manufactured homes. It does not change how Alaska real estate deeds work, so it does not affect a real-property transfer-on-death deed. See the Alaska Legislature SB 104 bill page for current status.
• Probate e-filing: The Alaska Court System has reported that electronic filing for probate is planned, targeted for later in 2026, and it is not yet operational. E-filing would speed access for out-of-state personal representatives handling an Alaska filing.