Alaska

Civil Procedure

Civil Procedure

Rule 39 – Trial by Jury or by the Court

(a)By Jury. When trial by jury has been demanded and not waived as provided in Rule 38, the trial of all issues so demanded shall be by jury, unless (1) the parties or their attorneys of record, by written stipulation filed with the court or by an oral stipulation made in open court, consent to trial by the court sitting without a jury or (2) the court upon motion by a party or upon its own motion finds that a right of trial by jury of some or all of those issues does not exist under the state constitution or statutes of the state.
(b)By the Court. Issues not demanded for trial by jury as provided in Rule 38 shall be tried by the court; but notwithstanding the failure of a party to demand a jury in an action in which such a demand might have been made of right, the court in its discretion upon motion may order a trial by a jury of any or all issues.
(c)Advisory Jury and Trial by Consent. In all actions not triable of right by a jury the court upon motion by a party or upon its own motion may try an issue with an advisory jury or, with the consent of both parties, may order a trial with a jury whose verdict has the same effect as if trial by jury had been a matter of right.

Alaska R. Civ. P. 39

Adopted by SCO 5 October 9, 1959; amended by SCO 554 effective April 4, 1983; and by SCO 621 effective June 15, 1985