Alaska

Civil Procedure

Civil Procedure

Rule 54 – Judgments-Costs

(a)Definition — Form — Preparation and Submission. “Judgment” as used in these rules includes a decree. A judgment shall not contain a recital of pleadings, the report of a master, or the record of prior proceedings. Judgments for the payment of money must be in the form required by Civil Rule 58.2. The procedure for the preparation and submission of proposed judgments and orders is governed by Rule 78.
(b)Judgment Upon Multiple Claims or Involving Multiple Parties. When more than one claim for relief is presented in an action, whether as a claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, or when multiple parties are involved, the court may direct the entry of a final judgment as to one or more but fewer than all of the claims or parties only upon an express determination that there is no just reason for delay and upon an express direction for the entry of judgment. In the absence of such determination and direction, any order or other form of decision, however designated, which adjudicates fewer than all of the claims or the rights and liabilities of fewer than all the parties shall not terminate the action as to any of the claims or parties, and the order or other form of decision is subject to revision at any time before the entry of judgment adjudicating all the claims and the rights and liabilities of all the parties.
(c)Demand for Judgment. A default judgment shall not be different in kind from or exceed in amount that prayed for in the demand for judgment. Except as to a party against whom a default judgment is entered, every final judgment shall grant the relief to which the party in whose favor it is rendered is entitled, even if the party has not demanded such relief in the pleadings.
(d)Costs. Except when express provision therefor is made either in a statute of the state or in these rules, costs shall be allowed as of course to the prevailing party unless the court otherwise directs. The procedure for the taxing of costs by the clerk and review of the clerk’s action by the court shall be governed by Rule 79.

Alaska R. Civ. P. 54

Adopted by SCO 5 October 9, 1959; amended by SCO 258 effective November 15, 1976; by SCO 554 effective April 4, 1983; by SCO 1153 effective July 15, 1994; and by SCO 1415 effective October 15, 2000; amended by SCO 1939 effective January 1, 2019.

AS 25.24.150(f), 25.24.155, and 25.24.160(c), added by ch. 76. §§ 1 — 3, SLA 1991, amended Civil Rule 54(b) by prohibiting the separation of claims in an action for divorce or an action declaring a marriage void without compliance with AS 25.24.155, as added by ch. 76, § 2, SLA 1991.

Chapter 65, SLA 2018 (HB 170 ) enacted comprehensive changes to securities laws. According to section 30(b) of the Act, AS 45.56.650(f), enacted by section 25 of the Act, have the effect of changing Civil Rule 54, effective January 1, 2019, by expanding the definition of judgments to include final judgments of the administrator (in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development) issued under AS 45.56.650.