USA Statutes : alaska
Title : Municipal Government
Chapter : Chapter 03. The Unorganized Borough

Areas of the state that are not within the boundaries of an organized borough constitute a single unorganized borough.

The Department of Natural Resources is the platting authority for the state except within a municipality that has the power of land use regulation and that is exercising platting authority.

Allowing for maximum local participation, the legislature may establish, alter, or abolish service areas within the unorganized borough to provide special services, that may include but are not limited to schools, utilities, land use regulations, and fire protection. A new service area may not be established if the new service can be provided by an existing service area, by incorporation as a city, or by annexation to a city.