Municipal Entitlements
Decisions

“Vacant, unappropriated, unreserved” (VUU) land is general grant land that is patented or tentatively approved to the state from the United States, excluding minerals as required in section 6(a) or (b) of the Alaska Statehood Act and that is conveyable to municipalities under the Municipal Entitlement Act.

Certified Entitlement: Total acreage of land certified for entitlement to a municipality under Alaska Statute (AS) 29.65.010 Determination of Entitlement for Boroughs and Unified Cities.

Patented: Total acreage of land conveyed to the municipality where a deed has been recorded. Patented land does not include land exchanged under AS 29.65.090 Authorization for land exchanges nor tideland conveyances under AS 38.05.825 Conveyances of tide and submerged land to municipalities.

Approved: Total acreage of land where a Final Finding and Decision has been completed and signed by the appropriate authorities, management authority has been granted to the municipality under AS 29.65.070(b) Selection and Conveyance Procedure, but a deed has not been recorded.

Conditional Appproval: Total acreage of lands conditionally approved for conveyance, but certain conditions must be met before final approval is given. For these lands, the State retains management authority, and they are not counted in the remaining entitlement.

Selected: Total acreage of lands selected for conveyance by a municipality for their municipal entitlement. An application for these lands has been received by DNR DMLW Land Conveyance Section, but adjudication of the application has not started, or a decision hasn't been finalized.

Estimated Entitlement Remaining: An estimation of the amount of land remaining in the entitlement; acreage is estimated dependent upon a final survey of the exterior boundary of selected lands at the time of approval (AS 29.65.070(a) Selection and Conveyance Procedure). This estimate includes the amount of selected lands if the full entitlement has not been reached.