# Alaska Stat. § 26.23.090: Grants to disaster victims

> Alaska · Statutes · Reserved

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.090

## Section

- **Citation:** Alaska Stat. § 26.23.090
- **Heading:** Grants to disaster victims
- **Jurisdiction:** Alaska
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** Reserved
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AK Code / Title 26 / Chapter 26.23 / Section 26.23.090

## Text

(a) Whenever the President, at the request of the governor, has declared a major disaster to exist in this state, the governor may (1) upon the governor's determination that financial assistance is essential to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals or families adversely affected by a major disaster that cannot be otherwise adequately met from other means of assistance, accept a grant by the federal government to fund that financial assistance, subject to the terms and conditions that may be imposed upon the grant;

(2) enter into an agreement with the federal government, or any officer or agency of it, pledging the state to participate in the funding of the financial assistance authorized in (1) of this subsection, in an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the assistance and, if state funds are not otherwise available to the governor, to accept an advance of the state's share from the federal government to be repaid when the state is able to do so.

(b) The governor is authorized to make financial grants to an individual or family to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals or families adversely affected by the disaster that cannot otherwise adequately be met from other means of assistance. The governor may make a grant to an individual and family under this subsection as follows: (1) when the President declares a major disaster, the governor may make a grant of an amount whose total of federal and state shares does not exceed the maximum amount authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5174(h) for grants payable to individuals and families;

(2) when the President does not declare a major disaster but the governor declares a disaster emergency, the governor may make a grant of an amount not to exceed one-half of the maximum grant amount established under (1) of this subsection.

(c) [Repealed, § 18 ch 178 SLA 1990.] (d) An individual or family that is a unit owner may use a grant made to the unit owner under (b)(2) of this section to meet the unit's common expense liability that is associated with the disaster. In this subsection, “common expense liability,” “unit,” and “unit owner” have the meanings given in AS 34.08.990 .

## Nearby sections

- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.010 Purposes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.010.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.020 The governor and disaster emergencies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.020.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.025 The legislature and disaster emergencies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.025.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.040 Homeland security duties of the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.040.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.045 Response corps; depots.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.045.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.050 Financing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.050.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.060 Local and interjurisdictional disaster services.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.060.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.070 Establishment of interjurisdictional disaster planning and service areas.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.070.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.071 Alaska State Emergency Response Commission.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.071.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.073 Emergency planning districts and committees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.073.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.075 Emergency plans.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.075.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.077 Plan review; incident command systems.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.077.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.080 Federal disaster loans to political subdivisions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.080.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.23.090 Grants to disaster victims.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.23_S26.23.090.md)

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