These rules are promulgated pursuant to constitutional authority granting rule making power to the supreme court, and to the extent that they are inconsistent with any procedural provisions of any statute not enacted for the specific purpose of changing a rule, shall supersede such statute to the extent of such inconsistency.
Rule 93.Legal Effect of Rules—Statutes Superseded.
Last amended January 1, 1963 · Last verified July 6, 2026
In one sentenceRule 93 gives the Civil Rules priority over any inconsistent procedural statute that wasn't specifically enacted to change a rule.
Full Text of Rule 93
Amendment History
(Adopted by SCO 5 October 9, 1959; amended by SCO 49 effective January 1, 1963)
Plain-English Summary
The Civil Rules are adopted under the constitutional rule-making authority granted to the supreme court, and to the extent a procedural statute conflicts with them, the rules supersede that statute — unless the legislature enacted the statute for the specific purpose of changing a rule, in which case the statute controls to the extent of the inconsistency it was meant to create.
Frequently Asked Questions
If a state statute conflicts with a Civil Rule, which one wins?
The rule generally supersedes the statute, unless the legislature enacted that particular statute for the specific purpose of changing the rule.
Source & verification. The rule text, Amendment History, and Notes are reproduced verbatim from the
official Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure (Alaska R. Civ. P. 93). Prescribed by the Supreme Court of Alaska (Alaska Const. art. IV, § 15). The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified July 6, 2026. ·
Official source
Also known as: statutes superseded Alaska civil rulelegal effect of rules Alaskarules versus statutes AlaskaAlaska R. Civ. P. 93