(a) Recording a memorandum of lease substantially complying with (b) of this section has the same effect as recording the lease. (b) A memorandum of lease is a document signed by the lessor and lessee and containing a reference to an unrecorded lease, sublease, or agreement to lease or sublease, and supplying at least the following information: (1) the names of the parties; (2) addresses of the parties set out in the lease; (3) the date of the lease; (4) a description of the real property leased or subleased; (5) the commencement and termination dates of the lease if fixed and, if not fixed, the method by which the dates are to be fixed; and (6) a statement of the conditions upon which a party may exercise a right to extend or renew the lease or to exercise a right to purchase or refuse to purchase the real property or part of it.
Alaska Legal Code