Alaska Stat. § 11.81.340 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.81 / Section 11.81.340
Justification: Use of force in defense of a third person.
Status: in_force

A person is justified in using force upon another when and to the extent the person reasonably believes it is necessary to defend a third person when, under the circumstances as the person claiming defense of another reasonably believes them to be, the third person would be justified under AS 11.81.330 or 11.81.335 in using that degree of force for self-defense.
Alaska Stat. § 11.66.137 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.66 / Section 11.66.137
Patron of a victim of sex trafficking.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of patron of a victim of sex trafficking if the person solicits a commercial sexual act (1) with reckless disregard that the person engaging in the sexual act is a victim of sex trafficking; or

(2) from a person who is under 18 years of age.

(b) In a prosecution under (a)(2) of this section, it is an affirmative defense that, at the time of the alleged offense, the defendant (1) reasonably believed the person to be 18 years of age or older; and

(2) undertook reasonable measures to verify that the person was 18 years of age or older.

(c) Patron of a victim of sex trafficking is a (1) class B felony if the person violates (a)(2) of this section;

(2) class C felony if the person violates (a)(1) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 11.81.420 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.81 / Section 11.81.420
Justification: Performance of public duty.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless inconsistent with AS 11.81.320  11.81.410, conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justified when it is required or authorized by law or by a judicial decree, judgment, or order.

(b) The justification afforded by this section also applies when (1) the person reasonably believes the conduct to be required or authorized by a decree, judgment, or order of a court of competent jurisdiction or in the lawful execution of legal process, notwithstanding lack of jurisdiction of the court or defect in the legal process; or

(2) the person reasonably believes the conduct to be required or authorized to assist a peace officer in the performance of the officer's duties, notwithstanding that the officer exceeded the officer's authority.
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.470 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.41 / Section 11.41.470
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of AS 11.41.410  11.41.470, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) health care worker includes a person who is or purports to be an acupuncturist, advanced practice registered nurse, anesthesiologist, certified direct-entry midwife, chiropractor, dentist, health aide, hypnotist, massage therapist, mental health counselor, midwife, nurse, occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, osteopath, naturopath, physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, physician, physician assistant, psychiatrist, psychological associate, psychologist, radiologist, religious healing practitioner, surgeon, x-ray technician, or a substantially similar position;

(2) incapacitated means temporarily incapable of appraising the nature of one's own conduct or physically unable to express unwillingness to act;

(3) juvenile facility staff has the meaning given in AS 11.41.425 (b);

(4) legal guardian means a person who is under a duty to exercise general supervision over a minor or other person committed to the custody of the Department of Family and Community Services under AS 47.10 or AS 47.12 as a result of a court order, statute, or regulation, and includes Department of Family and Community Services employees, foster parents, and staff members and other employees of treatment institutions, group homes, or youth facilities where the minor or other person is placed as a result of a court order or the action of the Department of Family and Community Services, and police officers, juvenile and adult probation officers, and social workers when those persons are exercising custodial control over a minor or other person;

(5) mentally incapable means suffering from a mental disease or defect that renders the person incapable of understanding the nature or consequences of the person's conduct, including the potential for harm to that person;

(6) position of authority means one of the following, or a person in a substantially similar position: an employer, youth leader, scout leader, coach, teacher, counselor, school administrator, religious leader, doctor, nurse, psychologist, guardian ad litem, babysitter, police officer, correctional employee, juvenile facility staff, staff member of a treatment institution, or juvenile or adult probation officer other than when the officer or staff member is exercising custodial control over a minor;

(7) sexual act means sexual penetration or sexual contact;

(8) treatment institution has the meaning given in AS 47.14.990 ;

(9) victim means the person alleged to have been subjected to sexual assault in any degree or sexual abuse of a minor in any degree;

(10) without consent means that, under the totality of the circumstances surrounding the offense, there was not a freely given, reversible agreement specific to the conduct at issue; in this paragraph, freely given means agreement to cooperate in the act was positively expressed by word or action.

Article 5. Robbery, Extortion, and Coercion.
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.300 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.41 / Section 11.41.300
Kidnapping.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of kidnapping if (1) the person restrains another with intent to (A) hold the restrained person for ransom, reward, or other payment;

(B) use the restrained person as a shield or hostage;

(C) inflict physical injury upon or sexually assault the restrained person or place the restrained person or a third person in apprehension that any person will be subjected to serious physical injury or sexual assault;

(D) interfere with the performance of a governmental or political function;

(E) facilitate the commission of a felony or flight after commission of a felony;

(F) commit an offense in violation of AS 11.41.434  11.41.438 upon the restrained person or place the restrained person or a third person in apprehension that a person will be subject to an offense in violation of AS 11.41.434  11.41.438; or

(2) the person restrains another (A) by secreting and holding the restrained person in a place where the restrained person is not likely to be found; or

(B) under circumstances which expose the restrained person to a substantial risk of serious physical injury.

(b) In a prosecution under (a)(2)(A) of this section, it is an affirmative defense that (1) the defendant was a relative of the victim;

(2) the victim was a child under 18 years of age or an incompetent person; and

(3) the primary intent of the defendant was to assume custody of the victim.

(c) Except as provided in (d) of this section, kidnapping is an unclassified felony and is punishable as provided in AS 12.55 .

(d) In a prosecution for kidnapping, it is an affirmative defense which reduces the crime to a class A felony that the defendant voluntarily caused the release of the victim alive in a safe place before arrest, or within 24 hours after arrest, without having caused serious physical injury to the victim and without having engaged in conduct described in AS 11.41.410 (a), 11.41.420, 11.41.434, or 11.41.436.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.270 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.270
Unlawful possession.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession if the person possesses a propelled vehicle, bicycle, firearm, movable or immovable construction tool or equipment, appliance, merchandise or other article or its component parts knowing that the serial number or identification mark placed on it by the manufacturer or owner for the purpose of identification has been defaced, erased, or otherwise altered with the intent of causing interruption to the ownership of another.

(b) Unlawful possession is (1) a class C felony if the value of the property on which the serial number or identification mark appeared is $750 or more;

(2) a class A misdemeanor if the value of the property on which the serial number or identification mark appeared is $250 or more but less than $750;

(3) a class B misdemeanor if the value of the property on which the serial number or identification mark appeared is less than $250.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.410 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.410
Arson in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of arson in the second degree if the person knowingly damages a building by starting a fire or causing an explosion.

(b) In a prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense (1) that no person other than the defendant had a possessory, proprietary, or security interest in the building or that all persons having such an interest consented to the defendant's conduct; and

(2) that the sole intent of the defendant was to damage or destroy the building for a lawful purpose.

(c) Arson in the second degree is a class B felony.
Alaska Stat. § 11.81.335 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.81 / Section 11.81.335
Justification: Use of deadly force in defense of self.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person who is justified in using nondeadly force in self-defense under AS 11.81.330 may use deadly force in self-defense upon another person when and to the extent the person reasonably believes the use of deadly force is necessary for self-defense against (1) death;

(2) serious physical injury;

(3) kidnapping, except for what is described as custodial interference in the first degree in AS 11.41.320 ;

(4) sexual assault in the first degree;

(5) sexual assault in the second degree;

(6) sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree; or

(7) robbery in any degree.

(b) A person may not use deadly force under this section if the person knows that, with complete personal safety and with complete safety as to others being defended, the person can avoid the necessity of using deadly force by leaving the area of the encounter, except there is no duty to leave the area if the person is (1) on premises (A) that the person owns or leases;

(B) where the person resides, temporarily or permanently; or

(C) as a guest or express or implied agent of the owner, lessor, or resident;

(2) a peace officer acting within the scope and authority of the officer's employment or a person assisting a peace officer under AS 11.81.380 ;

(3) in a building where the person works in the ordinary course of the person's employment;

(4) protecting a child or a member of the person's household; or

(5) in any other place where the person has a right to be.
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.260 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.41 / Section 11.41.260
Stalking in the first degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of stalking in the first degree if the person violates AS 11.41.270 and (1) the actions constituting the offense are in violation of an order issued or filed under AS 18.65.850  18.65.870 or AS 18.66.100  18.66.180 or issued under former AS 25.35.010 (b) or 25.35.020;

(2) the actions constituting the offense are in violation of a condition of probation, release before trial, release after conviction, or parole;

(3) the victim is under 16 years of age;

(4) at any time during the course of conduct constituting the offense, the defendant possessed a deadly weapon;

(5) the defendant has been previously convicted of a crime under this section, AS 11.41.270 , or AS 11.56.740 , or a law or ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with elements similar to a crime under this section, AS 11.41.270 , or AS 11.56.740 ; or

(6) the defendant has been previously convicted of a crime, or an attempt or solicitation to commit a crime, under (A) AS 11.41.100  11.41.250, 11.41.300  11.41.460, AS 11.56.807 , 11.56.810, AS 11.61.118 , 11.61.120, or (B) a law or an ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with elements similar to a crime, or an attempt or solicitation to commit a crime, under AS 11.41.100  11.41.250, 11.41.300  11.41.460, AS 11.56.807 , 11.56.810, AS 11.61.118 , or 11.61.120, involving the same victim as the present offense.

(b) In this section, course of conduct and victim have the meanings given in AS 11.41.270 (b).

(c) Stalking in the first degree is a class C felony.
Alaska Stat. § 11.71.195 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.71 / Section 11.71.195
Exempted drugs.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a substance the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, or possession of which is explicitly exempt from criminal penalty under federal law is exempt from the application of this chapter and AS 17.30 . This exemption includes any substances that may, under 21 U.S.C. 301-392 (Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act), be lawfully sold over the counter without a prescription. This exemption also includes those substances listed in 21 C.F.R. Sec. 1308.22 on April 1, 1980.
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.427 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.41 / Section 11.41.427
Sexual assault in the fourth degree.
Status: in_force

(a) An offender commits the crime of sexual assault in the fourth degree if (1) while employed in a state correctional facility or other placement designated by the commissioner of corrections for the custody and care of prisoners, the offender engages in sexual contact with a person who the offender knows is committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections to serve a term of imprisonment or period of temporary commitment;

(2) the offender engages in sexual contact with a person 18 or 19 years of age who the offender knows is committed to the custody of the Department of Family and Community Services under AS 47.10 or AS 47.12 and the offender is the legal guardian of the person;

(3) while employed in the state by a law enforcement agency as a peace officer, or while acting as a peace officer in the state, the offender engages in sexual contact with a person with reckless disregard that the person is in the custody or the apparent custody of the offender, or is committed to the custody of a law enforcement agency;

(4) while employed by the state or a municipality of the state as a probation officer or parole officer, or while acting as a probation officer or parole officer in the state, the offender engages in sexual contact with a person with reckless disregard that the person is on probation or parole; or

(5) while employed as a juvenile probation officer or as a juvenile facility staff, the offender engages in sexual contact with a person 18 or 19 years of age with reckless disregard that the person is committed to the custody or probationary supervision of the Department of Family and Community Services.

(b) In this section, (1) juvenile facility staff has the meaning given in AS 11.41.425 ;

(2) juvenile probation officer has the meaning given in AS 47.12.990 ;

(3) parole officer has the meaning given in AS 18.65.290 ;

(4) peace officer has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060 ;

(5) probation officer has the meaning given in AS 11.41.425 .

(c) Sexual assault in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 11.56.220 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.56 / Section 11.56.220
Proof of guilt.
Status: in_force

In a prosecution for perjury or unsworn falsification in the first or second degree, it is not necessary that proof be made by a particular number of witnesses or by documentary or other type of evidence.
Alaska Stat. § 11.81.450 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.81 / Section 11.81.450
Entrapment.
Status: in_force

In any prosecution for an offense, it is an affirmative defense that, in order to obtain evidence of the commission of an offense, a public law enforcement official or a person working in cooperation with the official induced the defendant to commit the offense by persuasion or inducement as would be effective to persuade an average person, other than one who is ready and willing, to commit the offense. Inducement or persuasion which would induce only a person engaged in an habitual course of unlawful conduct for gain or profit does not constitute entrapment.
Alaska Stat. § 11.71.090 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.71 / Section 11.71.090
Affirmative defense to a prosecution under AS 11.71.030  11.71.060; medical use of marijuana.
Status: in_force

(a) In a prosecution under AS 11.71.030  11.71.060 charging the manufacture, delivery, possession, possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, use, or display of a schedule VIA controlled substance, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant is a patient, or the primary caregiver or alternate caregiver for a patient, and (1) at the time of the manufacture, delivery, possession, possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, use, or display, the patient was registered under AS 17.37 ;

(2) the manufacture, delivery, possession, possession with intent to manufacture, deliver, use, or display complied with the requirements of AS 17.37 ; and

(3) if the defendant is the (A) primary caregiver of the patient, the defendant was in physical possession of the caregiver registry identification card at the time of the manufacture, delivery, possession, possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, use, or display; or

(B) alternate caregiver of the patient, the defendant was in physical possession of the caregiver registry identification card at the time of the manufacture, delivery, possession, possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, use, or display.

(b) In this section, (1) alternate caregiver has the meaning given in AS 17.37.070 ;

(2) patient has the meaning given in AS 17.37.070 ;

(3) primary caregiver has the meaning given in AS 17.37.070 .

Article 2. Standards and Schedules.
Alaska Stat. § 11.56.700 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.56 / Section 11.56.700
Resisting or interfering with arrest.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of resisting or interfering with arrest if, knowing that a peace officer is making an arrest, with the intent of preventing the officer from making the arrest, the person resists personal arrest or interferes with the arrest of another by (1) force;

(2) committing any degree of criminal mischief; or

(3) any means that creates a substantial risk of physical injury to any person.

(b) Resisting or interfering with arrest is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.370 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.370
Possession of motor vehicle theft tools.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of possession of motor vehicle theft tools if the person possesses a motor vehicle theft tool with intent to use or permit use of the tool in the commission of theft of a vehicle or contents of a vehicle.

(b) In this section, (1) altered or shaved key means a key altered by cutting, filing, or other means to fit multiple vehicles or vehicles other than vehicles for which the key was originally manufactured;

(2) motor vehicle theft tool includes a slim jim, master key, altered or shaved key, trial or jiggler key, lock puller, electronic unlocking device, or similar device adapted or designed for use in committing vehicle theft;

(3) trial or jiggler key means a key designed or altered to manipulate a vehicle locking mechanism other than the lock for which the key was originally manufactured.

(c) Possession of motor vehicle theft tools is a class A misdemeanor.

Article 4. Arson, Criminal Mischief, and Related Offenses.
Alaska Stat. § 11.81.390 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.81 / Section 11.81.390
Use of force by a private person in making arrest or terminating an escape.
Status: in_force

In addition to using force justified under other sections of this chapter, a person, acting as a private person, may use nondeadly force to make the arrest or terminate the escape or attempted escape from custody of a person who the private person reasonably believes has committed a misdemeanor in the private person's presence or a felony when and to the extent the private person reasonably believes it necessary to make that arrest or terminate that escape or attempted escape from custody. A private person may use deadly force under this section only when and to the extent the private person reasonably believes the use of deadly force is necessary to make the arrest or terminate the escape or attempted escape from custody of another who the private person reasonably believes (1) has committed or attempted to commit a felony which involved the use of force against a person; or

(2) has escaped or is attempting to escape from custody while in possession of a firearm on or about the person.
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.440 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.41 / Section 11.41.440
Sexual abuse of a minor in the fourth degree.
Status: in_force

(a) An offender commits the crime of sexual abuse of a minor in the fourth degree if (1) being under 16 years of age, the offender engages in sexual contact with a person who is under 13 years of age and at least three years younger than the offender; or

(2) being 18 years of age or older, the offender engages in sexual contact with a person who is 16 or 17 years of age and at least three years younger than the offender, and the offender occupies a position of authority in relation to the victim.

(b) Sexual abuse of a minor in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.455 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.41 / Section 11.41.455
Unlawful exploitation of a minor.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful exploitation of a minor if, in the state and with the intent of producing a live performance, film, audio, video, electronic, or electromagnetic recording, photograph, negative, slide, book, newspaper, magazine, or other material that visually or aurally depicts the conduct listed in (1)  (7) of this subsection, the person knowingly induces or employs a child under 18 years of age to engage in, or photographs, films, records, or televises a child under 18 years of age engaged in, the following actual or simulated conduct: (1) sexual penetration;

(2) the lewd touching of another person's genitals, anus, or breast;

(3) the lewd touching by another person of the child's genitals, anus, or breast;

(4) masturbation;

(5) bestiality;

(6) the lewd exhibition of the child's genitals; or

(7) sexual masochism or sadism.

(b) A parent, legal guardian, or person having custody or control of a child under 18 years of age commits the crime of unlawful exploitation of a minor if, in the state, the person permits the child to engage in conduct described in (a) of this section knowing that the conduct is intended to be used in producing a live performance, film, audio, video, electronic, or electromagnetic recording, photograph, negative, slide, book, newspaper, magazine, or other material that visually or aurally depicts the conduct.

(c) Unlawful exploitation of a minor is (1) a class A felony; or

(2) an unclassified felony if the (A) person has been previously convicted of unlawful exploitation of a minor in this jurisdiction or a similar crime in this or another jurisdiction; or

(B) minor who is exploited is under 13 years of age at the time the exploitation occurs.

(d) In this section, audio recording means a nonbook prerecorded item without a visual component, and includes a record, tape, cassette, and compact disc.
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.250 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.41 / Section 11.41.250
Reckless endangerment.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of reckless endangerment if the person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person.

(b) Reckless endangerment is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.670 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.670
Commercial bribery.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of commercial bribery if, knowing that another is subject to a duty described in AS 11.46.660 (a) and with intent to influence the other to violate that duty, the person confers, offers to confer, or agrees to confer a benefit on the other.

(b) Commercial bribery is a class C felony.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.427 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.427
Criminally negligent burning in the first degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of criminally negligent burning in the first degree if the person (1) violates AS 11.46.430 ; and

(2) within the preceding 10 years, has been convicted on two separate occasions of violating (A) AS 11.46.400  11.46.430;

(B) misdemeanor crimes under AS 41.15.060  41.15.120; or

(C) a law or ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with elements similar to the offenses in (A) or (B) of this paragraph.

(b) Criminally negligent burning in the first degree is a class C felony.
Alaska Stat. § 11.73.099 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.73 / Section 11.73.099
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, (1) controlled substance means a substance as defined in AS 11.71.900 (5);

(2) deliver or delivery means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer from one person to another of an imitation controlled substance, whether or not there is an agency relationship;

(3) imitation controlled substance means a substance containing ephedrine, ephedrine sulfate, pseudoephedrine, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, phenylpropanolamine, caffeine, theophylline, lidocaine, procaine, tetracaine, dyclonine, acetaminophen, salicylamide, doxylamine, diphenhydramine, pheniramine, chlorpheniramine, or pyrilamine, or their salts, that is not a controlled substance, and that by dosage unit appearance (including color, shape, size, and markings) and by representations would lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance is a controlled substance; the term representations, as used in this paragraph, includes (A) statements made by an owner or by anyone else in control of the substance concerning the nature of the substance, or its use or effect;

(B) statements made to the recipient that the substance may be resold for inordinate profit;

(C) whether the substance is packaged in a manner normally used for controlled substances;

(D) evasive tactics or actions used by the owner or person in control of the substance to avoid detection by law enforcement authorities;

(E) the storage, packaging, presentation, display of, or reference to a controlled substance with, near, or in connection with the activity involving the imitation controlled substance;

(4) manufacture means the production, preparation, compounding, processing, encapsulating, packaging or repackaging, labeling or relabeling, of an imitation controlled substance.
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.135 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.41 / Section 11.41.135
Multiple deaths.
Status: in_force

If more than one person dies as a result of a person committing conduct constituting a crime specified in AS 11.41.100  11.41.130, each death constitutes a separately punishable offense.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.180 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.180
Theft by deception.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits theft by deception if, with intent to deprive another of property or to appropriate property of another to oneself or a third person, the person obtains the property of another by deception.

(b) In a prosecution based on theft by deception, if the state seeks to prove that the defendant used deception by promising performance which the defendant did not intend to perform or knew would not be performed, that intent or knowledge may not be established solely by or inferred solely from the fact that the promise was not performed.

(c) As used in this section, deception has the meaning ascribed to it in AS 11.81.900 but does not include falsity as to matters having no pecuniary significance or puffing by statements unlikely to deceive reasonable persons in the group addressed.
Alaska Stat. § 11.56.740 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.56 / Section 11.56.740
Violating a protective order.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of violating a protective order if the person is subject to a protective order (1) issued, filed, or recognized under AS 18.66 and containing a provision listed in AS 18.66.100 (c)(1)  (7) and knowingly commits or attempts to commit an act with reckless disregard that the act violates or would violate a provision of the protective order;

(2) issued or recognized under AS 18.65.850 , 18.65.855, 18.65.860, or 18.65.867 and knowingly commits or attempts to commit an act that violates or would violate a provision listed in AS 18.65.850 (c)(1)  (3); or

(3) issued under AS 13.26.450  13.26.460 and knowingly commits or attempts to commit an act with reckless disregard that the act violates or would violate a provision of the protective order.

(b) Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.

(c) In this section, protective order means an order issued, filed, or recognized under AS 13.26.450  13.26.460, AS 18.65.850  18.65.870, or AS 18.66.100  18.66.180.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.210 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.210
Theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received or held.
Status: reserved

(a) A person commits theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received or held if the person (1) obtains property from anyone or personal services from an employee upon an agreement or subject to a known legal obligation to make specified payment or other disposition to a third person, whether from that property or its proceeds or from the person's own property to be reserved in equivalent amount; and

(2) exercises control over the property or services as the person's own and fails to make the required payment or disposition.

(b) It is not a defense to a prosecution based on theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received or held that it may be impossible to identify particular property as belonging to the victim at the time of the defendant's failure to make the required payment or disposition.

(c) In a prosecution based on theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received or held, the fact that the defendant was a fiduciary or an officer or employee of a government or a financial institution is prima facie evidence (1) that the defendant exercised control over property or services as the defendant's own if the defendant failed to pay or account upon lawful demand or if an audit reveals a shortage or falsification of accounts; and

(2) that the defendant knew any legal obligation relevant under (a)(1) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 11.56.820 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.56 / Section 11.56.820
Tampering with public records in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with public records in the second degree if the person (1) knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters a public record;

(2) knowingly destroys, mutilates, suppresses, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of a public record, knowing that the person lacks the authority to do so; or

(3) certifies a public record setting out a claim against a government agency, or the property of a government agency, with reckless disregard of whether the claim is lawful, or that payment of the claim is not authorized in the budget of the government agency.

(b) In this section, (1) certifies means attesting to the existence, truth, or accuracy of facts, or that one holds an opinion, stated in a public record; the term includes the responsibilities for state officials set out in AS 37.10.030 ;

(2) falsely alters has the meaning ascribed to it in AS 11.46.580 ; and

(3) makes a false entry means to change or create a public record, whether complete or incomplete, by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion of new matter, transposition of matter, or by any other means, so that the record so changed or created states or implies a fact that the maker knows is not true, or states or implies an opinion that the maker does not hold.

(c) Tampering with public records in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 11.51.210 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.51 / Section 11.51.210
Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable adult in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of endangering the welfare of a vulnerable adult in the second degree if the person fails without lawful excuse to provide support for the vulnerable adult and the vulnerable adult is in the person's care (1) by contract or authority of law; or

(2) in a facility or program that is required by law to be licensed by the state.

(b) As used in this section, support includes necessary food, care, clothing, shelter, and medical attention. There is no failure to provide medical attention to a vulnerable adult if the vulnerable adult is provided treatment solely by spiritual means through prayer in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination of which the vulnerable adult is a member or adherent, provided the vulnerable adult consents to the treatment through spiritual means only, and the treatment is administered by an accredited practitioner of the church or denomination.

(c) Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable adult in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 11.61.210 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.61 / Section 11.61.210
Misconduct involving weapons in the fourth degree.
Status: reserved

(a) A person commits the crime of misconduct involving weapons in the fourth degree if the person (1) possesses on the person, or in the interior of a vehicle in which the person is present, a firearm when the person's physical or mental condition is impaired as a result of the introduction of an intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance into the person's body in circumstances other than described in AS 11.61.200 (a)(7);

(2) discharges a firearm from, on, or across a highway;

(3) discharges a firearm with reckless disregard for a risk of damage to property or a risk of physical injury to a person under circumstances other than those described in AS 11.61.195 (a)(3)(A);

(4) manufactures, possesses, transports, sells, or transfers metal knuckles;

(5) sells or transfers a switchblade or a gravity knife to a person under 18 years of age without the prior written consent of the person's parent or guardian;

(6) knowingly sells a firearm or a defensive weapon to a person under 18 years of age;

(7) other than a preschool, elementary, junior high, or secondary school student, knowingly possesses a deadly weapon or a defensive weapon, without the permission of the chief administrative officer of the school or district or the designee of the chief administrative officer, within the buildings of, on the grounds of, or on the school parking lot of a public or private preschool, elementary, junior high, or secondary school, on a school bus while being transported to or from school or a school-sponsored event, or while participating in a school-sponsored event, except that a person 21 years of age or older may possess (A) a deadly weapon, other than a loaded firearm, in the trunk of a motor vehicle or encased in a closed container in a motor vehicle;

(B) a defensive weapon;

(C) an unloaded firearm if the person is traversing school premises in a rural area for the purpose of entering public or private land that is open to hunting and the school board with jurisdiction over the school premises has elected to have this exemption apply to the school premises; in this subparagraph, rural means a community with a population of 5,500 or less that is not connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks or with a population of 1,500 or less that is connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks; or

(8) being a preschool, elementary, junior high, or secondary school student, knowingly possesses a deadly weapon or a defensive weapon, within the buildings of, on the grounds of, or on the school parking lot of a public or private preschool, elementary, junior high, or secondary school, on a school bus while being transported to or from school or a school-sponsored event, or while participating in a school-sponsored event, except that a student may possess a deadly weapon, other than a firearm as defined under 18 U.S.C. 921, or a defensive weapon if the student has obtained the prior permission of the chief administrative officer of the school or district or the designee of the chief administrative officer for the possession.

(b) [Repealed, § 4 ch 63 SLA 1990.] (c) The provisions of (a)(7) of this section do not apply to a peace officer acting within the scope and authority of the officer's employment.

(d) Misconduct involving weapons in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.540 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.540
Obtaining a signature by deception.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of obtaining a signature by deception if, with intent to defraud, the person causes another to sign or execute a written instrument by deception.

(b) Obtaining a signature by deception is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 11.56.200 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.56 / Section 11.56.200
Perjury.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of perjury if the person makes a false sworn statement which the person does not believe to be true.

(b) In a prosecution under this section, it is not a defense that (1) the statement was inadmissible under the rules of evidence; or

(2) the oath or affirmation was taken or administered in an irregular manner.

(c) Perjury is a class B felony.
Alaska Stat. § 11.71.190 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.71 / Section 11.71.190
Schedule VIA.
Status: in_force

(a) A substance shall be placed in schedule VIA if it is found under AS 11.71.120 (c) to have the lowest degree of danger or probable danger to a person or the public.

(b) Marijuana is a schedule VIA controlled substance.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.260 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.260
Removal of identification marks.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of removal of identification marks if, with intent to cause interruption to the ownership of another, the person defaces, erases, or otherwise alters or attempts to deface, erase, or otherwise alter any serial number or identification mark placed or inscribed on a propelled vehicle, bicycle, firearm, movable or immovable construction tool or equipment, appliance, merchandise, or other article or its component parts.

(b) Removal of identification marks is (1) a class C felony if the value of the property on which the serial number or identification mark appeared is $750 or more;

(2) a class A misdemeanor if the value of the property on which the serial number or identification mark appeared is $250 or more but less than $750;

(3) a class B misdemeanor if the value of the property on which the serial number or identification mark appeared is less than $250.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.330 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.330
Criminal trespass in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal trespass in the second degree if the person enters or remains unlawfully (1) in or upon premises; or

(2) in a propelled vehicle.

(b) Criminal trespass in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 11.66.210 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.66 / Section 11.66.210
Promoting gambling in the first degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of promoting gambling in the first degree if the person promotes or profits from an unlawful gambling enterprise.

(b) Promoting gambling in the first degree is a class C felony.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.350 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.350
Definition; privilege to enter or remain on unimproved land.
Status: reserved

(a) As used in AS 11.46.300  11.46.350, unless the context requires otherwise, enter or remain unlawfully means to (1) enter or remain in or upon premises or in a propelled vehicle when the premises or propelled vehicle, at the time of the entry or remaining, is not open to the public and when the defendant is not otherwise privileged to do so;

(2) fail to leave premises or a propelled vehicle that is open to the public after being lawfully directed to do so personally by the person in charge; or

(3) enter or remain upon premises or in a propelled vehicle in violation of a provision in an order issued or filed under AS 18.66.100  18.66.180 or issued under former AS 25.35.010 (b) or 25.35.020.

(b) For purposes of this section, a person who, without intent to commit a crime on the land, enters or remains upon unimproved and apparently unused land, which is neither fenced nor otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders, is privileged to do so unless (1) notice against trespass is personally communicated to that person by the owner of the land or some other authorized person; or

(2) notice against trespass is given by posting in a reasonably conspicuous manner under the circumstances.

(c) [Repealed, § 1 ch 48 SLA 2014.]

Article 3. Vehicle Theft.
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.450 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.41 / Section 11.41.450
Incest.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of incest if, being 18 years of age or older, that person engages in sexual penetration with another who is related, either legitimately or illegitimately, as (1) an ancestor or descendant of the whole or half blood;

(2) a brother or sister of the whole or half blood; or

(3) an uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece by blood.

(b) Incest is a class C felony.
Alaska Stat. § 11.76.105 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.76 / Section 11.76.105
Possession of tobacco, electronic smoking products, or products containing nicotine by a minor.
Status: in_force

(a) A person under 19 years of age may not knowingly possess a cigarette, a cigar, tobacco, a product containing tobacco, an electronic smoking product, or a product containing nicotine in this state. This subsection does not apply to a person who is a prisoner at an adult correctional facility.

(b) In a prosecution under (a) of this section for possession of an electronic smoking product or a product containing nicotine, it is an affirmative defense that the electronic smoking product or product containing nicotine possessed by the person under 19 years of age was intended or expected to be consumed without being combusted, and the electronic smoking product or product containing nicotine (1) has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco use cessation or harm reduction product or for other medical purposes;

(2) was being marketed and sold for the approved purposes; and

(3) was (A) prescribed by a health care professional;

(B) given to the person by the person's parent or guardian;

(C) provided by a state-approved tobacco cessation program administered by the Department of Health; or

(D) provided by a pharmacist to a person 18 years of age or older without a prescription.

(c) Possession of tobacco, an electronic smoking product, or a product containing nicotine by a minor is a violation.
Alaska Stat. § 11.76.107 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.76 / Section 11.76.107
Failure to supervise vending machine.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the offense of failure to supervise a vending machine if the person owns premises licensed as a beverage dispensary under AS 04.09.200 or 04.09.350, licensed as a club under AS 04.09.220 , or licensed as a package store under AS 04.09.230 and with criminal negligence fails to have an employee supervise a vending machine on those premises that dispenses cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, products containing tobacco, electronic smoking products, or products containing nicotine as required by AS 11.76.100 (b)(1)(B) and 11.76.109(d)(1)(B).

(b) In this section, supervise means reasonably monitor the use of.

(c) Failure to supervise a vending machine is a violation and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $300.
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.285 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.46 / Section 11.46.285
Fraudulent use of an access device or identification document.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of fraudulent use of an access device or identification document if, with intent to defraud, the person uses an access device or identification document to obtain property or services with knowledge that (1) the access device or identification document is stolen or forged;

(2) the access device or identification document is expired or has been revoked or cancelled; or

(3) for any other reason, that person's use of the access device or identification document is unauthorized by either the issuer or the person to whom the access device or identification document is issued.

(b) Fraudulent use of an access device or identification document is (1) a class B felony if the value of the property or services obtained is $25,000 or more;

(2) a class C felony if the value of the property or services obtained is $75 or more but less than $25,000;

(3) a class A misdemeanor if the value of the property or services obtained is less than $75.
Alaska Stat. § 11.66.120 — AK Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11.66 / Section 11.66.120
Sex trafficking in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of sex trafficking in the second degree if the person (1) manages, supervises, controls, or owns, either alone or in association with others, a prostitution enterprise other than a place of prostitution;

(2) procures or solicits a patron for a prostitute;

(3) offers, sells, advertises, promotes, or facilitates travel that includes a commercial sexual act as enticement for the travel; or

(4) under circumstances not proscribed under AS 11.66.110 , induces or causes another person to engage in a commercial sexual act.

(b) For purposes of this section, inducing or causing another person to engage in a commercial sexual act includes the following: (1) exposing or threatening to expose confidential information or a secret, whether true or false, that would subject a person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule;

(2) destroying, concealing, or threatening to destroy or conceal an actual or purported passport or immigration document or another actual or purported identification document of any person;

(3) threatening to report a person to a government agency for the purpose of arrest or deportation;

(4) threatening to collect a debt;

(5) instilling in a person a fear that lodging, food, clothing, or medication will be withheld from any person;

(6) providing a controlled substance to or withholding a controlled substance from the other person; or

(7) engaging in deception.

(c) Sex trafficking in the second degree is a class B felony.