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AK Stat § 28.35.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 2. Duties Following Accidents.|Sec. 28.35.110. Penalty for giving false information in report or failing to report.

(a) A person who gives information in reports as required in AS 28.35.080 knowing or having reason to believe that the information is false is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. (b) The department shall suspend the license or permit to drive and the nonresident operating privileges of a person failing to report an accident as provided in AS 28.35.080 until the report is filed. The department may extend the suspension by not more than 30 days. A person failing to make a report as required in AS 28.35.080 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $200, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both.
AK Stat § 28.35.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 2. Duties Following Accidents.|Sec. 28.35.120. Use of accident reports in evidence.

A report made in accordance with this chapter may not be used in evidence in a criminal or civil action arising out of the accident that is the subject of the report.
AK Stat § 28.35.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 2. Duties Following Accidents.|Sec. 28.35.130. False report or destruction of evidence involving a vehicle.

An officer or person who knowingly makes or subscribes a false report concerning an investigation of a vehicle or damage or injury caused by a vehicle, as provided in this chapter, is guilty of unsworn falsification in the second degree. A person who destroys, obliterates, conceals, or removes, or who aids, abets, or assists in the destruction, obliteration, concealment, or removal from a vehicle, of evidence showing or tending to show that the vehicle collided with a person or property, is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.
AK Stat § 28.35.135 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.135. Unlawful to knowingly make false statement, application, or certification.

(a) A person may not knowingly make a false affidavit, statement, or representation, or affirm falsely with respect to a matter or fact required to be set out under this title, nor may the person use a name other than the person's true name. A person convicted of violating this section is guilty of unsworn falsification in the second degree and is punishable as prescribed by law. (b) A person who has a certification, registration, title, license, or other form issued under this title, or who has applied for a certification, registration, license, or other form, and who changes the person's name or moves from the address shown on the department's records or forms, shall notify the department of the change in name or address within 30 days (1) on a form or in a format specified by the department; and (2) in a manner prescribed in regulations adopted by the department.
AK Stat § 28.35.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.140. Unlawful obstruction or blocking of traffic; duty to yield to following traffic.

(a) A person may not purposely obstruct or block traffic on any roadway by any means. However, a service vehicle such as a bus, garbage truck, tow truck, or ambulance may make brief stops on a roadway, which stops on the roadway are necessary in the performance of its services. (b) A person operating a motor vehicle at any time on a two-lane roadway outside of an urban area shall pull the motor vehicle off the roadway at the first opportunity to pull over safely if there are five or more motor vehicles immediately following that motor vehicle. A person operating a motor vehicle who violates this subsection is guilty of an infraction as described in AS 28.90.010(d) and shall be punished by a fine of at least $100.
AK Stat § 28.35.145 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.145. Overtaking and passing school bus.

(a) The driver of a vehicle that approaches from any direction a school bus stopped on a highway or vehicular way or area shall stop not less than 30 feet from the school bus before reaching it when there are in operation on the school bus flashing red lights as required by regulation. The driver may not proceed until the school bus proceeds and the flashing lights are no longer illuminated. (b) When a school bus is stopped on a highway or vehicular way or area, whether or not there are in operation on the school bus flashing red lights as required by regulation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a person crossing a highway, vehicular way, or area to embark on or disembark from the school bus, whether or not the person is crossing within a marked crosswalk. (c) The driver of a vehicle on a highway with separate roadways is not required to stop when meeting or passing a school bus that is on a different roadway or, if upon a controlled access highway, when a school bus is stopped off the highway in a loading zone that is part of, or adjacent to, the controlled access highway, and pedestrians are not permitted to cross the highway. (d) A driver convicted under this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor and, in addition to other penalties as provided by law, is subject to a mandatory assessment of six demerit points under AS 28.15.221 - 28.15.261. (e) A vehicle owner, or in the case of a leased vehicle a lessee, is guilty of an infraction as described in AS 28.90.010(d) and may be punished by a fine not to exceed $100, if the vehicle owned or leased by the person is operated in violation of this section. The owner or lessee may not be penalized if the vehicle was stolen, or the driver of the vehicle is convicted under (d) of this section. This subsection does not apply to a lessor of a vehicle if the lessor keeps a record of the name and address of the lessee. A violation of this subsection may not result in the loss of a driver's license or privilege to drive and does not constitute grounds for assessment of demerit points under AS 28.15.221 - 28.15.261. This subsection does not prohibit or limit the prosecution of a vehicle driver for violating (a) or (b) of this section.
AK Stat § 28.35.155 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.155. Operation of vehicle with certain tires prohibited.

(a) It is unlawful to operate a motor vehicle with studded tires or tires with chains attached on a paved highway or road from May 1 through September 15, inclusive, north of 60 North Latitude and from April 15 through September 30, inclusive, south of 60 North Latitude, except that at any latitude on a paved portion of the Sterling Highway a person may not operate a motor vehicle with studded tires or tires with chains attached from May 1 through September 15, inclusive. The commissioner of public safety shall by emergency order provide for additional lawful operating periods based on unusual seasonal or weather conditions. An emergency order adopted under this section is not subject to AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). Upon application, a special individual traction permit may be issued by the Department of Administration allowing the operation of a motor vehicle with studded tires or chains at any time at the discretion of the vehicle owner. The fee for the special individual permit is one-third of the biennial registration fee applicable to that class of vehicle under AS 28.10.421. The department may provide an appropriate sticker or other device identifying the vehicle to which the permit applies. (b) In this section, “studded tire” means a tire with metal studs or spikes imbedded in the periphery of the tire surface, and protruding not more than one-fourth inch from the tire surface.
AK Stat § 28.35.175 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.175. Propane gas detector required.

A person may not sell a recreational motor vehicle manufactured after 1990 or rent a recreational motor vehicle to another if the vehicle is equipped with a propane stove or propane heating device unless the vehicle is also equipped with a propane gas detector.
AK Stat § 28.35.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.180. Disobedience to signals of officer regulating traffic prohibited.

A driver of a vehicle may not refuse to obey a lawful order or direction of a peace officer, firefighter, or authorized flagman regulating and directing traffic. A peace officer or firefighter regulating or directing traffic shall, upon request of a driver, produce evidence of authorization unless the officer or firefighter is wearing in view the badge or uniform of office.
AK Stat § 28.35.182 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.182. Failure to stop at direction of peace officer.

(a) A person commits the offense of failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer in the first degree if the person violates (b) of this section, and, during the commission of that offense, (1) the person violates AS 28.35.400; (2) the person is committing vehicle theft in the first or second degree; or (3) as a result of the person's operation or driving, an accident occurs or a person suffers serious physical injury; in this paragraph, “serious physical injury” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900. (b) A person commits the offense of failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer in the second degree if the person, while driving or operating a vehicle or motor vehicle or while operating an aircraft or watercraft, knowingly fails to stop as soon as practical and in a reasonably safe manner under the circumstances when requested or signaled to do so by a peace officer. (c) In a prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense, if the peace officer, when requesting or signaling the defendant to stop, (1) was operating a vehicle, motor vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft, and the vehicle, motor vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft (A) did not meet lighting and audible signaling requirements of law for law enforcement vehicles; and (B) was not marked appropriately so that a reasonable person would recognize it as a law enforcement vehicle; or (2) was not operating a vehicle, motor vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft, and the peace officer was not wearing the uniform of office or displaying a badge or other symbol of authority so as to be reasonably identifiable as a peace officer. (d) In this section, (1) “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900; (2) “signal” means a hand motion, audible mechanical or electronic noise device, visual light device, or combination of them, used in a manner that a reasonable person would understand to mean that the peace officer intends that the person stop. (e) Failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer in the first degree is a class C felony punishable as provided in AS 12.55. Failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 28.35.185 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.185. Overtaking and passing certain stationary vehicles.

(a) The driver of a vehicle that approaches a stationary emergency vehicle, fire vehicle, law enforcement vehicle, tow truck in the act of picking up a vehicle, vehicle in the act of performing maintenance or road service work, or animal control vehicle being used to perform official duties, when the stationary vehicle is displaying flashing emergency lights on a highway or roadway (1) with two or more lanes traveling in the same direction, unless otherwise directed by law enforcement or emergency personnel, shall (A) if possible in the existing safety and traffic conditions, vacate the lane closest to the emergency vehicle, fire vehicle, law enforcement vehicle, tow truck in the act of picking up a vehicle, vehicle in the act of performing maintenance or road service work, or animal control vehicle being used to perform official duties; or (B) if a lane change under (A) of this paragraph would be impossible, prohibited by law, or unsafe, slow to a reasonable and prudent speed considering the traffic, roadway, and weather conditions; (2) with fewer than two lanes traveling in the same direction, unless otherwise directed by law enforcement or emergency personnel, shall slow to a reasonable and prudent speed considering the traffic, roadway, and weather conditions. (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of (1) a class A misdemeanor if personal injury results from the person's failure to vacate the lane or slow as required by this section; (2) an infraction, under circumstances other than in (1) of this subsection.
AK Stat § 28.35.191 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.191. Failure to use headlights.

(a) A person commits the offense of failure to use headlights if the person operates a motor vehicle without the use of motor vehicle headlights (1) between one half-hour after sunset and one half-hour before sunrise; (2) at any other time when, because of insufficient light or other atmospheric conditions, persons or motor vehicles are not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet; or (3) on a road that is a designated traffic safety corridor under AS 19.10.075. (b) A person operating a motor vehicle may not be required to use motor vehicle headlights except as required in (a) of this section. (c) Failure to use headlights is an infraction.
AK Stat § 28.35.225 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.225. Enforcement.

All law enforcement officers in this state and employees of the Department of Public Safety designated by that department's commissioner shall enforce this title and regulations adopted under this title. The state troopers shall advise and instruct all other law enforcement officers in the state concerning the requirements of this title and regulations adopted under this title.
AK Stat § 28.35.235 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.235. Unauthorized use of parking reserved for persons with disabilities; penalties.

(a) A person may not park a motor vehicle in a parking place reserved for a person with a disability unless (1) the person operating the vehicle has a special permit issued by the department under AS 28.10.495; (2) the person operating the vehicle has parked the vehicle for the purpose of transporting a person who has a special permit issued by the department under AS 28.10.495 and the person who has the special permit actually exits or enters the vehicle; (3) the motor vehicle displays a special license plate issued to a person with a disability under AS 28.10.181(d) and is operated by or used for the purpose of transporting a person with a disability; or (4) the motor vehicle displays a special license plate or permit issued to persons with disabilities by another state, province, territory, or country and is being operated by or used for the purpose of transporting a person with a disability. (b) A municipality may enact ordinances necessary to enforce this section. (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction. Upon conviction, the court shall impose a fine of not less than $125, or, if the person has been previously convicted under this section, the court shall impose a fine of not less than $250. However, a person who violates this section and who was, at the time of the violation, operating a vehicle displaying a special license plate issued under AS 28.10.181(d) or a special permit issued under AS 28.10.495(a) shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of $250 or, if the person has been previously convicted under this section, pay a fine of $500.
AK Stat § 28.35.245 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.245. Motorcycle helmet.

(a) A motorcycle helmet may not be manufactured or sold in the state unless the helmet conforms to standards established by regulation by the commissioner of public safety. The regulations must provide for helmets that allow normal peripheral vision and hearing and minimize neck injuries to the wearer potentially caused by the helmet. The regulations shall be adopted under the provisions of AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). (b) A person who is 18 years of age or older may not be required to wear a helmet while operating a motorcycle if the person is the holder of a license or endorsement to operate a motorcycle.
AK Stat § 28.35.251 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.251. Failure to contain or confine a load.

(a) A person commits the crime of failure to contain or confine a load in the first degree if the person, with criminal negligence, violates (c) of this section and, as a result of that violation, causes serious physical injury to another person. (b) A person commits the crime of failure to contain or confine a load in the second degree if the person, with criminal negligence, violates (c) of this section and damages the property of another person in an amount of $5,000 or more. (c) A person commits the offense of failure to contain or confine a load in the third degree if the person drives or moves a motor vehicle loaded with any material on a highway unless (1) the load is (A) contained or confined to prevent the load from (i) dropping, leaking, or escaping; or (ii) shifting on or within the vehicle to the extent that the motor vehicle's stability or maneuverability is adversely affected; and (B) subjected to treatment by methods, approved by the commissioner of public safety by regulation, designed to settle the load or remove loose material before the vehicle is driven or moved on the highway; and (2) at least six inches of freeboard is maintained around the entire perimeter of a load consisting of sand, gravel, dirt, rock, or similar materials or the load is covered and securely fastened to prevent the cover from becoming loose or detached or from being a hazard to other users of the highway. (d) This section does not apply to (1) a vehicle that drops, sprinkles, or sprays sand, liquids, or other materials for the purpose of cleaning or maintaining the highway or providing or improving traction; (2) a commercial motor vehicle that is subject to the federal motor carrier cargo securement standards implemented through state or federal law; (3) the natural accumulation of snow, ice, mud, dirt, or similar materials on a motor vehicle; (4) a vehicle that is removing snow or hauling snow after removal; or (5) random litter; in this paragraph, “litter” includes plastic wrappers, empty plastic bags, leaves, paper, or similar soft materials. (e) Failure to contain or confine a load in the (1) first degree is a class A misdemeanor punishable as provided in AS 12.55; (2) second degree is a class B misdemeanor punishable as provided in AS 12.55; (3) third degree is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than (A) $2,500 if the person has been previously convicted three or more times of a violation of this section; (B) $1,500 if the person has been previously convicted twice of a violation of this section; (C) $750 if the person has been previously convicted one time of a violation of this section; or (D) $300 if the person has not been previously convicted of a violation of this section. (f) In this section, “criminal negligence” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.
AK Stat § 28.35.253 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.253. Anti-spray devices required.

(a) A person may not drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless the vehicle is equipped with fenders, mud flaps, or other anti-spray devices adequate to prevent the vehicle from being a hazard to other users of the highway. (b) Violation of this section is an infraction.
AK Stat § 28.35.261 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 35. Offenses and Accidents|Article 3. Miscellaneous Offenses.|Sec. 28.35.261. Operation of low-speed vehicles.

(a) The operator of a low-speed vehicle is subject to all the traffic and other laws applicable to operators of passenger vehicles. (b) The operator of a low-speed vehicle may not operate that vehicle on a highway that has a maximum speed limit of more than 35 miles an hour. Notwithstanding this subsection, the operator of a low-speed vehicle may operate that vehicle (1) on a highway with a maximum speed limit of 45 miles an hour if the highway is (A) within a municipality that (i) has a population of less than 35,000; (ii) is not connected by road to Anchorage or Fairbanks; and (iii) has passed an ordinance allowing for the operation of low-speed vehicles as provided for in this subparagraph; or (B) within an area of the unorganized borough, outside of a city, that is not connected by road to Anchorage or Fairbanks; (2) across an intersection with a highway that has a maximum speed limit greater than is permissible for low-speed vehicles under this subsection. (c) Notwithstanding AS 28.01.010, a municipality may, by ordinance, further restrict the operation of low-speed vehicles within its jurisdiction.