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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 61. Rights of Victims; Protection of Victims and Witnesses › Article 1. Rights and Duties. › Sec. 12.61.020. Money received as the result of the commission of a crime.

(a) Every person contracting with an offender with respect to the reenactment of the offender's crime by way of a movie, book, magazine article, radio or television presentation, or live entertainment of any kind, or to the expression of the offender's thoughts, feelings, opinions, or emotions regarding the crime, shall pay to the state any money that would otherwise be owing to the offender.
(b) A claim by a victim arising out of an order of restitution under AS 12.55.045, or a judgment in a civil action against an offender for damages resulting from a crime is a superior claim for money that would otherwise be paid to the state under (a) of this section.
(c) Notwithstanding other statutory limitations, a civil action by a victim against an offender for damages resulting from the commission of the crime must be commenced within 10 years of the date of the crime or the date of the discovery of the perpetrator of the crime if the perpetrator is unknown on the date of the commission of the crime.
(d) For the purposes of this section, if the offender has not been convicted, proof of the commission of a crime must be established by a preponderance of the evidence.
(e) In this section
(1) “offender” means a person who has committed a crime in this state, whether or not the person has been convicted of the crime, or that person's representative or assignee.
(2) [Repealed, § 25 ch 59 SLA 1989.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 61. Rights of Victims; Protection of Victims and Witnesses › Article 1. Rights and Duties. › Sec. 12.61.030. Designation of representative.

If more than one person who qualifies as a victim under AS 12.55.185 makes a request under AS 12.61.010 - 12.61.030, the prosecuting attorney shall designate one person for purposes of receiving the notice required and exercising the rights granted under AS 12.61.010 - 12.61.030.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 61. Rights of Victims; Protection of Victims and Witnesses › Article 1. Rights and Duties. › Sec. 12.61.050. Automated victim notification system.

(a) The Department of Corrections shall establish an automated victim notification system that automatically provides crime victims with notice by telephone when there is a change in the status of their offender. The system must also allow crime victims to initiate telephone calls to the system to receive the latest status report for their offender. An automated victim notification system established under this section satisfies the duty of a state agency to notify a crime victim of the change in status of an offender. The failure of a system to provide notice to a crime victim does not give rise to a separate cause of action by the crime victim against the state, an agency of the state, or a municipality, or the officers, employees, or contractors of the state, agency of the state, or municipality.
(b) Each department and each municipality shall cooperate with the Department of Corrections in establishing and maintaining an automated victim notification system required under this section.
(c) Through the automated victim notification system established in (a) of this section, the Department of Corrections shall notify a victim of a sex offense as defined in AS 12.63.100 or a crime involving domestic violence as defined in AS 18.66.990 of the option to request a protective order under AS 18.65.850 or AS 18.66.100 and provide contact information for state victim resources, including the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the office of victims' rights, and the Violent Crimes Compensation Board. This notification must occur when the offender of the victim is released from incarceration or when the order under AS 12.55.015(l) expires, whichever is later.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 61. Rights of Victims; Protection of Victims and Witnesses › Article 2. Victim and Witness Information Confidentiality. › Sec. 12.61.100. Declaration of purpose.

The purpose of AS 12.61.100 - 12.61.150 is to protect victims of and witnesses to crime from risk of harassment, intimidation, and unwarranted invasion of privacy by prohibiting the unnecessary disclosure of their addresses and telephone numbers.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 61. Rights of Victims; Protection of Victims and Witnesses › Article 2. Victim and Witness Information Confidentiality. › Sec. 12.61.110. Confidentiality of victim and witness addresses and telephone numbers.

The residence and business addresses and telephone numbers of a victim of a crime or witness to a crime are confidential. A report, paper, picture, photograph, court file, or other document that relates to a crime and contains the residence or business address or telephone number of a victim or witness, and that is in the custody or possession of a public officer or employee, may not be made available for public inspection unless the residence and business addresses and telephone numbers of all victims and witnesses have been deleted.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 61. Rights of Victims; Protection of Victims and Witnesses › Article 2. Victim and Witness Information Confidentiality. › Sec. 12.61.125. Victims and witnesses of sexual offenses.

(a) The defendant accused of a sexual offense, the defendant's counsel, or an investigator or other person acting on behalf of the defendant, may not
(1) notwithstanding AS 12.61.120, contact the victim of the offense or a witness to the offense if the victim or witness, or the parent or guardian of the victim or witness if the victim or witness is a minor, has informed the defendant or the defendant's counsel in writing or in person that the victim or witness does not wish to be contacted by the defense; a victim or witness who has not informed the defendant or the defendant's counsel in writing or in person that the victim does not wish to be contacted by the defense is entitled to rights as provided in AS 12.61.120;
(2) obtain a statement from the victim of the offense or a witness to the offense, unless,
(A) if the statement is taken as a recording, the recording is taken in compliance with AS 12.61.120, and written authorization is first obtained from the victim or witness, or from the parent or guardian of the victim or witness if the victim or witness is a minor; the written authorization must state that the victim or witness is aware that there is no legal requirement that the victim or witness talk to the defense; or
(B) if the statement is not taken as a recording, written authorization is first obtained from the victim or witness, or from the parent or guardian of the victim or witness if the victim or witness is a minor; the written authorization must state that the victim or witness is aware that there is no legal requirement that the victim or witness talk to the defense; a victim or witness making a statement under this subparagraph remains entitled to rights as provided in AS 12.61.120.
(b) A defendant who is the parent or guardian of a minor victim or witness may not provide the authorization required under (a) of the section.
(c) If an attorney, or a person acting on behalf of the defendant for an attorney, violates this section, the court shall refer the violation to the Disciplinary Board of the Alaska Bar Association as a grievance.
(d) In this section,
(1) “recording” has the meaning given in AS 12.61.120;
(2) “sexual offense” means a violation of AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.470.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 61. Rights of Victims; Protection of Victims and Witnesses › Article 2. Victim and Witness Information Confidentiality. › Sec. 12.61.127. Inadmissibility of statements taken in violation of AS 12.61.120 or 12.61.125.

A statement obtained from a victim or witness in violation of AS 12.61.120 or 12.61.125 is presumed inadmissible in a prosecution of the defendant. To overcome the presumption of inadmissibility, the defendant must prove by clear and convincing evidence that
(1) the statement is reliable;
(2) similar evidence is unavailable from any other source; and
(3) failure to introduce the statement would substantially undermine the reliability of the fact-finding process and result in manifest injustice.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 61. Rights of Victims; Protection of Victims and Witnesses › Article 2. Victim and Witness Information Confidentiality. › Sec. 12.61.130. Disclosure during court proceedings.

(a) During a trial or hearing related to a criminal prosecution, the residence and business addresses and telephone numbers of a victim of or witness to the charged offense may not be disclosed in open court, and a victim or witness may not be required to provide the addresses or telephone numbers in response to questioning, unless the court determines that the information is necessary and relevant to the facts of the case. The burden to establish the need and relevance for disclosure is on the party seeking disclosure. Before ordering disclosure, the court shall take appropriate measures to minimize the risk of personal harm to the victim or witness that would result from the disclosure.
(b) The address or telephone number of a victim of or witness to a charged offense may not be placed in the court file or court documents relating to that offense except when
(1) the address is used to identify the place of the crime; or
(2) the address or telephone number is contained in a transcript of a court proceeding and disclosure of the address or telephone number was ordered under (a) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 61. Rights of Victims; Protection of Victims and Witnesses › Article 2. Victim and Witness Information Confidentiality. › Sec. 12.61.140. Disclosure of victim's name.

(a) The portion of the records of a court or law enforcement agency that contains the name of the victim of an offense under AS 11.41.300(a)(1)(C) or 11.41.410 - 11.41.460
(1) shall be withheld from public inspection, except with the consent of the court in which the case is or would be prosecuted; and
(2) is not a public record under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.125.
(b) In all written court records open to public inspection, the name of the victim of an offense under AS 11.41.300(a)(1)(C) or 11.41.410 - 11.41.460 may not appear. Instead, the victim's initials shall be used. However, a sealed record containing the victim's name shall be kept by the court in order to ensure that a defendant is not charged twice for the same offense.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 61. Rights of Victims; Protection of Victims and Witnesses › Article 2. Victim and Witness Information Confidentiality. › Sec. 12.61.150. Public and media access.

AS 12.61.100 - 12.61.150 may not be construed to require the court to exclude the public from any stage of the criminal proceeding or to interfere with the right of news media to report information lawfully obtained.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 61. Rights of Victims; Protection of Victims and Witnesses › Article 3. General Provisions. › Sec. 12.61.900. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “crime involving domestic violence” has the meaning given in AS 18.66.990;
(2) “person acting on behalf of a defendant” includes the defendant's attorney, an agent of the defendant or the defendant's attorney, or a person specified by the court under AS 12.61.120(b) or an agent of that person, but does not include the defendant;
(3) “victim” has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185;
(4) “witness” means a person contacted in connection with a criminal case because the person may have knowledge or information about the criminal case.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 62. Criminal Justice Information and Records Checks › Article 1. Criminal Justice Information. › Sec. 12.62.100. Criminal justice information advisory board; functions and duties.

(a) The Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board is established in the department. The board consists of the following members:
(1) a member of the general public appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the governor;
(2) a municipal police chief appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the governor; in making this appointment, the governor shall consult with the Alaska Association of Chiefs of Police;
(3) the attorney general or the attorney general's designee;
(4) the chief justice of the supreme court or the chief justice's designee;
(5) the commissioner of administration or the commissioner's designee;
(6) the commissioner of corrections or the commissioner's designee;
(7) the commissioner of family and community services or the commissioner's designee;
(8) the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee, who will serve as chair of the board; and
(9) the executive director of the Alaska Judicial Council or the executive director's designee.
(b) Members of the board receive no compensation for services on the board, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for boards under AS 39.20.180.
(c) The board shall meet at least once every six months.
(d) The board shall advise the department and other criminal justice agencies on matters pertaining to the development and operation of the central repository described in AS 12.62.110(1) and other criminal justice information systems, including providing advice about regulations and procedures, and estimating the resources and costs of those resources, needed to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 62. Criminal Justice Information and Records Checks › Article 1. Criminal Justice Information. › Sec. 12.62.110. Duties of the commissioner regarding information systems.

The commissioner shall
(1) develop and operate a criminal justice information system to serve as the state's central repository of criminal history record information, and to collect, store, and release criminal justice information as provided in this chapter;
(2) consult with the board established by AS 12.62.100 regarding matters concerning the operation of the department's criminal justice information systems;
(3) provide a uniform crime reporting system for the periodic collection, analysis, and reporting of crimes, and compile and publish statistics and other information on the nature and extent of crime in the state;
(4) cooperate with other agencies of the state, the criminal record repositories of other states, the Interstate Identification Index, the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, the National Crime Information Center, and other appropriate agencies or systems, in the development and operation of an effective interstate, national, and international system of criminal identification, records, and statistics; and
(5) in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter; in adopting the regulations, the commissioner may consult with affected law enforcement agencies regarding the fiscal implications of the regulations; regulations may not be adopted under this section that affect procedures of the court system.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 62. Criminal Justice Information and Records Checks › Article 1. Criminal Justice Information. › Sec. 12.62.120. Reporting of criminal justice information.

(a) The commissioner, by regulation and after consultation with the board and affected agencies, may designate which criminal justice agencies are responsible for reporting the events described in (b) of this section. An agency designated under this subsection shall report the events described in (b) of this section to the department, at the time, in the manner, and in the form specified by the department.
(b) An agency designated under (a) of this section shall report the following events to the department if they occur in connection with an arrestable offense:
(1) the issuance, receipt, withdrawal, quashing, or execution of a judicial arrest warrant, a governor's warrant of arrest for extradition, or a parole arrest warrant;
(2) an arrest, with or without a warrant, or an escape after arrest;
(3) the release of a person after arrest without charges being filed;
(4) the admittance to, release or escape from, or unlawful evasion of, official detention in a correctional facility, either pretrial or post-trial;
(5) a decision by a prosecutor or a grand jury not to commence criminal proceedings, to defer or indefinitely postpone prosecution, or to decline to prosecute charges;
(6) the filing of a charging document, including an indictment, criminal complaint, criminal information, or a petition or other document showing a violation of bail, probation, or parole, or the amendment of a charging document;
(7) an acquittal, dismissal, conviction, or other disposition of charges set out in a charging document described in (6) of this subsection;
(8) the imposition of a sentence or the granting of a suspended imposition of sentence under AS 12.55.085;
(9) the commencement or expiration of parole or probation supervision and the conditions of that parole or probation supervision;
(10) the commitment to or release from a facility, designated by the Department of Family and Community Services, of a person who was previously accused of a crime but who has been found to be incompetent to stand trial or found not criminally responsible;
(11) the filing of an action in an appellate court or a federal court relating to a conviction or sentence;
(12) a judgment of a court that reverses, remands, vacates, or reinstates a criminal charge, conviction, or sentence;
(13) a pardon, reprieve, executive clemency, commutation of sentence, or other change in the length or terms of a sentence by executive or judicial action;
(14) the release of a person on bail and the conditions of that release; and
(15) any other event required to be reported under regulations adopted under this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 62. Criminal Justice Information and Records Checks › Article 1. Criminal Justice Information. › Sec. 12.62.130. Reporting of uniform crime information.

A criminal justice agency shall submit to the department, at the time, in the manner, and in the form specified by the department, data regarding crimes committed within that agency's jurisdiction. At a minimum, the department shall require a criminal justice agency to report each felony sex offense committed in the agency's jurisdiction. The department may withhold grant funding to a criminal justice agency that fails to report data as required by this section. The department shall compile, and provide to the governor and the attorney general, an annual report concerning the number and nature of criminal offenses committed, the disposition of the offenses, and any other data the commissioner finds appropriate relating to the method, frequency, cause, and prevention of crime. In this section, “sex offense” has the meaning given in AS 12.63.100.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 62. Criminal Justice Information and Records Checks › Article 1. Criminal Justice Information. › Sec. 12.62.140. Reporting of information regarding wanted persons and stolen property.

(a) A criminal justice agency shall report to the department, at the time, in the manner, and in the form specified by the department, data regarding
(1) a person the agency is trying to locate, whether that person is wanted in connection with the commission of a crime, and the discovery, if any, of that person;
(2) the theft, and recovery if any, of an identifiable motor vehicle; and
(3) the theft, and recovery if any, of identifiable property.
(b) A criminal justice agency, annually and at other times if requested by the department, shall confirm whether information already reported under (a) of this section continues to be valid, and shall cooperate with the department in periodic audits to validate the information reported.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 62. Criminal Justice Information and Records Checks › Article 1. Criminal Justice Information. › Sec. 12.62.150. Completeness, accuracy, and security of criminal justice information.

(a) A criminal justice agency shall
(1) adopt reasonable procedures to ensure that criminal justice information that the agency maintains is accurate and complete;
(2) notify a criminal justice agency known to have received information of a material nature that is inaccurate or incomplete;
(3) provide adequate procedures and facilities to protect criminal justice information from unauthorized access and from accidental or deliberate damage by theft, sabotage, fire, flood, wind, or power failure;
(4) provide procedures for screening, supervising, and disciplining agency personnel in order to minimize the risk of security violations;
(5) provide training for employees working with or having access to criminal justice information;
(6) if maintaining criminal justice information within an automated information system operated by a noncriminal justice agency, develop or approve system operating procedures to comply with this chapter or regulations adopted under this chapter, and monitor the implementation of those procedures to ensure that they are effective; and
(7) maintain, for at least three years, and make available for audit purposes,
(A) records showing the accuracy and completeness of information maintained by the agency in a criminal justice information system; and
(B) records required to be maintained under AS 12.62.160(c)(4).
(b) The department shall adopt reasonable procedures designed to ensure that information about arrests and criminal charges that is stored in a criminal justice information system can be linked with information about the disposition of those arrests and charges.
(c) Every two years the department shall undertake an audit, and every four years shall obtain an independent audit, of the department's criminal justice information system that serves as the central repository and of a sample of other state and local criminal justice information systems, to verify adherence to the requirements of this chapter and other applicable laws. The department shall provide to the board the final report of each audit.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 62. Criminal Justice Information and Records Checks › Article 1. Criminal Justice Information. › Sec. 12.62.170. Correction of criminal justice information.

(a) A criminal justice agency shall correct, modify, or add an explanatory notation to criminal history records that the agency is responsible for maintaining if the revision is necessary to achieve accuracy or completeness.
(b) A person may submit a written request to the head of the agency responsible for maintaining criminal justice information asking the agency to correct, modify, or add any information or explanatory notation to criminal justice information about the person that the person believes is inaccurate or incomplete. The decision of the head of the agency is the final administrative decision on the request.
(c) The person requesting revision of criminal justice information may appeal an adverse decision of the agency to the court under applicable rules of procedure for appealing the decision of an administrative agency. The appellant bears the burden on appeal of showing that the agency decision was in error. An appeal filed under this subsection may not collaterally attack a court judgment or a decision by prison, probation, or parole authorities, or any other action that is or could have been subject to appeal, post-conviction relief, or other administrative remedy.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 62. Criminal Justice Information and Records Checks › Article 1. Criminal Justice Information. › Sec. 12.62.180. Sealing of criminal justice information.

(a) Under this section, a criminal justice agency may seal only the information that the agency is responsible for maintaining.
(b) A person may submit a written request to the head of the agency responsible for maintaining past conviction or current offender information, asking the agency to seal such information about the person that, beyond a reasonable doubt, resulted from mistaken identity or false accusation. The decision of the head of the agency is the final administrative decision on the request.
(c) The person requesting that the information be sealed may appeal an adverse decision of the agency to the court under applicable rules of procedure for appealing the decision of an administrative agency. The appellant bears the burden on appeal of showing that the agency decision was clearly mistaken. An appeal filed under this subsection may not collaterally attack a court judgment or a decision by prison, probation, or parole authorities, or any other action that is or could have been subject to appeal, post-conviction relief, or other administrative remedy.
(d) A person about whom information is sealed under this section may deny the existence of the information and of an arrest, charge, conviction, or sentence shown in the information. Information that is sealed under this section may be provided to another person or agency only
(1) for record management purposes, including auditing;
(2) for criminal justice employment purposes;
(3) for review by the subject of the record;
(4) for research and statistical purposes;
(5) when necessary to prevent imminent harm to a person; or
(6) for a use authorized by statute or court order.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 62. Criminal Justice Information and Records Checks › Article 1. Criminal Justice Information. › Sec. 12.62.190. Purging of criminal justice information.

(a) A criminal justice agency may purge only the criminal justice information that the agency is responsible for maintaining. An agency may determine when and what information will be purged, under (b) of this section.
(b) Criminal justice information may be purged if the agency determines that the information is devoid of usefulness to a criminal justice agency due to the
(1) death of the subject of the information;
(2) age of the information;
(3) nature of the offense or of the information;
(4) volume of the agency's records or other record management considerations.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 62. Criminal Justice Information and Records Checks › Article 1. Criminal Justice Information. › Sec. 12.62.200. Civil action and defense.

(a) Failure to comply with a requirement of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter is not a basis for civil liability, but may be the basis for employee discipline or administrative action to restrict a person's or agency's access to information. However, a person whose criminal justice information has been released or used in knowing violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter may bring an action for damages in the superior court.
(b) It is a defense to a civil or criminal action based on a violation of this chapter, or regulations adopted under this chapter, if a person relied in good faith upon the provisions of this chapter or of other laws or regulations governing maintenance, release, or use of criminal justice information, or upon policies or procedures established by a criminal justice agency.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 63. Registration of Sex Offenders › Sec. 12.63.030. Notification of other jurisdictions.

(a) If a sex offender or child kidnapper notifies the department that the sex offender or child kidnapper is moving from the state, the department shall notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the state where the sex offender or child kidnapper is moving of the sex offender's or child kidnapper's intended address.
(b) If a sex offender or child kidnapper fails to register or to verify the sex offender's or child kidnapper's address and registration under this chapter, or the department does not know the location of a sex offender or child kidnapper required to register under this chapter, the department shall immediately notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 63. Registration of Sex Offenders › Sec. 12.63.100. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “aggravated sex offense” means
(A) a crime under AS 11.41.100(a)(3), or a similar law of another jurisdiction, in which the person committed or attempted to commit a sexual offense, or a similar offense under the laws of the other jurisdiction; in this subparagraph, “sexual offense” has the meaning given in AS 11.41.100(a)(3);
(B) a crime under AS 11.41.110(a)(3), or a similar law of another jurisdiction, in which the person committed or attempted to commit one of the following crimes, or a similar law of another jurisdiction:
(i) sexual assault in the first degree;
(ii) sexual assault in the second degree;
(iii) sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree; or
(iv) sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree;
(C) a crime, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit a crime, under AS 11.41.410, 11.41.434, or a similar law of another jurisdiction or a similar provision under a former law of this state; or
(D) an offense, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit an offense, under
(i) AS 26.05.890, or a similar law of another jurisdiction, if the person engaged in or attempted to engage in sexual penetration; or
(ii) AS 26.05.893, or a similar law of another jurisdiction, if the prohibited sexual activity in which the member of the militia engaged or attempted to engage is sexual penetration;
(2) “child kidnapping” means
(A) a crime under AS 11.41.100(a)(3), or a similar law of another jurisdiction, in which the person committed or attempted to commit kidnapping;
(B) a crime under AS 11.41.110(a)(3), or a similar law of another jurisdiction, in which the person committed or attempted to commit kidnapping if the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense;
(C) a crime, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit a crime, under AS 11.41.300, or a similar law of another jurisdiction or a similar provision under a former law of this state, if the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense; or
(D) an offense, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit an offense, under AS 26.05.935(b), or a similar law of another jurisdiction, if the
(i) member of the militia commits the enumerated offense of kidnapping, punishable under
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 65. Death Investigations and Medical Examiners › Article 1. Medical Examiner; Procedures after Death. › Sec. 12.65.005. Duty to notify state medical examiner.

(a) Unless the person has reasonable grounds to believe that notice has already been given, a person who attends a death or has knowledge of a death, in addition to notifying a peace officer, shall immediately notify the state medical examiner when the death appears to have
(1) been caused by unknown or criminal means, during the commission of a crime, or by suicide, accident, or poisoning;
(2) occurred under suspicious or unusual circumstances or occurred suddenly when the decedent was in apparent good health;
(3) been unattended by a practicing physician or occurred less than 24 hours after the deceased was admitted to a medical facility;
(4) been associated with a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure;
(5) resulted from a disease that constitutes a threat to public health;
(6) been caused by a disease, injury, or toxic agent resulting from employment;
(7) occurred in a jail or corrections facility owned or operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state or in a facility for the placement of persons in the custody or under the supervision of the state;
(8) occurred in a foster home;
(9) occurred in a mental institution or mental health treatment facility;
(10) occurred while the deceased was in the custody of, or was being taken into the custody of, the state or a political subdivision of the state or a public officer or agent of the state or a political subdivision of the state; or
(11) been of a child under 18 years of age or under the legal custody of the Department of Family and Community Services, subject to the jurisdiction of AS 47.10 or AS 47.12, unless the
(A) child's death resulted from a natural disease process and was medically expected; and
(B) the child was under supervised medical care during the 24 hours before the death.
(b) A person who attends a death or has knowledge of a death occurring in circumstances other than those enumerated in (a) of this section may notify the state medical examiners of the death if, in the person's opinion, a death investigation under AS 12.65.020 - 12.65.025 may be appropriate.
(c) The body of a person whose death has been or should be reported to the state medical examiner under this section may not be moved or otherwise disturbed without the permission of the state medical examiner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 65. Death Investigations and Medical Examiners › Article 1. Medical Examiner; Procedures after Death. › Sec. 12.65.007. No duty for peace officer to respond to the scene of an expected home death.

(a) A peace officer is not required by state law to respond to the scene of an expected home death if
(1) the death was expected to occur due to the dead person's state of health before death;
(2) the death occurred at the dead person's home as expected due to the dead person's state of health;
(3) a person authorized to determine and pronounce death determines and pronounces the death; and
(4) a form signed by the dead person's physician concerning the physician's expectation that the death would occur due to the person's state of health and that it would occur at home was, at the time of death, on file with the law enforcement agency for that jurisdiction.
(b) This section does not
(1) prohibit a person from requesting a peace officer to respond to the scene described in (a) of this section if, in the person's opinion, a death investigation by a peace officer may be appropriate due to suspicious or unusual circumstances; or
(2) relieve a person of the duty to notify the medical examiner and a peace officer of a death that is described in AS 12.65.005(a).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 65. Death Investigations and Medical Examiners › Article 1. Medical Examiner; Procedures after Death. › Sec. 12.65.100. Unclaimed bodies.

When a person dies and no person appears to claim the body for burial, and no provision is made for the body under AS 13.52, the Department of Health, upon notification, shall request a court order authorizing the body to be plainly and decently buried or cremated and the remains decently interred. A judicial officer shall issue the requested order upon the sworn testimony or statement of a representative of the Department of Health that a person has not appeared to claim the body for burial and provision is not made for the body under AS 13.52.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 65. Death Investigations and Medical Examiners › Article 1. Medical Examiner; Procedures after Death. › Sec. 12.65.105. Release of property to temporary custodian.

A person having possession of tangible personal property of a decedent may release the property to a temporary custodian willing to take custody of and preserve the property pending the appointment of a personal representative or other transfer under AS 13.16. Upon execution of an affidavit that meets the requirements of court rules adopted to implement this section, the person delivering possession of the property is discharged from further obligation as though the person had dealt with the personal representative of the estate, and the temporary custodian is answerable and accountable for the property to any personal representative of the estate or to another person having a superior right.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 65. Death Investigations and Medical Examiners › Article 1. Medical Examiner; Procedures after Death. › Sec. 12.65.110. Inventory and disposition of property.

If a body is unclaimed as described in AS 12.65.100 and money or other property belonging to the deceased is found, the public administrator shall inventory it and take it into possession for disposition under AS 13.16.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 65. Death Investigations and Medical Examiners › Article 2. Child Fatality Review Teams. › Sec. 12.65.120. State child fatality review team.

(a) The state child fatality review team is established in the Department of Health to assist the state medical examiner. The team is composed of
(1) the following persons, or that person's designee:
(A) the state medical examiner;
(B) a state prosecutor with experience in homicide prosecutions, appointed by the attorney general;
(C) an investigator with the state troopers who has experience in conducting investigations of homicide, child abuse, or child neglect, appointed by the commissioner of public safety;
(D) a social worker with the Department of Family and Community Services who has experience in conducting investigations of child abuse and neglect, appointed by the commissioner of family and community services;
(2) the following persons, or that person's designee, appointed by the commissioner of health:
(A) a physician licensed under AS 08.64 who
(i) specializes in neonatology or perinatology; or
(ii) is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics;
(B) a municipal law enforcement officer with experience in conducting investigations of homicide, child abuse, or child neglect;
(C) other persons, including educators, whose experience and expertise would, as determined by the commissioner of health, contribute to the effectiveness of the team.
(b) A team member is not eligible to receive compensation from the state for service on the team. A member appointed under (a)(2) of this section
(1) is eligible for travel expenses and per diem from the Department of Health under AS 39.20.180; and
(2) serves at the pleasure of the commissioner of health.
(c) In addition to the persons specified in (a) of this section, the team may invite a person to participate as a member of the team if the person has expertise that would be helpful to the team in a review of a specific death. A person participating under this subsection is eligible only for travel expenses and per diem from the Department of Health under AS 39.20.180.
(d) The state medical examiner serves as chair of the team.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 65. Death Investigations and Medical Examiners › Article 2. Child Fatality Review Teams. › Sec. 12.65.140. Records; information; meetings; confidentiality; immunity.

(a) The state child fatality review team and its members shall have access to all information and records to which the state medical examiner has access under this chapter. The state child fatality review team and its members shall maintain the confidentiality of information and records concerning deaths under review, except when disclosures may be necessary to enable the team to carry out its duties under this chapter. However, the team and its members may not disclose a record that is confidential under federal or state law.
(b) Except for public reports issued by the team, records and other information collected by the team or a member of the team related to duties under this chapter are confidential and not subject to public disclosure under AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.295 (Alaska Public Records Act).
(c) Meetings of the state child fatality review team are closed to the public and are not subject to the provisions of AS 44.62.310 - 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act).
(d) The determinations, conclusions, and recommendations of the state child fatality review team, or its members, are not admissible in a civil or criminal proceeding. Members may not be compelled to disclose their determinations, conclusions, recommendations, discussions, or thought processes through discovery or testimony in any civil or criminal proceeding. Records and information collected by the state child fatality review team are not subject to discovery or subpoena in connection with a civil or criminal proceeding.
(e) Notwithstanding (d) of this section, the state medical examiner may testify in a civil or criminal proceeding even though the death was reviewed by the state child fatality review team under AS 12.65.130 and information received from the review formed a basis of the state medical examiner's testimony.
(f) A person who is a member or an employee of, or who furnishes services to or advises, the state child fatality review team is not liable for damages or other relief in an action brought by reason of the performance of a duty, a function, or an activity of the review team.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 70. Uniform Criminal Extradition Act › Sec. 12.70.010. Fugitives from other states and duty of governor.

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of another state a person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 70. Uniform Criminal Extradition Act › Sec. 12.70.020. Form of demand.

(a) No demand for the extradition of a person accused but not yet convicted of a crime in another state shall be recognized by the governor of this state unless made in writing and containing the following:
(1) an allegation that the accused was present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged crime and that thereafter the accused fled the demanding state; except that this allegation may not be required in a proceeding based on AS 12.70.050;
(2) a copy of an indictment found or an information supported by affidavit in the state having jurisdiction of the crime or by a copy of a complaint, affidavit, or other equivalent accusation made before a magistrate there; the indictment, information, or complaint, affidavit, or other equivalent accusation must substantially charge the person demanded with having committed a crime under the law of that state, and the copy must be authenticated by the executive authority making the demand.
(b) No demand for the extradition of a person convicted of a crime in another state shall be recognized by the governor of this state unless made in writing and containing the following:
(1) a statement by the executive authority of the demanding state that the person claimed has escaped from confinement or has broken the terms of bail, probation, or parole;
(2) a copy of the judgment of conviction or of a sentence imposed in execution thereof; the copy must be authenticated by the executive authority making the demand.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 70. Uniform Criminal Extradition Act › Sec. 12.70.040. Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state or who have left the demanding state under compulsion.

(a) When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and that person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against that person in another state, the governor of this state may agree with the executive authority of the other state for the extradition of that person before the conclusion of the proceedings or the term of sentence in the other state, upon condition that the person be returned to the other state at the expense of this state as soon as the prosecution in this state is terminated.
(b) The governor of this state may also surrender on demand of the executive authority of another state a person in this state who is charged in the manner provided in AS 12.70.220 with having violated the laws of the state whose executive authority is making the demand, even though that person left the demanding state involuntarily.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 70. Uniform Criminal Extradition Act › Sec. 12.70.050. Extradition of person not present in demanding state at time of commission of crime.

The governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of another state, a person in this state charged in the other state in the manner provided in AS 12.70.020 with committing an act in this state, or a third state, intentionally resulting in a crime in the state whose executive authority is making the demand, and the provisions of this chapter not otherwise inconsistent shall apply to those cases, even though the accused was not in that state at the time of the commission of the crime and has not fled from that state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 70. Uniform Criminal Extradition Act › Sec. 12.70.060. Issue of governor's warrant of arrest.

If the governor decides that the demand should be complied with, the governor shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with the state seal, and be directed to a peace officer or other person whom the governor may think fit to entrust with the execution of the warrant. The warrant must substantially recite the facts necessary to the validity of its issuance.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 70. Uniform Criminal Extradition Act › Sec. 12.70.070. Manner and place of execution of the warrant of arrest.

The warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any time and any place where the accused may be found within the state and to command the aid of all peace officers or other persons in the execution of the warrant, and to deliver the accused, subject to the provisions of this chapter, to the duly authorized agent of the demanding state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 70. Uniform Criminal Extradition Act › Sec. 12.70.080. Authority of arresting officer to command assistance.

Every officer or other person empowered to make the arrest has the same authority in arresting the accused to command assistance therein as peace officers have by law in the execution of a criminal process directed to them, with like penalties against those who refuse their assistance.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure › Chapter 70. Uniform Criminal Extradition Act › Sec. 12.70.090. Rights of accused person and application for writ of habeas corpus.

A person arrested on a warrant may not be delivered over to the agent who the executive authority demanding the person has appointed to receive the person unless the person is first taken immediately before a judge or magistrate of this state, who shall inform the person of the demand made for the person's surrender, and of the crime with which the person is charged, and that the person has the right to demand and procure legal counsel. If the prisoner or the prisoner's counsel states a desire to test the legality of the arrest, the judge or magistrate shall fix a reasonable time to be allowed the prisoner within which to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. When that writ is applied for, notice of the application and of the time and place of hearing on it shall be given to the prosecuting attorney of the judicial district in which the arrest is made and in which the accused is in custody, and to the agent of the demanding state.