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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 51. Offenses Against the Family and Vulnerable Adults › Article 1. Offenses Against the Family. › Sec. 11.51.122. Aiding the nonpayment of child support in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of aiding the nonpayment of child support in the second degree if the person knows that an obligor has a duty under an administrative or judicial order for periodic payment of child support, for cash medical support, or for the provision of health care coverage for a child under a medical support order or a cash medical support order, or both, and
(1) being a person with a statutory duty to disclose information to a child support enforcement agency, intentionally withholds the information when it is requested by a child support enforcement agency;
(2) being an employer of the obligor, intentionally withholds information about the residence or employment of the obligor, the eligibility of the obligor's children for coverage under the employer's health insurance plan, or the cost of the coverage of the children under the plan, when that information is requested by a child support enforcement agency or when the employer is required by state or federal law to report the information without a request by a child support enforcement agency; or
(3) intentionally participates in a commercial, business, employment, or other arrangement with the obligor, knowing at the time that the arrangement is made that it will allow the obligor to avoid paying all or some of the support when it is due or to avoid having a lien placed on assets for the payment of delinquent support; receipt of a substantial asset for less than fair market value from an obligor after the obligor's support order has been established constitutes a rebuttable presumption that the person receiving the asset knew that the transfer would allow the obligor to avoid paying all or some of the support or to avoid having a lien placed on the asset.
(b) In a prosecution under (a)(2) and (3) of this section, it is a defense that the
(1) defendant did not intend to assist the obligor in the nonpayment of child support or in the avoidance of a duty to provide health care coverage of a child; or
(2) obligor did not intend to avoid paying child support or to avoid providing health care coverage of a child.
(c) This section does not prohibit an arrangement entered into with an attorney for the purpose of paying the attorney who represents the child support obligor in proceedings to contest or modify a child support order.
(d) In this section, “child” and “child support” have the meanings given in AS 11.51.120.
(e) Aiding the nonpayment of child support in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
(f) In addition to the penalties under (e) of this section, aiding the nonpayment of child support in the second degree is punishable by loss or restriction of a recreational license as provided in AS 12.55.139.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 51. Offenses Against the Family and Vulnerable Adults › Article 1. Offenses Against the Family. › Sec. 11.51.125. Failure to permit visitation with a minor.

(a) A custodian commits the offense of failure to permit visitation with a minor if the custodian intentionally, and without just excuse, fails to permit visitation with a child under 18 years of age in the custodian's custody in substantial conformance with a court order that is specific as to when the custodian must permit another to have visitation with that child.
(b) The custodian may not be charged under this section with more than one offense in respect to what is, under the court order, a single continuous period of visitation.
(c) In a prosecution under this section, existing provisions of law prohibiting the disclosure of confidential communications between husband and wife do not apply, and both husband and wife are competent to testify for or against each other as to all relevant matters, if a court order has awarded custody to one spouse and visitation to the other.
(d) As used in this section,
(1) “court order” means a decree, judgment, or order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(2) “custodian” means a natural person who has been awarded custody, either temporary or permanent, of a child under 18 years of age;
(3) “just excuse” includes illness of the child which makes it dangerous to the health of the child for visitation to take place in conformance with the court order; “just excuse” does not include the wish of the child not to have visitation with the person entitled to it.
(e) Failure to permit visitation with a minor is a violation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 51. Offenses Against the Family and Vulnerable Adults › Article 1. Offenses Against the Family. › Sec. 11.51.130. Contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

(a) A person commits the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor if, being 19 years of age or older or being under 19 years of age and having the disabilities of minority removed for general purposes under AS 09.55.590, the person aids, induces, causes, or encourages a child
(1) under 18 years of age to do any act prohibited by state law unless the child's disabilities of minority have been removed for general purposes under AS 09.55.590;
(2) under 18 years of age or allows a child under 18 years of age to enter or remain in the immediate physical presence of the unlawful manufacture, use, display, or delivery of a controlled substance knowing that the manufacture, use, display, or delivery is occurring, unless the child's disabilities of minority have been removed for general purposes under AS 09.55.590;
(3) under 16 years of age to be repeatedly absent from school, without just cause; or
(4) under 18 years of age to be absent from the custody of a parent, guardian, or custodian without the permission of the parent, guardian, or custodian or without the knowledge of the parent, guardian, or custodian, unless the child's disabilities of minority have been removed for general purposes under AS 09.55.590 or the person has immunity under AS 47.10.350 or 47.10.398(a); it is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this paragraph that, at the time of the alleged offense, the defendant
(A) reasonably believed that the child was in danger of physical injury or in need of temporary shelter; and
(B) within 12 hours after taking the actions comprising the alleged offense, notified a peace officer, a law enforcement agency, or the Department of Family and Community Services of the name of the child and the child's location.
(b) Contributing to the delinquency of a minor is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 51. Offenses Against the Family and Vulnerable Adults › Article 1. Offenses Against the Family. › Sec. 11.51.140. Unlawful marrying.

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful marrying if the person knowingly marries or purports to marry
(1) another when that person or the other is lawfully married to a third person;
(2) more than one person simultaneously; or
(3) a person who simultaneously is marrying another person.
(b) Unlawful marrying is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 51. Offenses Against the Family and Vulnerable Adults › Article 2. Vulnerable Adults. › Sec. 11.51.200. Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable adult in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of endangering the welfare of a vulnerable adult in the first degree if the person
(1) intentionally abandons a vulnerable adult in any place under circumstances creating a substantial risk of physical injury to the vulnerable adult and the vulnerable adult is in the person's care
(A) by contract or authority of law; or
(B) in a facility or program that is required by law to be licensed by the state; or
(2) violates AS 11.51.210 and, as a result of the violation, the vulnerable adult suffers serious physical injury.
(b) Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable adult in the first degree is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 51. Offenses Against the Family and Vulnerable Adults › Article 2. Vulnerable Adults. › Sec. 11.51.210. Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable adult in the second degree.

(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1. Bribery and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.100. Bribery.

(a) A person commits the crime of bribery if the person confers, offers to confer, or agrees to confer a benefit upon a public servant with the intent to influence the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision, or exercise of official discretion.
(b) In a prosecution under this section, it is not a defense that the person sought to be influenced was not qualified to act in the desired way, whether because that person had not assumed office, lacked jurisdiction, or for any other reason.
(c) Bribery is a class B felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1. Bribery and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.110. Receiving a bribe.

(a) A public servant commits the crime of receiving a bribe if the public servant
(1) solicits a benefit with the intent that the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision, or exercise of discretion as a public servant will be influenced; or
(2) accepts or agrees to accept a benefit upon an agreement or understanding that the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision, or exercise of discretion as a public servant will be influenced.
(b) Receiving a bribe is a class B felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1. Bribery and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.120. Receiving unlawful gratuities.

(a) A public servant commits the crime of receiving unlawful gratuities if, for having engaged in an official act which was required or authorized and for which the public servant was not entitled to any special or additional compensation, the public servant
(1) solicits a benefit, regardless of value; or
(2) accepts or agrees to accept a benefit having a value of $50 or more.
(b) Receiving unlawful gratuities is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1. Bribery and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.124. Failure to report bribery or receiving a bribe.

(a) A public servant commits the crime of failure to report bribery or receiving a bribe if the public servant
(1) witnesses what the public servant knows or reasonably should know is
(A) bribery of a public servant by another person; or
(B) receiving a bribe by another public servant; and
(2) does not as soon as reasonably practicable report that crime to a peace officer or a law enforcement agency.
(b) Failure to report bribery or receiving a bribe is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1. Bribery and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.130. Definition.

In AS 11.56.100 - 11.56.130, “benefit” has the meaning ascribed to it in AS 11.81.900 but does not include
(1) political campaign contributions reported in accordance with AS 15.13 unless the contribution is made or received in exchange for an agreement to alter an elected official's or candidate's vote or position on a matter the elected official has, or the candidate on election would have, the authority to take official action on; in this paragraph, “official action” means advice, participation, or assistance, including, for example, a recommendation, decision, approval, disapproval, vote, or other similar action, including inaction;
(2) concurrence in official action in the cause of legitimate compromise between public servants; or
(3) support, including a vote, solicited by a public servant or offered by any person in an election.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 2. Perjury and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.200. Perjury.

(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 2. Perjury and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.205. Unsworn falsification in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of unsworn falsification in the first degree if the person violates AS 11.56.210(a)(1) and the application is an application for a permanent fund dividend.
(b) In this section,
(1) “application for a permanent fund dividend” includes a written or electronic application and any other documentation submitted to support an application for a permanent fund dividend;
(2) “permanent fund dividend” has the meaning given in AS 43.23.295.
(c) Unsworn falsification in the first degree is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 2. Perjury and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.210. Unsworn falsification in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of unsworn falsification in the second degree if, with the intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of a duty, the person submits a false written or recorded statement that the person does not believe to be true
(1) in an application for a benefit; or
(2) on a form bearing notice, authorized by law, that false statements made in it are punishable.
(b) Unsworn falsification in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 2. Perjury and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.230. Perjury by inconsistent statements.

(a) A person commits the crime of perjury by inconsistent statements if
(1) in the course of one or more official proceedings the person makes two or more sworn statements which are irreconcilably inconsistent to the degree that one of them is necessarily false;
(2) the person does not believe one of the statements to be true at the time the statement is made; and
(3) each statement is made within the jurisdiction of this state and within the period of the statute of limitations for the crime charged.
(b) In a prosecution under this section, it is not necessary for the state to prove which statement was false but only that one or the other was false and not believed by the defendant to be true at the time the defendant made the statement. Proof of the irreconcilable inconsistency of the statements is prima facie evidence that one or the other of the statements was false.
(c) Perjury by inconsistent statements is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 2. Perjury and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.235. Retraction as a defense.

(a) In a prosecution under AS 11.56.200 or 11.56.230, if the false statement was made in an official proceeding, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant expressly retracted the false statement
(1) during the course of the same official proceeding;
(2) before discovery of the falsification became known to the defendant;
(3) before reliance upon the false statement by the person for whom it was intended; and
(4) if the official proceeding involved a trier of fact, before the subject matter of the official proceeding was submitted to the ultimate trier of fact.
(b) In a prosecution under AS 11.56.200, if the false statement was not made in an official proceeding, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant expressly retracted the false statement
(1) before discovery of the falsification became known to the defendant; and
(2) before reliance upon the false statement by the person for whom it was intended.
(c) In a prosecution under AS 11.56.210, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant expressly retracted the false statement before reliance upon the false statement by the person for whom it was intended.
(d) As used in this section, “during the course of the same official proceeding” includes separate hearings at separate stages of the same official proceeding.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 2. Perjury and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.240. Definitions.

In AS 11.56.200 - 11.56.240, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) “statement” means a representation of fact and includes a representation of opinion, belief, or other state of mind when the representation clearly relates to state of mind apart from or in addition to any facts that are the subject of the representation;
(2) “sworn statement” means
(A) a statement knowingly given under oath or affirmation attesting to the truth of what is stated, including a notarized statement; or
(B) a statement knowingly given under penalty of perjury under AS 09.63.020.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 3. Escape and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.300. Escape in the first degree.

(a) One commits the crime of escape in the first degree if, without lawful authority, one removes oneself from official detention by means of a deadly weapon or a defensive weapon.
(b) Escape in the first degree is a class A felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 3. Escape and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.310. Escape in the second degree.

(a) One commits the crime of escape in the second degree if, without lawful authority, one
(1) removes oneself from
(A) a secure correctional facility while under official detention for a misdemeanor;
(B) official detention for a felony or for extradition; or
(C) official detention and, during the escape or at any time before being restored to official detention, one possesses on or about oneself a firearm;
(2) violates AS 11.56.335 or 11.56.340 and, during the time of the unlawful evasion or at any time before being restored to official detention, one possesses on or about oneself a firearm; or
(3) while under official detention for a felony,
(A) removes, tampers with, or disables the electronic monitoring equipment; or
(B) without prior authorization, leaves one's residence or other place designated by the commissioner of corrections or the commissioner of family and community services for service by electronic monitoring.
(b) In this section, “secure correctional facility” means a correctional facility that
(1) has construction fixtures or security features that are designed to restrict the ability of a person under official detention from leaving the facility without lawful authority; or
(2) has correctional officers or other persons authorized by the commissioner of corrections to prevent a person under official detention from leaving without lawful authority.
(c) Escape in the second degree is a class B felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 3. Escape and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.320. Escape in the third degree.

(a) One commits the crime of escape in the third degree if one
(1) removes oneself from official detention during any lawful movement or activity incident to confinement within a correctional facility for a misdemeanor;
(2) violates AS 11.56.335 or 11.56.340 and leaves or attempts to leave the state;
(3) while under official detention for a misdemeanor,
(A) removes, tampers with, or disables the electronic monitoring equipment; or
(B) without prior authorization, leaves one's residence or other place designated by the commissioner of corrections or the commissioner of family and community services for service by electronic monitoring; or
(4) while on release under AS 12.30,
(A) removes, tampers with, or disables the electronic monitoring equipment; or
(B) without prior authorization, leaves one's residence or other place designated by a judicial officer as a condition of release.
(b) Escape in the third degree is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 3. Escape and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.330. Escape in the fourth degree.

(a) One commits the crime of escape in the fourth degree if, without lawful authority, one
(1) removes oneself from official detention for a misdemeanor;
(2) having been placed under actual restraint by a peace officer before arrest, removes oneself from the restraint.
(3) [Repealed, § 138 ch 4 FSSLA 2019.]
(b) Escape in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 3. Escape and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.335. Unlawful evasion in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful evasion in the first degree if, while charged with or convicted of a felony,
(1) the person fails to return to official detention within the time authorized following temporary leave granted for a specific purpose or limited period, including leave granted under AS 33.30.181; or
(2) while on furlough under AS 33.30.101 - 33.30.131, the person fails to return to the place of confinement or residence within the time authorized by those having direct supervision.
(b) Unlawful evasion in the first degree is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 3. Escape and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.340. Unlawful evasion in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful evasion in the second degree if, while charged with or convicted of a misdemeanor,
(1) the person fails to return to official detention within the time authorized following temporary leave granted for a specific purpose or limited period, including leave granted under AS 33.30.181; or
(2) while on furlough under AS 33.30.101 - 33.30.131, the person fails to return to the place of confinement or residence within the time authorized by those having direct supervision.
(b) Unlawful evasion in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 3. Escape and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.370. Permitting an escape.

(a) A public servant who is required by law to have charge of a person arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a crime commits the crime of permitting an escape if with criminal negligence the public servant permits a person under official detention to escape.
(b) Permitting an escape is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 3. Escape and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.375. Promoting contraband in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of promoting contraband in the first degree if the person violates AS 11.56.380 and the contraband is
(1) a deadly weapon or a defensive weapon;
(2) an article that is intended by the defendant to be used as a means of facilitating an escape; or
(3) a controlled substance.
(b) Promoting contraband in the first degree is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 3. Escape and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.380. Promoting contraband in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of promoting contraband in the second degree if the person
(1) introduces, takes, conveys, or attempts to introduce, take, or convey contraband into a correctional facility; or
(2) makes, obtains, possesses, or attempts to make, obtain, or possess anything that person knows to be contraband while under official detention within a correctional facility.
(b) Promoting contraband in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 3. Escape and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.56.390. Definition.

In AS 11.56.300 - 11.56.390, “contraband” means any article or thing which persons confined in a correctional facility are prohibited by law from obtaining, making, or possessing in that correctional facility.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 4. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings. › Sec. 11.56.510. Interference with official proceedings.

(a) A person commits the crime of interference with official proceedings if the person
(1) uses force on anyone, damages the property of anyone, or threatens anyone with intent to
(A) improperly influence a witness or otherwise influence the testimony of a witness;
(B) influence a juror's vote, opinion, decision, or other action as a juror;
(C) retaliate against a witness or juror because of participation by the witness or juror in an official proceeding; or
(D) otherwise affect the outcome of an official proceeding; or
(2) confers, offers to confer, or agrees to confer a benefit
(A) upon a witness with intent to improperly influence that witness; or
(B) upon a juror with intent to influence the juror's vote, opinion, decision, or other action as a juror or otherwise affect the outcome of an official proceeding.
(b) Interference with official proceedings is a class B felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 4. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings. › Sec. 11.56.520. Receiving a bribe by a witness or juror.

(a) A person commits the crime of receiving a bribe by a witness or juror if the person solicits a benefit with the intent that, or accepts or agrees to accept a benefit upon an agreement or understanding that,
(1) the person will be improperly influenced as a witness; or
(2) the person's vote, decision, opinion, or other action as a juror will be influenced.
(b) Receiving a bribe by a witness or juror is a class B felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 4. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings. › Sec. 11.56.540. Tampering with a witness in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness in the first degree if the person knowingly induces or attempts to induce a witness to
(1) testify falsely, offer misleading testimony, or unlawfully withhold testimony in an official proceeding; or
(2) be absent from a judicial proceeding to which the witness has been summoned.
(b) Tampering with a witness in the first degree is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 4. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings. › Sec. 11.56.545. Tampering with a witness in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness in the second degree if the person knowingly induces or attempts to induce a witness to be absent from an official proceeding, other than a judicial proceeding, to which the witness has been summoned.
(b) Tampering with a witness in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 4. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings. › Sec. 11.56.590. Jury tampering.

(a) A person commits the crime of jury tampering if the person directly or indirectly communicates with a juror other than as permitted by the rules governing the official proceeding with intent to
(1) influence the juror's vote, opinion, decision, or other action as a juror; or
(2) otherwise affect the outcome of the official proceeding.
(b) Jury tampering is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 4. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings. › Sec. 11.56.600. Misconduct by a juror.

(a) A person commits the crime of misconduct by a juror if, being a juror, the person promises or agrees, before the submission of any part of an official proceeding to a jury for deliberation, to vote for or agree to a verdict for or against a party in the official proceeding, or otherwise to affect the outcome of the official proceeding.
(b) Misconduct by a juror is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 4. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings. › Sec. 11.56.610. Tampering with physical evidence.

(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with physical evidence if the person
(1) destroys, mutilates, alters, suppresses, conceals, or removes physical evidence with intent to impair its verity or availability in an official proceeding or a criminal investigation;
(2) makes, presents, or uses physical evidence, knowing it to be false, with intent to mislead a juror who is engaged in an official proceeding or a public servant who is engaged in an official proceeding or a criminal investigation;
(3) prevents the production of physical evidence in an official proceeding or a criminal investigation by the use of force, threat, or deception against anyone; or
(4) does any act described by (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection with intent to prevent the institution of an official proceeding.
(b) Tampering with physical evidence is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 4. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings. › Sec. 11.56.620. Simulating legal process.

(a) A person commits the crime of simulating legal process if, with intent to cause the recipient to take an action on it, the person issues, sends, or delivers
(1) a request for payment of money on behalf of any creditor that in form and substance simulates any legal process issued by a court of this state; or
(2) any purported summons, subpoena, or other legal process knowing that the process was not issued or authorized by a court or other official body authorized by law to do so.
(b) Simulating legal process is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.700. Resisting or interfering with arrest.

(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.705. Harming a police dog in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of harming a police dog in the first degree if the person intentionally kills or causes serious physical injury to a police dog, knowing the dog to be a police dog.
(b) Harming a police dog in the first degree is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.710. Harming a police dog in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of harming a police dog in the second degree if the person intentionally causes physical injury to or, without causing physical injury to, torments, kicks, strikes, stones, or tampers with a police dog, knowing the dog to be a police dog.
(b) Harming a police dog in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.715. Defense to harming a police dog.

It is a defense to a prosecution under AS 11.56.705 or 11.56.710 that the conduct of the defendant
(1) conformed to accepted veterinary practice; or
(2) was in response to a direct attack on the defendant by a police dog not acting under the control of a peace officer.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.720. Refusing to assist a peace officer or judicial officer.

(a) A person commits the offense of refusing to assist a peace officer or judicial officer if, upon a request, command, or order by someone the person knows to be a peace officer or judicial officer, that person unreasonably fails to make a good faith effort to physically assist the officer in the exercise of official duties.
(b) A person who, without expecting compensation, assists a person in accordance with this section is not liable for civil damages as a result of an act or omission in rendering that assistance. This subsection does not preclude liability for civil damages as a result of reckless, wilful, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
(c) Refusing to assist a peace officer or judicial officer is a violation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.730. Failure to appear.

(a) A person commits the crime of failure to appear if the person
(1) is released under the provisions of AS 12.30;
(2) knows that the person is required to appear before a court or judicial officer at the time and place of a scheduled hearing; and
(3) with criminal negligence does not appear before the court or judicial officer at the time and place of the scheduled hearing.
(b) In a prosecution for failure to appear under (a) of this section, it is an affirmative defense that unforeseeable circumstances, outside the person's control, prevented the person from appearing before the court or judicial officer at the time and place of the scheduled hearing, and the person contacted the court orally and in writing immediately upon being able to make the contact.
(c) A person who commits failure to appear incurs a forfeiture of any security for any appearance of the person that was given or pledged to the court for the person's release.
(d) Failure to appear is a
(1) class C felony if the person was released in connection with a charge of a felony or while awaiting sentence or appeal after conviction of a felony;
(2) class A misdemeanor if the person was released in connection with a
(A) charge of a misdemeanor, while awaiting sentence or appeal after conviction of a misdemeanor; or
(B) requirement to appear as a material witness in a criminal proceeding.
(e) In a prosecution for failure to appear under (a) of this section, it is not a defense that the defendant did not receive a reminder notification from a court or judicial officer under Rule 38(e), Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.740. Violating a protective order.

(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.745. Interfering with a report of a crime involving domestic violence.

(a) A person, other than the victim, commits the crime of interfering with a report of a crime involving domestic violence if the person knowingly interferes with another person who is reporting or attempting to report a crime involving domestic violence to a law enforcement agency.
(b) [Repealed, § 19 ch 86 SLA 1998.]
(c) Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.750. Unlawful contact in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful contact in the first degree if the person
(1) has been ordered
(A) by the court not to contact a victim or witness of the offense
(i) as part of a sentence imposed under AS 12.55.015;
(ii) as a condition of release under AS 12.30 or probation under AS 12.55.101; or
(iii) while under official detention; or
(B) as a condition of parole not to contact a victim or witness of the offense under AS 33.16.150; and
(2) either directly or indirectly, knowingly contacts or attempts to contact the victim or witness in violation of the order.
(b) Unlawful contact in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.755. Unlawful contact in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime or offense, as applicable, of unlawful contact in the second degree if
(1) the person is arrested for a crime against a person under AS 11.41 or a crime involving domestic violence; and
(2) before the person's initial appearance before a judge or magistrate or before dismissal of the charge for which the person was arrested, whichever occurs first, the person initiates communication or attempts to initiate communication with the alleged victim of the crime that was the basis for the person's arrest.
(b) Unlawful contact in the second degree is
(1) a class B misdemeanor if the person was arrested for an offense that is a class A misdemeanor or a felony offense;
(2) a violation if the person was arrested for an offense that is a class B misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.756. Definitions.

In AS 11.56.750 and 11.56.755,
(1) “victim” has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185; and
(2) “witness” has the meaning given in AS 12.61.900.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.757. Violation of condition of release.

(a) A person commits the crime of violation of condition of release if the person
(1) has been charged with a crime or convicted of a crime;
(2) has been released under AS 12.30; and
(3) violates a condition of release imposed by a judicial officer under AS 12.30, other than the requirement to appear as ordered by a judicial officer.
(b) Violation of condition of release is a
(1) class A misdemeanor if the person is released from a charge or conviction of a felony;
(2) class B misdemeanor if the person is released from a charge or conviction of a misdemeanor.
(c) In this section, “conviction” means that an adult, or a juvenile charged as an adult under AS 47.12, has entered a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere, or has been found guilty or guilty but mentally ill by a court or jury.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.758. Violation of custodian's duty.

(a) A person commits the crime of violation of custodian's duty if the person knowingly fails, when acting as a custodian appointed by the court for a released person under AS 12.30, to report immediately as directed by the court that the person released has violated a condition of release.
(b) Violation of custodian's duty is
(1) a class A misdemeanor if the released person is charged with a felony;
(2) a class B misdemeanor if the released person is charged with a misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.759. Violation by sex offender of condition of probation.

(a) A person commits the crime of violation by sex offender of condition of probation if the person
(1) is on probation for conviction of a sex offense;
(2) has served the entire term of incarceration imposed for conviction of the sex offense; and
(3) violates a condition of probation imposed under AS 12.55.100(a)(2)(E), (a)(2)(F), or (e), 12.55.101(a)(1), or any other condition imposed by the court that the court finds to be specifically related to the defendant's offense.
(b) In this section, “sex offense” has the meaning given in AS 12.63.100.
(c) Violation by sex offender of condition of probation is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.760. Violating an order to submit to DNA testing.

(a) A person commits the crime of violating an order to submit to DNA testing if, when requested by a health care professional acting on behalf of the state to provide a blood sample, oral sample, or both, or when requested by a juvenile or adult correctional, probation, or parole officer or a peace officer to provide an oral sample, the person refuses to provide the sample or samples and the person
(1) has been ordered to submit to DNA testing as part of a sentence imposed under AS 12.55.015;
(2) has been convicted of an offense that requires DNA testing under the provisions of AS 44.41.035; or
(3) is required to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper under AS 12.63.
(b) In this section, “DNA testing” means the collection of a blood sample, oral sample, or both, for the deoxyribonucleic acid identification registration system under AS 44.41.035.
(c) Violating an order to submit to DNA testing is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.762. Unlawful use of DNA samples.

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful use of DNA samples if the person knowingly, without authorization under AS 44.41.035, possesses or allows another person access to
(1) a blood, oral, or tissue sample collected for inclusion in the deoxyribonucleic acid identification registration system under AS 44.41.035; or
(2) identification data or records derived from those samples.
(b) Unlawful use of DNA samples is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.765. Failure to report a violent crime committed against a child.

(a) A person, other than the victim, commits the crime of failure to report a violent crime committed against a child if the person
(1) witnesses what the person knows or reasonably should know is
(A) the murder or attempted murder of a child by another;
(B) the kidnapping or attempted kidnapping of a child by another;
(C) the sexual penetration or attempted sexual penetration by another
(i) of a child without consent of the child;
(ii) of a child that is mentally incapable;
(iii) of a child that is incapacitated; or
(iv) of a child that is unaware that a sexual act is being committed; or
(D) the assault of a child by another causing serious physical injury to the child;
(2) knows or reasonably should know that the child is under 16 years of age; and
(3) does not in a timely manner report that crime to a peace officer or law enforcement agency.
(b) In a prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant
(1) did not report in a timely manner because the defendant reasonably believed that doing so would have exposed the defendant or others to a substantial risk of physical injury; or
(2) acted to stop the commission of the crime and stopped
(A) the commission of the crime; or
(B) the completion of the crime being attempted.
(c) In this section,
(1) “incapacitated” has the meaning given in AS 11.41.470;
(2) “mentally incapable” has the meaning given in AS 11.41.470;
(3) “sexual act” has the meaning given in AS 11.41.470;
(4) “without consent” has the meaning given in AS 11.41.470.
(d) Failure to report a violent crime committed against a child is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.767. Failure to report a violent crime committed against an adult.

(a) A person, other than the victim, commits the offense of failure to report a violent crime committed against an adult if the person, under circumstances not requiring the person to report as required by AS 11.56.765,
(1) witnesses what the person knows or reasonably should know is
(A) the murder or attempted murder of a person by another;
(B) the kidnapping or attempted kidnapping of a person by another; or
(C) the sexual penetration or attempted sexual penetration by another
(i) of a person without consent of the person;
(ii) of a person who is mentally incapable;
(iii) of a person who is incapacitated; or
(iv) of a person who is unaware that a sexual act is being committed; and
(2) does not, as soon as reasonably practicable, report that crime to a peace officer or law enforcement agency.
(b) In a prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant
(1) did not report as soon as reasonably practicable because the defendant reasonably believed that
(A) doing so would have exposed the defendant or others to a substantial risk of physical injury; or
(B) effective assistance was already being provided by another person; or
(2) acted to stop the commission of the crime and stopped
(A) the commission of the crime; or
(B) the completion of the crime being attempted.
(c) In this section,
(1) “incapacitated” has the meaning given in AS 11.41.470;
(2) “mentally incapable” has the meaning given in AS 11.41.470;
(3) “sexual act” has the meaning given in AS 11.41.470;
(4) “without consent” has the meaning given in AS 11.41.470.
(d) Failure to report a violent crime committed against an adult is a violation.