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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.770. Hindering prosecution in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of hindering prosecution in the first degree if the person renders assistance to a person who has committed a crime punishable as a felony with intent to
(1) hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of that person; or
(2) assist that person in profiting or benefiting from the commission of the crime.
(b) For purposes of this section, a person “renders assistance” to another if the person
(1) harbors or conceals the other person;
(2) warns the other person of impending discovery or apprehension;
(3) provides or aids in providing the other person with money, transportation, a dangerous instrument, a disguise, or other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension;
(4) prevents or obstructs, by means of force, threat, or deception, anyone from performing an act which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of the other person;
(5) suppresses by an act of concealment, alteration, or destruction physical evidence which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of the other person; or
(6) aids the other person in securing or protecting the proceeds of the crime.
(c) Hindering prosecution 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. 11.56.780. Hindering prosecution in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of hindering prosecution in the second degree if the person renders assistance to another who has committed a crime punishable as a misdemeanor, with intent to
(1) hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of the other person; or
(2) assist the other person in profiting or benefiting from the commission of the crime.
(b) For purposes of this section, a person “renders assistance” to another if the person does any act described in AS 11.56.770(b).
(c) Hindering prosecution in the second degree 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. 11.56.790. Compounding.

(a) A person commits the crime of compounding if, unless authorized by AS 12.45.120 or 12.45.130, the person
(1) confers, offers to confer, or agrees to confer a benefit on another in consideration of that other person's concealing an offense, refraining from initiating or aiding in the prosecution of an offense, or withholding evidence of an offense; or
(2) accepts or agrees to accept a benefit in consideration of concealing an offense, refraining from initiating or aiding in the prosecution of an offense, or withholding evidence of an offense.
(b) Compounding 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. 11.56.800. False information or report.

(a) A person commits the crime of false information or report if the person knowingly
(1) gives false information to a peace officer
(A) with the intent of implicating another in an offense; or
(B) concerning the person's identity while the person is
(i) under arrest, detention, or investigation for a crime; or
(ii) being served with an arrest warrant or being issued a citation;
(2) makes a false report to a peace officer that a crime has occurred or is about to occur;
(3) makes a false report or gives a false alarm, under circumstances not amounting to terroristic threatening in the second degree under AS 11.56.810, that a fire or other incident dangerous to life or property calling for an emergency response has occurred or is about to occur;
(4) makes a false report to the Department of Natural Resources under AS 46.17 concerning the condition of a dam or reservoir; or
(5) gives false information to a public employee relating to a person's eligibility for a permanent fund dividend under AS 43.23 and the false information does not also violate AS 11.56.205.
(b) False information or report 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. 11.56.805. False accusation.

(a) A person commits the crime of false accusation if the person knowingly or intentionally initiates a false complaint with the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics established in AS 24.60.
(b) False accusation 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. 11.56.807. Terroristic threatening in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of terroristic threatening in the first degree if the person knowingly sends or delivers a bacteriological, biological, chemical, or radiological substance or an imitation bacteriological, biological, chemical, or radiological substance and, as a result,
(1) places a person in reasonable fear of physical injury to any person;
(2) causes evacuation of a building, public place or area, business premises, or mode of public transportation; or
(3) causes serious public inconvenience.
(b) In this section,
(1) “bacteriological, biological, chemical, or radiological substance” means a material that is capable of causing serious physical injury;
(2) “imitation bacteriological, biological, chemical, or radiological substance” means a material that by its appearance would lead a reasonable person to believe that it is capable of causing serious physical injury.
(c) Terroristic threatening in the first degree is a class B felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.810. Terroristic threatening in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of terroristic threatening in the second degree if the person makes a threat that a circumstance
(1) dangerous to human life or property exists or is about to exist with reckless disregard that the threat may
(A) place a person in reasonable fear of serious physical injury to any person by means of a dangerous instrument;
(B) cause evacuation of or initiation of an emergency protocol for a building, public place or area, business premises, or mode of public transportation;
(C) cause serious public inconvenience; or
(D) cause the public or a substantial group of people to fear serious physical injury; or
(2) exists or is about to exist that is dangerous to the proper or safe functioning of an oil or gas pipeline or supporting facility, utility, or transportation or cargo facility; in this paragraph, “oil or gas pipeline or supporting facility” and “utility” have the meanings given in AS 11.46.495.
(b) Terrorist threatening in the second 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. 11.56.815. Tampering with public records in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with public records in the first degree if the person violates
(1) AS 11.56.820(a)(3) with intent to obtain a benefit for that person or any person or to injure or deprive another person of a benefit; or
(2) AS 11.56.820(a)(1) or (2) with the intent to conceal a fact material to an investigation or the provision of services under AS 47.10, AS 47.12, AS 47.17, AS 47.20, or AS 47.24.
(b) Tampering with public records 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. 11.56.820. Tampering with public records in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with public records in the second degree if the person
(1) knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters a public record;
(2) knowingly destroys, mutilates, suppresses, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of a public record, knowing that the person lacks the authority to do so; or
(3) certifies a public record setting out a claim against a government agency, or the property of a government agency, with reckless disregard of whether the claim is lawful, or that payment of the claim is not authorized in the budget of the government agency.
(b) In this section,
(1) “certifies” means attesting to the existence, truth, or accuracy of facts, or that one holds an opinion, stated in a public record; the term includes the responsibilities for state officials set out in AS 37.10.030;
(2) “falsely alters” has the meaning ascribed to it in AS 11.46.580; and
(3) “makes a false entry” means to change or create a public record, whether complete or incomplete, by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion of new matter, transposition of matter, or by any other means, so that the record so changed or created states or implies a fact that the maker knows is not true, or states or implies an opinion that the maker does not hold.
(c) Tampering with public records in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration. › Sec. 11.56.825. Unlawful possession or use of traffic preemption device.

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession or use of a traffic preemption device if the person possesses or uses a traffic preemption device and that person is not, at the time of the possession or use, operating an emergency vehicle.
(b) This section does not apply to
(1) an employee of the state or a municipality who, at the time of the possession or use of a traffic preemption device, is authorized to install, repair, or maintain traffic preemption devices and only uses a device in the process of installing, repairing, and maintaining the devices; or
(2) a person operating a motor vehicle involved in highway maintenance or public transit that has been authorized by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities or by the municipal assembly or council, as appropriate, to possess or use a traffic preemption device.
(c) In this section,
(1) “emergency vehicle” means a police, fire, or emergency medical service vehicle that only uses a traffic preemption device when responding to a fire or other emergency or when transporting a patient to a hospital or clinic or for transfer to another emergency vehicle;
(2) “traffic preemption device” means a system that uses infrared light or other technology on a motor vehicle to transmit a signal to a receiver connected to a traffic light or other traffic control device for the purpose of giving the vehicle transmitting the signal the right-of-way by changing the traffic light or control device.
(d) Unlawful possession or use of a traffic preemption device 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. 11.56.827. Impersonating a public servant in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of impersonating a public servant in the first degree if the person violates AS 11.56.830 by pretending to be a peace officer and purports to exercise the authority of a peace officer in relation to another person.
(b) Impersonating a public servant 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. 11.56.830. Impersonating a public servant in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of impersonating a public servant in the second degree if the person pretends to be a public servant and purports to exercise the authority of a public servant in relation to another person.
(b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that
(1) the office the defendant pretended to hold did not in fact exist; or
(2) the defendant was in fact a public servant different than the one the defendant pretended to be.
(c) This section does not apply to a peace officer acting within the scope and authority of the officer's employment.
(d) Impersonating a public servant in the second degree 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. 11.56.835. Failure to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of failure to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper in the first degree if the person violates AS 11.56.840
(1) and the person has been previously convicted of a crime under this section or AS 11.56.840 or a law or ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with elements similar to a crime under this section or AS 11.56.840; or
(2) with intent to escape detection or identification and, by escaping detection or identification, to facilitate the person's commission of a sex offense or child kidnapping.
(b) In a prosecution under (a)(2) of this section, the fact that the defendant, for a period of at least one year, failed to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper, failed to file the annual or quarterly written verification, or changed the sex offender's or child kidnapper's address and did not file the required notice of change of address, is prima facie evidence that the defendant intended to escape detection or identification and, by escaping detection or identification, to facilitate the person's commission of a sex offense or child kidnapping.
(c) In this section, “child kidnapping” and “sex offense” have the meanings given in AS 12.63.100.
(d) Failure to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper 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. 11.56.840. Failure to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of failure to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper in the second degree if the person
(1) is required to register under AS 12.63.010;
(2) knows that the person is required to register under AS 12.63.010; and
(3) fails to
(A) register;
(B) file written notice of
(i) change of residence;
(ii) change of mailing address;
(iii) establishment of an electronic or messaging address or any change to an electronic or messaging address;
(iv) establishment of an Internet communication identifier or any change to an Internet communication identifier; or
(v) change of name;
(C) file the annual or quarterly written verification; or
(D) supply accurate and complete information required to be submitted under this paragraph.
(b) In a prosecution for failure to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper in the second degree under (a) of this section, it is an affirmative defense that
(1) unforeseeable circumstances, outside the control of the person, prevented the person from registering under (a)(3)(A) of this section or filing or supplying the written notices, verification, and other information required under (a)(3)(B) - (D) of this section; and
(2) the person contacted the Department of Public Safety orally and in writing immediately upon being able to perform the requirements described in this section.
(c) Failure to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper 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. 11.56.845. Hindering the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee.

(a) A person commits hindering the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee if the person intentionally (1) fails to give, or (2) directs, orders, threatens, restrains, coerces, forces, or prevents another person from giving, full cooperation to the legislative auditor or the legislative fiscal analyst in assembling or furnishing requested information to the committee or its staff, and the person did not reasonably believe that the action or failure to act was legally justified.
(b) Hindering the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee is a violation, punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 6. Abuse of Public Office. › Sec. 11.56.850. Official misconduct.

(a) A public servant commits the crime of official misconduct if, with intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or deprive another person of a benefit, the public servant
(1) performs an act relating to the public servant's office but constituting an unauthorized exercise of the public servant's official functions, knowing that that act is unauthorized; or
(2) knowingly refrains from performing a duty which is imposed upon the public servant by law or is clearly inherent in the nature of the public servant's office.
(b) Official misconduct is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 6. Abuse of Public Office. › Sec. 11.56.860. Misuse of confidential information.

(a) A person who is or has been a public servant commits the crime of misuse of confidential information if the person
(1) learns confidential information through employment as a public servant; and
(2) while in office or after leaving office, uses the confidential information for personal gain or in a manner not connected with the performance of official duties other than by giving sworn testimony or evidence in a legal proceeding in conformity with a court order.
(b) As used in this section, “confidential information” means information which has been classified confidential by law.
(c) Misuse of confidential information is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 7. General Provisions. › Sec. 11.56.900. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) “improperly influence a witness” means to cause or induce a witness to
(A) testify falsely, offer misleading testimony, or unlawfully withhold testimony in an official proceeding;
(B) avoid or attempt to avoid legal process summoning the witness to testify in an official proceeding, regardless of whether legal process has issued;
(C) be absent from an official proceeding to which the witness has been summoned; or
(D) engage in conduct described in AS 11.56.610;
(2) “judicial officer” means a supreme court justice, including the chief justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a judge of the superior court, a district court judge, or a magistrate;
(3) “juror” means a person who is a member of an impanelled jury or a person who has been drawn or summoned to attend as a prospective juror;
(4) “physical evidence” means an article, object, document, record, or other thing of physical substance;
(5) “testimony” means oral or written statements, documents, or other material that may be offered by a witness in an official proceeding;
(6) “witness” means
(A) a witness summoned or appearing in an official proceeding; or
(B) a person who the defendant believes may be called as a witness in an official proceeding, present or future.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.100. Riot.

(a) A person commits the crime of riot if, while participating with five or more others, the person engages in tumultuous and violent conduct in a public place and thereby causes, or creates a substantial risk of causing, damage to property or physical injury to a person.
(b) Riot is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.110. Disorderly conduct.

(a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if,
(1) with intent to disturb the peace and privacy of another not physically on the same premises or with reckless disregard that the conduct is having that effect after being informed that it is having that effect, the person makes unreasonably loud noise;
(2) in a public place or in a private place of another without consent, and with intent to disturb the peace and privacy of another or with reckless disregard that the conduct is having that effect after being informed that it is having that effect, the person makes unreasonably loud noise;
(3) in a public place, when a crime has occurred, the person refuses to comply with a lawful order of a peace officer to disperse;
(4) in a private place, the person refuses to comply with an order of a peace officer to leave premises in which the person has neither a right of possession nor the express invitation to remain of a person having a right of possession;
(5) in a public or private place, the person challenges another to fight or engages in fighting other than in self-defense;
(6) the person recklessly creates a hazardous condition for others by an act which has no legal justification or excuse; or
(7) the offender intentionally exposes the offender's buttock or anus to another with reckless disregard for the offensive or insulting effect the act may have on that person.
(b) As used in this section, “noise” is “unreasonably loud” if, considering the nature and purpose of the defendant's conduct and the circumstances known to the defendant, including the nature of the location and the time of day or night, the conduct involves a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would follow in the same situation. “Noise” does not include speech that is constitutionally protected.
(c) Disorderly conduct is a class B misdemeanor and is punishable as authorized in AS 12.55 except that a sentence of imprisonment, if imposed, shall be for a definite term of not more than
(1) 72 hours if the offense is a first conviction;
(2) 10 days if the offense is a second or subsequent conviction.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.116. Sending an explicit image of a minor.

(a) A person commits the offense of sending an explicit image of a minor if the person, with intent to annoy or humiliate another person, distributes an electronic photograph or video that depicts the genitals, anus, or female breast of that other person taken when that person was a minor under 16 years of age.
(b) In this section,
(1) “computer” has the meaning given in AS 11.46.990;
(2) “distributes” means to deliver the image to another person by sending the image to the other person's computer or telephone;
(3) “Internet” has the meaning given in AS 11.46.710(d).
(c) Sending an explicit image of a minor is
(1) a class B misdemeanor if the person distributes the image to another person;
(2) a class A misdemeanor if the person distributes the image to an Internet website that is accessible to the public.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.118. Harassment in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of harassment in the first degree if, under circumstances not proscribed under AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.427 or 11.41.434 - 11.41.440, the person violates AS 11.61.120(a)(5) and the offensive physical contact is contact
(1) with human or animal blood, mucus, saliva, semen, urine, vomitus, or feces; or
(2) by the person touching through clothing another person's genitals, buttocks, or female breast.
(b) Harassment in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.120. Harassment in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of harassment in the second degree if, with intent to harass or annoy another person, that person
(1) insults, taunts, or challenges another person in a manner likely to provoke an immediate violent response;
(2) telephones another and fails to terminate the connection with intent to impair the ability of that person to place or receive telephone calls;
(3) makes repeated telephone calls at extremely inconvenient hours;
(4) makes an anonymous or obscene telephone call, an obscene electronic communication, or a telephone call or electronic communication that threatens physical injury or sexual contact;
(5) subjects another person to offensive physical contact;
(6) except as provided in AS 11.61.116, publishes or distributes electronic or printed photographs, pictures, or films that show the genitals, anus, or female breast of the other person or show that person engaged in a sexual act;
(7) repeatedly sends or publishes an electronic communication that insults, taunts, challenges, or intimidates a person under 18 years of age in a manner that places the person in reasonable fear of physical injury; or
(8) under circumstances not proscribed under AS 11.41.455, AS 11.61.125, or 11.61.128, repeatedly sends to another person, publishes, or distributes electronic or printed photographs, pictures, or films that show the genitals of any person.
(b) Harassment in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.124. Solicitation or production of an indecent picture of a minor.

(a) An offender commits the crime of solicitation or production of an indecent picture of a minor if, under circumstances not proscribed under AS 11.41.455 or AS 11.61.123, the offender being 18 years of age or older
(1) solicits a picture of the genitals, anus, or female breast of another person and the
(A) person solicited is under 16 years of age and at least four years younger than the offender; or
(B) offender believes that the other person is under 16 years of age and at least four years younger than the offender; or
(2) produces a picture of the genitals, anus, or female breast of another person and the
(A) person shown in the picture is under 16 years of age and at least four years younger than the offender; or
(B) offender believes that the other person is under 16 years of age and at least four years younger than the offender.
(b) In a prosecution under (a) of this section, it is not a defense that the person solicited or shown in the picture was not actually a person under 16 years of age and at least four years younger than the offender.
(c) In a prosecution under (a)(1) of this section, it is not necessary for the prosecution to show that a picture was actually produced.
(d) The provisions of this section do not apply to acts
(1) that may reasonably be construed to be normal caretaker responsibilities for a child, interactions with a child, or affection for a child; or
(2) performed for the purpose of administering a recognized and lawful form of treatment that is reasonably adapted to promoting the physical or mental health of the person being treated.
(e) In this section, “picture” has the meaning given in AS 11.61.123(e).
(f) Solicitation or production of an indecent picture of a minor is a
(1) class C felony if an offender
(A) violates (a)(1) of this section and the person solicited is under 13 years of age; or
(B) violates (a)(2) of this section;
(2) class A misdemeanor if an offender violates (a)(1) of this section and the person solicited is 13 years of age or older.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.125. Distribution of child pornography.

(a) A person commits the crime of distribution of child pornography if the person distributes in this state or advertises, promotes, solicits, or offers to distribute in this state any material that is proscribed under AS 11.61.127.
(b) This section does not apply to acts that are an integral part of the exhibition or performance of a motion picture if the acts are performed within the scope of employment by a motion picture operator or projectionist employed by the owner or manager of a theater or other place for the showing of motion pictures, unless the motion picture operator or projectionist
(1) has a financial interest in the theater or place in which employed; or
(2) causes the performance or motion picture to be performed or exhibited without the consent of the manager or owner of the theater or other place of showing.
(c) The possession of 100 or more films, audio, video, electronic, or electromagnetic recordings, photographs, negatives, slides, books, newspapers, magazines, or other materials, including a combination of these items totaling 100 or more, is prima facie evidence of distribution and intent to distribute under (a) of this section.
(d) In this section, “distribution” includes the following, whether or not for monetary or other consideration: delivering, selling, renting, leasing, lending, giving, circulating, exhibiting, presenting, providing, exchanging, placing on a computer network or computer system, and providing billing collection, or other ancillary services for or otherwise supporting these activities.
(e) Distribution of child pornography is a
(1) class B felony; or
(2) class A felony if the person has been previously convicted of distribution of child pornography in this jurisdiction or a similar crime in this or another jurisdiction.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.127. Possession of child pornography.

(a) A person commits the crime of possession of child pornography if the person knowingly possesses or knowingly accesses on a computer with intent to view any material that visually depicts conduct described in AS 11.41.455(a) knowing that the production of the material involved the use of a child under 18 years of age who engaged in the conduct or a depiction of a part of an actual child under 18 years of age who, by manipulation, creation, or modification, appears to be engaged in the conduct.
(b) This section does not apply to persons providing plethysmograph assessments in the course of a sex offender treatment program that meets the minimum standards under AS 33.30.011(a)(5).
(c) Each film, audio, video, electronic, or electromagnetic recording, photograph, negative, slide, book, newspaper, magazine, or other material that visually or aurally depicts conduct described in AS 11.41.455(a) that is possessed or accessed in violation of (a) of this section is a separate violation of this section.
(d) In a prosecution under (a) of this section, it is an affirmative defense that the person
(1) possessed or accessed fewer than three depictions described in (a) of this section; and
(2) without allowing any person other than a law enforcement agency to view the depictions, either took reasonable steps to destroy the depictions, or reported the matter to a law enforcement agency and allowed the agency access to the depictions.
(e) In a prosecution under (a) of this section, the prosecution is not required to prove the identity of a minor depicted or that the defendant knew the identity of a minor depicted.
(f) In this section, “computer” has the meaning given in AS 11.46.990.
(g) Possession of child pornography is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.128. Distribution of indecent material to minors.

(a) A person commits the crime of distribution of indecent material to minors if
(1) the person, being 18 years of age or older, intentionally distributes or possesses with intent to distribute any material described in (2) and (3) of this subsection to either
(A) a child that the person knows is under 16 years of age; or
(B) another person that the person believes is a child under 16 years of age;
(2) the person knows that the material depicts the following actual or simulated conduct:
(A) sexual penetration;
(B) the lewd touching of a person's genitals, anus, or female breast;
(C) masturbation;
(D) bestiality;
(E) the lewd exhibition of a person's genitals, anus, or female breast; or
(F) sexual masochism or sadism; and
(3) the material is harmful to minors.
(b) In this section, it is not a defense that the victim was not actually under 16 years of age.
(c) In this section, “harmful to minors” means
(1) the average individual, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the material, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in sex for persons under 16 years of age;
(2) a reasonable person would find that the material, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, educational, political, or scientific value for persons under 16 years of age; and
(3) the material depicts actual or simulated conduct in a way that is patently offensive to the prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
(d) Except as provided in (e) of this section, distribution of indecent material to minors is a class C felony.
(e) Distribution of indecent material to minors is a class B felony if the defendant was, at the time of the offense, required to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper under AS 12.63 or a similar law of another jurisdiction.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.129. Forfeiture of property used in indecent viewing or production of a picture or child pornography.

(a) Property used to aid a violation of AS 11.61.123 - 11.61.128 or to aid the solicitation of, attempt to commit, or conspiracy to commit a violation of AS 11.61.123 - 11.61.128 may be forfeited to the state upon the conviction of the offender.
(b) In this section, “property” has the meaning given in AS 11.41.468.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.130. Misconduct involving a corpse.

(a) A person commits the crime of misconduct involving a corpse if
(1) except as authorized by law or in an emergency, the person intentionally disinters, removes, conceals, or mutilates a corpse;
(2) the person engages in sexual penetration of a corpse; or
(3) the person detains a corpse for a debt or demand or upon a lien or charge.
(b) Misconduct involving a corpse is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.145. Promoting an exhibition of fighting animals.

(a) A person commits the crime or offense, as applicable, of promoting an exhibition of fighting animals if the person
(1) owns, possesses, keeps, or trains an animal with intent that it be engaged in an exhibition of fighting animals;
(2) instigates, promotes, or has a pecuniary interest in an exhibition of fighting animals; or
(3) attends an exhibition of fighting animals.
(b) The animals, equipment, vehicles, money, and other personal property used by a person in a violation of (a)(1) or (2) of this section shall be forfeited to the state if the person is convicted of an offense under this section.
(c) [Repealed, § 103 ch 13 SLA 2019.]
(d) Promoting an exhibition of fighting animals
(1) under (a)(1) or (2) of this section is a class C felony;
(2) under (a)(3) of this section is
(A) a violation
(i) for the first offense;
(ii) punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 for the second offense; and
(B) a class A misdemeanor for the third and each subsequent offense.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.150. Obstruction of highways.

(a) A person commits the offense of obstruction of highways if the person knowingly
(1) places, drops, or permits to drop on a highway any substance that creates a substantial risk of physical injury to others using the highway; or
(2) renders a highway impassable or passable only with unreasonable inconvenience or hazard.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under (a)(1) of this section that
(1) the defendant took reasonable steps to remove the substance from the highway; and
(2) no person suffered physical injury as a result of the presence of the substance on the highway.
(c) Obstruction of highways is a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.160. Recruiting a gang member in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of recruiting a gang member in the first degree if the person uses or threatens the use of force against a person or property to induce a person to participate in a criminal street gang or to commit a crime on behalf of a criminal street gang.
(b) Recruiting a gang member in the first degree is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 1. Offenses Related to Riot, Disorderly Conduct, Pornography, Indecency, Gangs, Corpses, or Animals. › Sec. 11.61.165. Recruiting a gang member in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of recruiting a gang member in the second degree if the person is 18 years of age or older and, without force or the threat of force, encourages or recruits a person who is under 18 years of age and at least three years younger than the offender to participate in a criminal street gang.
(b) Recruiting a gang member in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 2. Weapons and Explosives. › Sec. 11.61.190. Misconduct involving weapons in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of misconduct involving weapons in the first degree if the person
(1) uses or attempts to use a firearm during the commission of an offense under AS 11.71.010 - 11.71.040; or
(2) discharges a firearm from a propelled vehicle while the vehicle is being operated and under circumstances manifesting substantial and unjustifiable risk of physical injury to a person or damage to property.
(b) Misconduct involving weapons in the first degree is a class A felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 2. Weapons and Explosives. › Sec. 11.61.195. Misconduct involving weapons in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of misconduct involving weapons in the second degree if the person knowingly
(1) possesses a firearm during the commission of an offense under AS 11.71.010 - 11.71.040;
(2) violates AS 11.61.200(a)(1) and is within the grounds of or on a parking lot immediately adjacent to
(A) a public or private preschool, elementary, junior high, or secondary school without the permission of the chief administrative officer of the school or district or the designee of the chief administrative officer; or
(B) an entity, other than a private residence, licensed as a child care facility under AS 47.32 or recognized by the federal government for the care of children; or
(3) discharges a firearm at or in the direction of
(A) a building with reckless disregard for a risk of physical injury to a person; or
(B) a dwelling.
(b) Misconduct involving weapons in the second degree is a class B felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 2. Weapons and Explosives. › Sec. 11.61.240. Criminal possession of explosives.

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal possession of explosives if the person possesses or manufactures an explosive substance or device and intends to use that substance or device to commit a crime.
(b) Criminal possession of explosives is a
(1) class A felony if the crime intended is murder in any degree or kidnapping;
(2) class B felony if the crime intended is a class A felony;
(3) class C felony if the crime intended is a class B felony;
(4) class A misdemeanor if the crime intended is a class C felony;
(5) class B misdemeanor if the crime intended is a class A or class B misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order › Article 2. Weapons and Explosives. › Sec. 11.61.250. Unlawful furnishing of explosives.

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful furnishing of explosives if the person furnishes an explosive substance or device to another knowing that the other intends to use the substance or device to commit a crime.
(b) Unlawful furnishing of explosives is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 66. Offenses Against Public Health and Decency › Article 1. Prostitution and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.66.100. Prostitution.

(a) A person commits the crime of prostitution if the person
(1) engages in or agrees or offers to engage in sexual conduct in return for a fee; or
(2) offers a fee in return for sexual conduct.
(b) In a prosecution under (e) of this section, it is an affirmative defense that, at the time of the alleged offense, the defendant
(1) reasonably believed the prostitute to be 18 years of age or older; and
(2) undertook reasonable measures to verify that the prostitute was 18 years of age or older.
(c) A person may not be prosecuted under (a)(1) of this section if the
(1) person witnessed or was a victim of, and reported to law enforcement in good faith, one or more of the following crimes:
(A) murder in the first degree under AS 11.41.100;
(B) murder in the second degree under AS 11.41.110;
(C) manslaughter under AS 11.41.120;
(D) criminally negligent homicide under AS 11.41.130;
(E) assault in the first degree under AS 11.41.200;
(F) assault in the second degree under AS 11.41.210;
(G) assault in the third degree under AS 11.41.220;
(H) assault in the fourth degree under AS 11.41.230;
(I) sexual assault in the first degree under AS 11.41.410;
(J) sexual assault in the second degree under AS 11.41.420;
(K) sexual assault in the third degree under AS 11.41.425;
(L) sexual assault in the fourth degree under AS 11.41.427;
(M) sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree under AS 11.41.434;
(N) sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree under AS 11.41.436;
(O) sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree under AS 11.41.438;
(P) sexual abuse of a minor in the fourth degree under AS 11.41.440;
(Q) robbery in the first degree under AS 11.41.500;
(R) robbery in the second degree under AS 11.41.510;
(S) extortion under AS 11.41.520;
(T) coercion under AS 11.41.530;
(U) distribution of child pornography under AS 11.61.125;
(V) possession of child pornography under AS 11.61.127;
(W) sex trafficking in the first degree under AS 11.66.110;
(X) sex trafficking in the second degree under AS 11.66.120;
(Y) sex trafficking in the third degree under AS 11.66.130; or
(Z) sex trafficking in the fourth degree under AS 11.66.135;
(2) evidence supporting the prosecution under (a)(1) of this section was obtained or discovered as a result of the person reporting the crime to law enforcement; and
(3) person cooperated with law enforcement personnel.
(d) Except as provided in (e) of this section, prostitution is a class B misdemeanor.
(e) Prostitution is a class C felony if
(1) the defendant violates (a) of this section as a patron of a prostitute;
(2) the prostitute is under 18 years of age; and
(3) the defendant is over 18 years of age and at least three years older than the prostitute.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 66. Offenses Against Public Health and Decency › Article 1. Prostitution and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.66.110. Sex trafficking in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of sex trafficking in the first degree if the person
(1) induces or causes another person to engage in prostitution through the use of force;
(2) as other than a patron of a prostitute, induces or causes another person who is under 20 years of age to engage in prostitution; or
(3) induces or causes a person in that person's legal custody to engage in prostitution.
(b) In a prosecution under (a)(2) of this section, it is not a defense that the defendant reasonably believed that the person induced or caused to engage in prostitution was 20 years of age or older.
(c) Except as provided in (d) of this section, sex trafficking in the first degree is a class A felony.
(d) A person convicted under (a)(2) of this section is guilty of an unclassified felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 66. Offenses Against Public Health and Decency › Article 1. Prostitution and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.66.120. Sex trafficking in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of sex trafficking in the second degree if the person
(1) manages, supervises, controls, or owns, either alone or in association with others, a prostitution enterprise other than a place of prostitution;
(2) procures or solicits a patron for a prostitute; or
(3) offers, sells, advertises, promotes, or facilitates travel that includes commercial sexual conduct as enticement for the travel; in this paragraph, “commercial sexual conduct” means sexual conduct for which anything of value is given or received by any person.
(b) Sex trafficking in the second degree is a class B felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 66. Offenses Against Public Health and Decency › Article 1. Prostitution and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.66.130. Sex trafficking in the third degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of sex trafficking in the third degree if the person
(1) receives compensation for prostitution services rendered by another; and
(2) with the intent to promote prostitution,
(A) manages, supervises, controls, or owns, either alone or in association with others, a place of prostitution;
(B) as other than a patron of a prostitute, induces or causes another person who is 20 years of age or older to engage in prostitution;
(C) receives or agrees to receive money or other property under an agreement or understanding that the money or other property is derived from prostitution; or
(D) engages in conduct that institutes, aids, or facilitates a prostitution enterprise.
(b) [Repealed, § 72, ch 1 4SSLA 2017.]
(c) Sex trafficking in the third degree is a class C felony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 11. Criminal Law › Chapter 66. Offenses Against Public Health and Decency › Article 1. Prostitution and Related Offenses. › Sec. 11.66.135. Sex trafficking in the fourth degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of sex trafficking in the fourth degree if the person
(1) receives compensation for prostitution services rendered by another; and
(2) engages in conduct that institutes, aids, or facilitates prostitution under circumstances not proscribed under AS 11.66.130(a)(2)(D).
(b) [Repealed, § 72 ch 1 4SSLA 2017.]
(c) Sex trafficking in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.