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Alaska Disorderly Conduct and Criminal Trespass Laws (2026)
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Alaska's disorderly conduct law, AS 11.61.110, makes unreasonably loud noise, fighting, refusing certain police orders, creating a hazard and "mooning" a class B misdemeanor, but with an unusually short jail cap: no more than 72 hours for a first conviction and 10 days for a repeat. Criminal trespass has two degrees, and both are misdemeanors: first degree (AS 11.46.320) is a class A misdemeanor and second degree (AS 11.46.330) is a class B misdemeanor.
Riot is the one public-order felony in chapter 11.61. Public intoxication is handled through protective custody rather than a criminal charge. For other states, see our guide to disorderly conduct and trespass laws by state.
Information last verified on 2026-10-18. This article has not been reviewed by a licensed lawyer.
Jurisdiction scope: This article covers Alaska's state criminal statutes on disorderly conduct (AS 11.61.110), related public-order offenses in chapter 11.61 and the false-report and terroristic-threatening statutes, and criminal trespass (AS 11.46.320 to 11.46.350). It does not cover local noise ordinances and quiet hours (see Alaska noise laws), the civil process for removing squatters (see Alaska squatters' rights), use of force against an intruder, civil trespass lawsuits, municipal ordinances, or rules for federal property.
Disorderly conduct: AS 11.61.110
Section 11.61.110(a) lists seven ways to commit disorderly conduct. In plain words:
- Noise reaching other premises: making unreasonably loud noise "with intent to disturb the peace and privacy of another not physically on the same premises," or with reckless disregard that it is having that effect "after being informed that it is having that effect."
- Noise in a public place or someone else's private place: the same noise rule, "in a public place or in a private place of another without consent."
- Refusing to disperse: "in a public place, when a crime has occurred, the person refuses to comply with a lawful order of a peace officer to disperse."
- Refusing to leave: "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."
- Fighting: "in a public or private place, the person challenges another to fight or engages in fighting other than in self-defense." For assault offenses, see Alaska assault laws.
- Hazardous conditions: recklessly creating "a hazardous condition for others by an act which has no legal justification or excuse."
- Exposure: intentionally exposing "the offender's buttock or anus to another with reckless disregard for the offensive or insulting effect the act may have on that person."
What counts as unreasonably loud noise
Section 11.61.110(b) gives the noise clauses a high bar. 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." The same subsection adds: "'Noise' does not include speech that is constitutionally protected." Quiet hours and decibel limits are set locally; see Alaska noise laws.
Public place
Alaska defines "public place" once for the whole criminal code. Under AS 11.81.900(b)(55), it means "a place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access," and includes highways, transportation facilities, schools, places of amusement or business, parks, playgrounds, prisons, and the hallways, lobbies and other common areas of apartment houses and hotels.
The penalty: a class B misdemeanor with a short jail cap
Under AS 11.61.110(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."
That cap replaces the usual class B jail maximum of 90 days, which applies "unless otherwise specified in the provision of law defining the offense" (AS 12.55.135(b)). The cap in 11.61.110(c) addresses imprisonment only; the fine for a class B misdemeanor is up to $2,000 (AS 12.55.035(b)(6)). Disorderly conduct has no felony form.
Related public-order offenses in Alaska
Riot
Under AS 11.61.100(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." Riot is a class C felony, punishable by up to 5 years (AS 12.55.125(e)) and a fine of up to $50,000 (AS 12.55.035(b)(4)).
Chapter 11.61 contains no separate unlawful-assembly or failure-to-disperse offense; refusing a lawful dispersal order where a crime has occurred is clause (a)(3) of disorderly conduct.
Obstruction of highways
Knowingly placing or dropping a substance on a highway that creates a substantial risk of injury, or rendering a highway "impassable or passable only with unreasonable inconvenience or hazard," is obstruction of highways under AS 11.61.150. It is a violation, not a crime, "punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000."
Public intoxication: protective custody
Chapter 11.61 contains no public intoxication crime. Instead, under AS 47.37.170(a), "A person who appears to be intoxicated in a public place and to be in need of help ... may be taken into protective custody and assisted by a peace officer or a member of the emergency service patrol to the person's home, an approved public treatment facility, an approved private treatment facility, or another appropriate health facility." The statute adds that protective custody "does not constitute an arrest and no entry or other record may be made to indicate that the person detained has been arrested or charged with a crime."
The same subsection covers a person who appears intoxicated on licensed premises where liquor is sold or consumed and refuses to leave when asked by the owner, an employee or a peace officer. If none of the listed places, including the person's home, is available, the person may be taken to a state or municipal detention facility, but may be held there only until a treatment facility or emergency medical service is available, until no longer intoxicated, or for a maximum of 12 hours, whichever comes first (AS 47.37.170(i)). A person who appears incapacitated by alcohol or drugs in a public place must be taken into protective custody (AS 47.37.170(b)). Separately, AS 04.16.040 provides that a drunken person may not knowingly enter or remain on premises licensed under the alcohol title; that offense, prohibited access by a drunken person, is a violation (a noncriminal offense punishable only by a fine, AS 11.81.900(b)) with a fine of up to $500 (AS 12.55.035(b)(7)).
Harassment: insults, taunts and offensive contact
Under AS 11.61.120(a)(1), a person who, with intent to harass or annoy another person, "insults, taunts, or challenges another person in a manner likely to provoke an immediate violent response" commits harassment in the second degree. It is a class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days (AS 12.55.135(b)) and a fine of up to $2,000; the 72-hour cap in the disorderly conduct statute does not apply to it. The same section also covers offensive physical contact and several telephone, electronic and image-sharing forms. Harassment in the first degree (AS 11.61.118), offensive contact with bodily fluids or waste or touching another person's genitals, buttocks or female breast through clothing, is a class A misdemeanor.
Other chapter 11.61 subjects
Chapter 11.61 also contains no loitering offense and no funeral-picketing offense. Its other sections deal with subjects such as indecent images, animals, gang recruiting, weapons and explosives, which are beyond the scope of this page. Local ordinances, such as municipal codes, are outside it too.
False reports and terroristic threatening
- False information or report (AS 11.56.800): among its forms, knowingly making "a false report to a peace officer that a crime has occurred or is about to occur," or knowingly making a false report or false alarm that "a fire or other incident dangerous to life or property calling for an emergency response has occurred or is about to occur." Class A misdemeanor.
- Terroristic threatening in the second degree (AS 11.56.810): threatening that a circumstance dangerous to human life or property exists or is about to exist, with reckless disregard that the threat may, among other effects, cause evacuation of or an emergency protocol for a building, public place, business or public transportation, or cause serious public inconvenience. Class C felony.
- Terroristic threatening in the first degree (AS 11.56.807): sending or delivering a real or imitation hazardous substance that causes fear, evacuation or serious public inconvenience. Class B felony, punishable by up to 10 years (AS 12.55.125(d)) and a fine of up to $100,000 (AS 12.55.035(b)(3)).
Emergency orders
The sections of Alaska's disaster act, AS 26.23, contain no criminal penalty for violating an emergency order or curfew. Local emergency rules are municipal.
Criminal trespass in Alaska
Alaska has two degrees of criminal trespass, both in the same article as burglary. Both turn on the phrase "enter or remain unlawfully," which AS 11.46.350 defines.
What "enter or remain unlawfully" means, including being told to leave
Under AS 11.46.350(a), to "enter or remain unlawfully" means to:
- enter or remain on premises or in a propelled vehicle that "is not open to the public" when the person "is not otherwise privileged to do so";
- "fail to leave premises or a propelled vehicle that is open to the public after being lawfully directed to do so personally by the person in charge"; or
- enter or remain on premises or in a vehicle in violation of a protective order issued under AS 18.66.100 to 18.66.180 (or the former AS 25.35 orders).
The second form is the rule for a store, restaurant or other place open to the public: the direction to leave must be lawful and given personally by the person in charge. Separately, refusing a peace officer's order to leave private premises where the person has no right of possession and no invitation to remain is disorderly conduct under AS 11.61.110(a)(4).
Notice for open, unfenced land
Alaska's trespass article sets a specific notice rule for one kind of land. Under AS 11.46.350(b), a person who, "without intent to commit a crime on the land, enters or remains upon unimproved and apparently unused land, which is neither fenced nor otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders, is privileged to do so unless (1) notice against trespass is personally communicated to that person by the owner of the land or some other authorized person; or (2) notice against trespass is given by posting in a reasonably conspicuous manner under the circumstances."
The burglary and criminal trespass article (AS 11.46.300 to 11.46.350) contains no paint-mark provision; its only posting rule is the one above.
First degree: dwellings, or land with intent to commit a crime
Under AS 11.46.320(a), "A person commits the crime of criminal trespass in the first degree if the person enters or remains unlawfully (1) on land with intent to commit a crime on the land; or (2) in a dwelling." It is a class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to 1 year (AS 12.55.135(a)) and a fine of up to $25,000 (AS 12.55.035(b)(5)).
The dwelling form needs no intent to commit a crime. A "dwelling" is "a building that is designed for use or is used as a person's permanent or temporary home or place of lodging" (AS 11.81.900(b)(23)). Because remaining unlawfully in a dwelling is first-degree trespass, the statute reaches people who occupy a home without right; the civil removal process is covered on our Alaska squatters' rights page.
Second degree: premises and vehicles
Under AS 11.46.330(a), "A person commits the crime of criminal trespass in the second degree if the person enters or remains unlawfully (1) in or upon premises; or (2) in a propelled vehicle." It is a class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days (AS 12.55.135(b)) and a fine of up to $2,000. "Premises" means "real property and any building" (AS 11.81.900(b)(52)).
The emergency-use defense
Section 11.46.340 provides that in a prosecution for burglary, first-degree trespass, or second-degree trespass on premises (11.46.330(a)(1)), "it is an affirmative defense that (1) the entry, use, or occupancy of premises or use of personal property on the premises is for an emergency in the case of immediate and dire need; and (2) as soon as reasonably practical after the entry, use, or occupancy, the person contacts the owner of the premises, the owner's agent or, if the owner is unknown, the nearest state or local police agency, and makes a report of the time of the entry, use, or occupancy and any damage to the premises or personal property, unless notice waiving necessity of the report is posted on the premises by the owner or the owner's agent."
Trespass is not a felony; burglary is
Neither degree of criminal trespass is a felony in Alaska. The felony line is burglary: "A person commits the crime of burglary in the second degree if the person enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime in the building," a class C felony (AS 11.46.310). If the building is a dwelling, or the person is armed with a firearm, causes or attempts to cause physical injury, or uses or threatens to use a dangerous instrument, it is burglary in the first degree, a class B felony (AS 11.46.300). Questions about force against an intruder are covered on our Alaska self-defense laws page.
Alaska disorderly conduct and trespass penalties at a glance
| Offense | Statute | What it prohibits | Class | Statutory maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disorderly conduct | 11.61.110 | Unreasonably loud noise, refusing police dispersal or leave orders, fighting, reckless hazards, exposing buttock or anus | Class B misdemeanor | 72 hours jail (first conviction), 10 days (second or later); fine up to $2,000 |
| Harassment, second degree | 11.61.120 | With intent to harass or annoy: insults, taunts or challenges likely to provoke an immediate violent response, offensive physical contact, harassing calls and other listed forms | Class B misdemeanor | 90 days, $2,000 |
| Harassment, first degree | 11.61.118 | Second-degree offensive contact involving bodily fluids or waste, or touching intimate areas through clothing | Class A misdemeanor | 1 year, $25,000 |
| Riot | 11.61.100 | Tumultuous and violent conduct in a public place while participating with five or more others | Class C felony | 5 years, $50,000 |
| Prohibited access by a drunken person | 04.16.040 | Knowingly entering or remaining on licensed premises while drunk | Violation | $500 fine |
| Obstruction of highways | 11.61.150 | Dropping hazardous substances on, or blocking, a highway | Violation | $1,000 fine |
| False information or report | 11.56.800 | Among its forms, knowingly false crime reports or false emergency alarms | Class A misdemeanor | 1 year, $25,000 |
| Terroristic threatening, second degree | 11.56.810 | Threat of a dangerous circumstance, reckless as to evacuation, inconvenience or fear | Class C felony | 5 years, $50,000 |
| Terroristic threatening, first degree | 11.56.807 | Sending a real or imitation hazardous substance causing fear, evacuation or serious inconvenience | Class B felony | 10 years, $100,000 |
| Criminal trespass, first degree | 11.46.320 | Entering or remaining unlawfully in a dwelling, or on land with intent to commit a crime there | Class A misdemeanor | 1 year, $25,000 |
| Criminal trespass, second degree | 11.46.330 | Entering or remaining unlawfully on premises or in a propelled vehicle | Class B misdemeanor | 90 days, $2,000 |
| Burglary, second degree | 11.46.310 | Entering or remaining unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime there | Class C felony | 5 years, $50,000 |
| Burglary, first degree | 11.46.300 | Second-degree burglary of a dwelling, or while armed with a firearm, causing or attempting injury, or using or threatening a dangerous instrument | Class B felony | 10 years, $100,000 |
Jail maximums for each class come from AS 12.55.125 (felonies) and AS 12.55.135 (misdemeanors), and fines from AS 12.55.035(b), unless the offense's own section says otherwise, as 11.61.110(c) does for disorderly conduct jail time. Felony sentences also fall within presumptive ranges set in AS 12.55.125. For the full class table, see Alaska felony and misdemeanor classes.
Recent changes and pending bills
2026 House Bill 239 (chapter 9, SLA 2026). This 2026 crime bill amends other sections of chapter 11.61, such as 11.61.116 and 11.61.120, but it does not amend the disorderly conduct, riot or criminal trespass sections (AS 11.61.100, 11.61.110 and 11.46.320 to 11.46.350).
Pending, not law: HB 159 and SB 207. Both bills carry the short title "Property Possession and Property Crimes." HB 159 carries a status date of March 26, 2025, and SB 207 was in Senate Finance with a status date of May 13, 2026. Neither has been enacted, so neither changes the trespass statutes described above.
Related Alaska pages
- Disorderly conduct and trespass laws by state
- Alaska noise laws
- Alaska felony and misdemeanor classes
- Alaska squatters' rights
- Alaska self-defense laws
- Alaska assault laws
This article provides general legal information about Alaska's disorderly conduct, public-order and criminal trespass statutes as of 2026-10-18. It is not legal advice. For advice about a specific situation, contact a lawyer licensed in Alaska.
Last updated: 2026-10-18.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is disorderly conduct in Alaska?
Under AS 11.61.110(a), disorderly conduct includes making unreasonably loud noise with intent to disturb others' peace and privacy (or in reckless disregard after being told of the effect), refusing a lawful police order to disperse where a crime has occurred or an order to leave premises, challenging to fight or fighting other than in self-defense, recklessly creating a hazardous condition, and intentionally exposing one's buttock or anus.
Is disorderly conduct a misdemeanor in Alaska?
Yes, a class B misdemeanor. Under AS 11.61.110(c), any jail sentence is capped at 72 hours for a first conviction and 10 days for a second or subsequent conviction, and the fine for a class B misdemeanor can be up to $2,000 (AS 12.55.035(b)(6)).
Can you get disorderly conduct for yelling or noise in Alaska?
Clauses (1) and (2) of AS 11.61.110(a) cover unreasonably loud noise made with intent to disturb another's peace and privacy, or with reckless disregard after being informed of the effect. Noise is unreasonably loud only if it is a gross deviation from what a reasonable person would do, and noise does not include constitutionally protected speech (AS 11.61.110(b)). Insulting, taunting or challenging another person in a manner likely to provoke an immediate violent response, with intent to harass or annoy, is harassment in the second degree, a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days and $2,000 (AS 11.61.120(a)(1)).
Is public intoxication illegal in Alaska?
Chapter 11.61 of the criminal code contains no public intoxication crime. Under AS 47.37.170, a person who appears intoxicated in a public place and in need of help may be taken into protective custody, which the statute says does not constitute an arrest. Detention in a jail or other detention facility is allowed only when no listed place is available, and for no more than 12 hours (AS 47.37.170(i)). Separately, AS 04.16.040 provides that a drunken person may not knowingly enter or remain on premises licensed under the alcohol title; that offense, prohibited access by a drunken person, is a violation (a noncriminal offense punishable only by a fine, AS 11.81.900(b)) with a fine of up to $500 (AS 12.55.035(b)(7)).
Is trespassing a felony in Alaska?
Neither degree of criminal trespass is a felony: first degree is a class A misdemeanor (up to 1 year) and second degree is a class B misdemeanor (up to 90 days). Entering or remaining unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime there is burglary in the second degree, a class C felony (AS 11.46.310), or burglary in the first degree, a class B felony, if the building is a dwelling or the person is armed with a firearm, causes or attempts injury, or uses or threatens a dangerous instrument (AS 11.46.300).
What are the degrees of criminal trespass in Alaska?
There are two. First degree (AS 11.46.320) is entering or remaining unlawfully in a dwelling, or on land with intent to commit a crime on the land, a class A misdemeanor. Second degree (AS 11.46.330) is entering or remaining unlawfully on premises or in a propelled vehicle, a class B misdemeanor.
Does Alaska have a purple paint law?
Alaska's burglary and criminal trespass article (AS 11.46.300 to 11.46.350) contains no paint-mark provision. For unimproved, unfenced, apparently unused land, notice against trespass is given personally by the owner or an authorized person, or by posting in a reasonably conspicuous manner (AS 11.46.350(b)).
What happens if a store tells me to leave in Alaska?
Failing to leave premises open to the public after being lawfully directed to leave personally by the person in charge is entering or remaining unlawfully under AS 11.46.350(a)(2), which is an element of criminal trespass. Separately, refusing a peace officer's order to leave private premises where you have no right of possession or invitation is disorderly conduct (AS 11.61.110(a)(4)).
Is squatting a crime in Alaska?
Entering or remaining unlawfully in a dwelling is criminal trespass in the first degree, a class A misdemeanor (AS 11.46.320). Bills on property possession and unlawful occupants (HB 159 and SB 207) were introduced in the 34th Legislature but have not been enacted.
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Alaska Statutes, Title 11. Criminal Law, Chapter 61. Offenses Against Public Order
§ 11.61.110Disorderly conductIn forcecited in 2 of our articles
(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…
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Also relied on in: Alaska Noise Laws: Quiet Hours, Loud Neighbors and Penalties (2026)
§ 11.61.100RiotIn force
(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.
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Alaska Statutes, Title 11. Criminal Law, Chapter 46. Offenses Against Property
§ 11.46.330Criminal trespass in the second degreeIn forcecited in 2 of our articles
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal trespass in the second degree if the person enters or remains unlawfully (1) in or upon premises; or (2) in a propelled vehicle. (b) Criminal trespass in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-31 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at akleg.gov
Cited in 16 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 2023
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Turney v. State (Alaska Supreme Court 1997, 936 P.2d 533)“…ry tampering under AS 11.56.590 and criminal trespass under AS 11.46.330(a)(1), as a result of his activities in…”
- Stephan P. v. Cecilia A. (Alaska Supreme Court 2020, 464 P.3d 266)“…tinued) elements of criminal assault in the fourth degree); AS 11.46.330 (defining the elements of criminal tres…”
- Arabie v. State (Court of Appeals of Alaska 1985, 699 P.2d 890)“…may have constituted a criminal trespass, see AS 11.46.330(a)(1), they did not, in themselves, amo…”
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Also relied on in: Alaska Drone Laws (2026): Police Warrants, Hunting & Privacy
§ 11.46.320Criminal trespass in the first degreeIn forcecited in 5 of our articles
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal trespass in the first degree if the person enters or remains unlawfully (1) on land with intent to commit a crime on the land; or (2) in a dwelling. (b) Criminal trespass in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.
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Cited in 14 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 2025
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Turney v. State (Alaska Supreme Court 1997, 936 P.2d 533)“…n two counts of criminal trespass in the first degree under AS 11.46.320(a)(1). The superior court denied Turney…”
- Bingaman v. State (Court of Appeals of Alaska 2003, 76 P.3d 398)“…46.300-11.46.310; (C) criminal - trespass - under - AS 11.46.320-11.46.330; (D) arson or criminal…”
- Alfred v. State (Court of Appeals of Alaska 1988, 758 P.2d 130)“…degree for unlawfully entering a house and stealing liquor. AS 11.46.320(a)(2). 2 . Alaska…”
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Also relied on in: Alaska Laws on Recording Police: Your Rights and Limits (2026), Alaska Laws on Recording in Public: Filming, Photography, and Consent (2026), Alaska Video Recording Laws: Surveillance, Filming, and Consent Rules (2026)
§ 11.46.350Definition; privilege to enter or remain on unimproved landIn force
(a) As used in AS 11.46.300 11.46.350, unless the context requires otherwise, enter or remain unlawfully means to (1) enter or remain in or upon premises or in a propelled vehicle when the premises or propelled vehicle, at the time of the entry or remaining, is not open to the public and when the defendant is not otherwise privileged to do so; (2) fail to leave premises or a propelled vehicle that is open to the public after being lawfully directed to do so personally by the person in charge; or (3) enter or remain upon premises or in a propelled vehicle in violation of a provision in an order issued or filed under AS 18.66.100 18.66.180 or issued under former AS 25.35.010(b) or 25.35.020.
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Alaska Statutes, Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure, Chapter 55. Sentencing and Probation
§ 12.55.135Sentences of imprisonment for misdemeanorsIn forcecited in 9 of our articles
(a) A defendant convicted of a class A misdemeanor may be sentenced to a definite term of imprisonment of not more than one year. (b) A defendant convicted of a class B misdemeanor may be sentenced to a definite term of imprisonment of not more than 90 days unless otherwise specified in the provision of law defining the offense. (c) A defendant convicted of assault in the fourth degree that is a crime involving domestic violence committed in violation of the provisions of an order issued or filed under AS 12.30.027 or AS 18.66.100 18.66.180 and not subject to sentencing under (g) of this section shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 20 days.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-31 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at akleg.gov
Cited in 49 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 2024
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Doe v. State, Department of Public Safety (Alaska Supreme Court 2004, 92 P.3d 398)“…y up to one year in jail and by a fine up to $10,000. See AS 12.55.135(a), .035(b)(5). [18] AS 18.65.087 au…”
- Dawson v. State (Court of Appeals of Alaska 2011, 264 P.3d 851)“…ode Revision, Tentative Draft, Part 5, p. 87. [16] See AS 12.55.135(b). [17] See R. Perkins & R. Boyce…”
- Miller v. State (Court of Appeals of Alaska 2013, 312 P.3d 1112)“…he faced a minimum sentence of 30 days' imprisonment under AS 12.55.135(g) 4 The defénse attorney never *1116…”
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§ 12.55.035FinesIn forcecited in 13 of our articles
(a) Upon conviction of an offense, a defendant may be sentenced to pay a fine as authorized in this section or as otherwise authorized by law. (b) Upon conviction of an offense, a defendant who is not an organization may be sentenced to pay, unless otherwise specified in the provision of law defining the offense, a fine of not more than (1) $500,000 for murder in the first or second degree, attempted murder in the first degree, murder of an unborn child, sexual assault in the first degree under AS 11.41.410(a)(1)(A), (2), (3), or (4), sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree, kidnapping, sex trafficking in the first degree under AS 11.66.110(a)(2), or misconduct involving a controlled substance in the first degree; (2) $250,000 for a class A felony; (3) $100,000 for a class B felony; (4) $50,000 for a class C felony; (5) $25,000 for a class A misdemeanor; (6) $2,000 for a class B misdemeanor; (7) $500 for a violation.
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Cited in 30 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 2025
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Manderson v. State (Court of Appeals of Alaska 1983, 655 P.2d 1320)“…urden the payment of the fine will impose. See AS 12.55.035(a). 5 Clearly, the $1,…”
- Hillman v. Municipality of Anchorage (Court of Appeals of Alaska 1997, 941 P.2d 211)“…ture of an $8000 vehicle violates Alaska law because, under AS 12.55.035(b), the maximum fine for a class A misd…”
- Wilson v. State (Court of Appeals of Alaska 1988, 756 P.2d 307)“…ted on the basis of ability to pay. See, e.g., AS 12.55.035. A maximum fine does not necessarily in…”
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Also relied on in: Alaska Surveillance Camera Laws (2026 Guide), Alaska Sexting Laws: Legal Consequences and Penalties, Alaska Smart Glasses Recording Laws 2026
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Sources and References
- AS 11.61.110, disorderly conduct(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 11.81.900, definitions(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 12.55.135, sentences of imprisonment for misdemeanors(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 12.55.035, fines(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 11.61.100, riot(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 12.55.125, sentences of imprisonment for felonies(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 11.61.150, obstruction of highways(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 47.37.170, treatment and services for intoxicated persons (protective custody)(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 11.56.800 to 11.56.810, false information or report; terroristic threatening(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 11.46.350, definitions (enter or remain unlawfully; notice for unimproved land)(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 11.46.320, criminal trespass in the first degree(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 11.46.330, criminal trespass in the second degree(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 11.46.340, affirmative defense of emergency use of premises(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 11.46.300 to 11.46.310, burglary in the first and second degree(www.akleg.gov).gov
- 2026 House Bill 239, enrolled text (chapter 9, SLA 2026)(www.akleg.gov).gov
- House Bill 239, 34th Legislature, bill status(www.akleg.gov).gov
- Senate Bill 207, 34th Legislature, bill status(www.akleg.gov).gov
- AS 11.61.118 to 11.61.120, harassment(akleg.gov).gov
- AS 04.16.040, access of drunken persons to licensed premises(akleg.gov).gov
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