(a) A person who commits a criminal contempt is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. A person who commits a civil contempt is subject to damages, a civil penalty of $5,000 or less for each violation, and other orders as the court finds appropriate.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $25,000
For details, see Alaska Stat. § 12.55.135

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 09.50.020

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(b) In addition to the penalty specified in (a) of this section, the court may suspend, restrict, or revoke, for a period not to exceed six months, a driver’s license as defined in Alaska Stat. § 28.90.990, a license as defined in Alaska Stat. § 25.27.244(s), or a recreational license, or any combination of these licenses, or the person’s ability to obtain the licenses, if

(1) the person is a natural person;
(2) the contempt is one under Alaska Stat. § 09.50.010(4) – (10); and
(3) the court, sitting without a jury, finds by a preponderance of evidence that the contempt related to failure to pay money in connection with a child support action or proceeding or failure to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or child support proceeding.
(c) In this section, “recreational license” means a recreational fishing license or recreational hunting license. In this subsection,

(1) “recreational fishing license” means a sport fishing license under Alaska Stat. § 16.05.340 unless that license is required for participation in personal use fishing, as defined in Alaska Stat. § 16.05.940, or subsistence fishing, as defined in Alaska Stat. § 16.05.940 and modified by decisions of the Alaska Supreme Court;
(2) “recreational hunting license” means a hunting license under Alaska Stat. § 16.05.340 unless that license is required for participation in subsistence hunting, as defined in Alaska Stat. § 16.05.940 and modified by decisions of the Alaska Supreme Court.
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