Alaska Statutes 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

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:

Class	Prison	Fine
Class A misdemeanor	up to 1 year	up to $25,000

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peace officer: means
(A) an officer of the state troopers. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
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

(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.