(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 Alaska Stat. § 11.56.840

Attorney's Note

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C felonyup to 5 yearsup to $50,000
For details, see Alaska Stat. § 12.55.125

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 11.56.835

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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) and the person has been previously convicted of a crime under this section or Alaska Stat. § 11.56.840 or a law or ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with elements similar to a crime under this section or Alaska Stat. § 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 Alaska Stat. § 12.63.100.
(d) Failure to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper in the first degree is a class C felony.