(a) A claimant under Alaska Stat. § 17.30.116(b) may at any time petition for release of a seized item as follows:

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 17.30.118

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • 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.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) to a court in which a warrant for seizure has been issued;
(2) to a court in which a criminal or civil action alleging forfeiture of the item has been filed; or
(3) before an action is filed, or if no seizure warrant was issued, to a court in the judicial district in which the violation took place.
(b) An item may not be released by the court under (a) of this section unless the claimant gives adequate assurance that the item will remain subject to the court’s jurisdiction and

(1) the court finds that the release is in the best interests of the state; or
(2) the claimant provides a bond or other valid and equivalent security equal to twice the assessed value of the item.
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