§ 45.50.471 Unlawful acts and practices
§ 45.50.473 Disclosure of costs of certain telephone services
§ 45.50.474 Required disclosures in promotions and shoreside sales on board cruise ships
§ 45.50.475 Unlawful, unwanted telephone advertisements and solicitations
§ 45.50.477 Use of titles relating to industrial hygiene
§ 45.50.479 Limitation on electronic mail
§ 45.50.481 Exemptions
§ 45.50.491 Regulations
§ 45.50.495 Investigative power of attorney general
§ 45.50.501 Restraining prohibited acts
§ 45.50.511 Assurances of voluntary compliance
§ 45.50.521 When information and evidence confidential and nonadmissible
§ 45.50.531 Private and class actions
§ 45.50.535 Private injunctive relief
§ 45.50.536 Mediation
§ 45.50.537 Attorney fees, costs, and damages
§ 45.50.541 Nonnegotiability of consumer paper
§ 45.50.542 Provisions not waivable
§ 45.50.545 Interpretation
§ 45.50.551 Civil penalties
§ 45.50.561 Definitions; short title

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 45 > Chapter 50 > Article 3 - Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • oath: includes affirmation or declaration. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • writing: includes printing. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060