Sec. 01.05.011. Designation and citation.
The bulk formal revision of Alaska law adopted and enacted into law by AS 01.05.006 and as amended and supplemented is known as the “Alaska Statutes” and may be cited “AS” followed by the number of the title, chapter, and section, separated by periods. For example, this title may be cited “AS 01”; this chapter […]
Sec. 01.10.090. Retrospective statutes.
No statute is retrospective unless expressly declared therein.
Sec. 01.05.016. Effect of adoption.
(a) The adoption and enactment of the Alaska Statutes do not repeal, affect, or modify (1) a special, local, or temporary law; (2) a law making an appropriation; (3) a law affecting a bond issue or by which a bond issue may have been authorized; (4) the running of the statutes of limitations in force […]
Sec. 01.10.100. Effect of repeals or amendments.
(a) The repeal or amendment of a law does not release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred or right accruing or accrued under that law, unless the repealing or amending act so provides expressly. The law shall be treated as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution […]
Sec. 01.05.021. Effect of repeal on prior offenses and punishments.
(a) No fine, forfeiture, or penalty incurred under laws existing before the time the Alaska Statutes take effect is affected by repeal of the existing law, but the recovery of the fines and forfeitures and the enforcement of the penalties are effected as if the law repealed had still remained in effect. (b) In the […]
Sec. 01.10.110. Effect of amendments to Statehood Act.
No amendment (enacted after September 16, 1976) that affects an interest of the state under the Alaska Statehood Act (72 Stat. 339) is effective as to the state unless approved by law enacted by the legislature or the people of the state.
Sec. 01.05.026. Supplements and pamphlets prima facie evidence of law; temporary and special acts; authentication.
The laws contained in the most recent cumulative supplement to and replacement pamphlets for the Alaska Statutes constitute prima facie a part of the Alaska Statutes, and the laws contained in the Temporary and Special Act pamphlets constitute prima facie the temporary and special law of Alaska, when prepared in accordance with this chapter and […]
Sec. 01.05.031. Revision of statutes.
(a) Subject to the general policies that may be adopted by the legislative council for the preparation and publication of the annual cumulative supplement to and replacement pamphlets for the Alaska Statutes and of the accompanying Temporary and Special Act pamphlets, the revisor of statutes shall revise for consolidation into the Alaska Statutes and the […]
Sec. 01.05.036. Improvement of statutes.
The Legislative Affairs Agency, working in cooperation with the revisor, shall make recommendations to the legislative council concerning deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions in and the need for reorganization or revision of the statutes, and, at the direction of the legislative council, shall prepare for submission to the legislature legislation for the correction or removal […]
Sec. 01.10.010. Applicability of common law.
So much of the common law not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State of Alaska or the Constitution of the United States or with any law passed by the legislature of the State of Alaska is the rule of decision in this state.