(a) A person commits the crime of perjury if the person makes a false sworn statement which the person does not believe to be true. (b) In a prosecution under this section, it is not a defense that (1) the statement was inadmissible under the rules of evidence; or (2) the oath or affirmation was […]
(a) A person commits the crime of unsworn falsification in the first degree if the person violates AS 11.56.210(a)(1) and the application is an application for a permanent fund dividend. (b) In this section, (1) “application for a permanent fund dividend” includes a written or electronic application and any other documentation submitted to support an […]
(a) A person commits the crime of unsworn falsification in the second degree if, with the intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of a duty, the person submits a false written or recorded statement that the person does not believe to be true (1) in an application for a benefit; or (2) […]
In a prosecution for perjury or unsworn falsification in the first or second degree, it is not necessary that proof be made by a particular number of witnesses or by documentary or other type of evidence.
(a) A person commits the crime of perjury by inconsistent statements if (1) in the course of one or more official proceedings the person makes two or more sworn statements which are irreconcilably inconsistent to the degree that one of them is necessarily false; (2) the person does not believe one of the statements to […]
(a) In a prosecution under AS 11.56.200 or 11.56.230, if the false statement was made in an official proceeding, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant expressly retracted the false statement (1) during the course of the same official proceeding; (2) before discovery of the falsification became known to the defendant; (3) before reliance […]
In AS 11.56.200 – 11.56.240, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) “statement” means a representation of fact and includes a representation of opinion, belief, or other state of mind when the representation clearly relates to state of mind apart from or in addition to any facts that are the subject of the representation; (2) “sworn […]
