Title 28, Motor Vehicles

(a) Upon satisfaction of the notice and reporting requirements prescribed in this chapter, a vehicle may be disposed of by removal to a scrap processing yard or auto wrecker for disposal or by public auction 20 days after notice of the auction is published in a newspaper of gener…

(a) The department may negotiate with an appropriate state or municipal agency in an effort to designate and acquire land for the temporary storage of vehicles before sale under AS 28.11.070, or for the final disposal of unsold abandoned vehicles. (b) A municipality that adopts a…

A person authorized by contract or other official order to remove an abandoned vehicle has a lien upon a vehicle towed, moved, or stored by and in the possession of the person in accordance with AS 28.10.502.

A municipality may adopt an ordinance establishing procedures for the abatement and removal from private or public property, as a public nuisance or a health or safety hazard, a wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle or a vehicle otherwise presumed to be abandoned. An ordina…

(a) There is created in the department an abandoned motor vehicle fund, to be composed of appropriations by the legislature and proceeds from the sale of abandoned motor vehicles. (b) The proceeds from the sale of an abandoned motor vehicle under this chapter, after deducting the…

(a) A person may not be denied the privilege to drive a motor vehicle upon a highway in this state, except as prescribed by law. (b) Every person exercising the person's privilege to drive, or exercising any degree of physical control of a motor vehicle on a highway, vehicular wa…

The following persons are exempt from driver licensing under this chapter: (1) an employee of the United States government while operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States government and being operated on official business, unless the employee is required b…

(a) The department may not issue a driver's license to a person who is (1) under the age of 16 years, except that the department may issue a permit under AS 28.15.051 or a restricted license under AS 28.15.121; or (2) at least 16 years of age but not yet 18 years of age unless th…

(a) The commissioner shall provide by regulation for the classification of drivers' licenses. The regulations must specify license classifications that are reasonably necessary for the safe operation of the various types, sizes, and combinations of motor vehicles. The regulations…

(a) In addition to the requirements of AS 28.15.041(a), a person may not drive a school bus transporting school children to or from a public school to enable them to participate in class or a school activity, or a bus transporting school children to or from a public school for cl…

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person who is at least 14 years of age may apply to the department for a noncommercial instruction permit. The department may, after the applicant has successfully passed all parts of the examination under AS 28.15.081 other than t…

Upon application, the department may issue a provisional driver's license to a person who is at least 16 years of age but not yet 18 years of age if the (1) person has been licensed under an instruction permit issued under AS 28.15.051 or under the law of another state with subst…

(a) Except as provided under AS 28.15.051, a person who is at least 16 years of age but not yet 18 years of age may not be issued a driver's license unless the person has (1) been licensed under an instruction permit issued under AS 28.15.051 or under the law of another state wit…

(a) Application for an instruction permit or for a driver's license must be made on a form furnished by the department and must be accompanied by the fee required under AS 28.15.271. (b) An application under (a) of this section must (1) contain the applicant's full legal name, da…

(a) The application of a person under the age of 18 years for an instruction permit or driver's license must be signed by the father, mother, guardian, or spouse who is 18 years of age or older, or if there is no parent, guardian, or spouse, then by another responsible adult who …

(a) The department shall examine every applicant for a driver's license. The examination must include a test of the applicant's (1) eyesight, (2) ability to read and understand official traffic control devices, (3) knowledge of safe driving practices, (4) knowledge of the effects…

Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter and in addition to other requirements, a person applying for a new license after expiration of the person's license on reaching 21 years of age under AS 28.15.099 must pass a test developed and administered by the department regar…

If the department has good cause to believe that a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed, it may upon written notice of at least 10 days to the licensee require the licensee to submit to an examination. Upon conclusion of the examination, the de…

Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, a driver's license issued to a person under 21 years of age expires 90 days after the person reaches 21 years of age.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a driver's license expires on the licensee's birthday in the eighth year following the issuance of a new license or on the expiration date of a license being renewed. A license may be renewed within one year of its expiration upon…

(a) Upon successful completion of the application and all required examinations, and upon payment of the required fee, the department shall issue to every qualified applicant a driver's license indicating the type or general class of vehicles that the licensee may drive. The lice…

(a) The department, upon issuing a driver's license, may for good cause impose restrictions suitable to the licensee's driving ability with respect to special mechanical control devices required on a motor vehicle that the licensee drives. The department may impose other restrict…

(a) A licensee shall have the licensee's driver's license in immediate possession at all times when driving a motor vehicle, and shall present the license for inspection upon the demand of a peace officer or other authorized representative of the Department of Public Safety ident…

If a valid driver's license issued under this chapter is lost or destroyed, the person to whom the license was issued may, upon payment of the required fee, obtain a duplicate license. A person who recovers an original license for which a duplicate has been issued shall immediate…

(a) The department shall maintain a file of (1) every driver's license application, license or permit, and duplicate driver's license issued by it; (2) every license that has been suspended, revoked, canceled, limited, restricted, or denied, and the reasons for those actions; (3)…

(a) The department shall cancel a driver's license upon determination that (1) the licensee is not medically or otherwise entitled to the issuance or retention of the license, or has been adjudged incompetent to drive a motor vehicle; (2) there is an error or defect in the licens…

(a) A law enforcement officer shall read a notice, and deliver a copy of it, to a person operating a motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, or aircraft, if a chemical test administered under AS 28.33.031(a) or AS 28.35.031(a) or (g) produces a result described in AS 28.35.030(a…

(a) A person who has received a notice under AS 28.15.165(a) may make a written request for administrative review of the department's action under AS 28.15.165(c) or for limited license privileges under AS 28.15.165(d). If the person's physical driver's license has not been previ…

(a) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on a highway or vehicular way or area of this state given to a person licensed in another jurisdiction is subject to suspension, revocation, disqualification, or limitation by the department or a court in the same manner and for the sa…

(a) Conviction of any of the following offenses is grounds for the immediate revocation of a driver's license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license: (1) manslaughter or negligent homicide resulting from driving a motor vehicle; (2) a felony in the commission of wh…

(a) A court convicting a person for a violation of the traffic laws may revoke the driver's license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license of a person if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that (1) the person was operating a motor vehicle or commercia…

(a) If a peace officer has probable cause to believe that a person who is at least 14 years of age but not yet 21 years of age has operated a vehicle after consuming alcohol in violation of AS 28.35.280, or refused to submit to a chemical test under AS 28.35.285, and the peace of…

(a) A person who has received a notice under AS 28.15.183(a) may make a written request for administrative review of the department's action. If the person's physical driver's license or permit has not been previously surrendered to the department, the physical driver's license o…

(a) A person is subject to revocation, under (b) of this section, of the person's driver's license or permit, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license if the person (1) is at least 13 years of age but not yet 21 years of age and is convicted of or is adjudicated a del…

(a) If a peace officer has probable cause based on personal observation that a person has used a driver's license as fraudulent or false identification as prohibited by AS 04.16.060(d), the peace officer shall read a notice and deliver a copy to the person. The notice must advise…

(a) A person who has received a notice under AS 28.15.187(a) may make a written request for administrative review of the department's action. If the person's physical driver's license has not been previously surrendered to the department, the physical driver's license shall be su…

(a) A court of competent jurisdiction revoking a person's driver's license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license under AS 28.15.181(b) may, for good cause, impose limitations upon the driver's license of a person that will enable the person to earn a livelihood wi…

(a) Except for a point system suspension or revocation under AS 28.15.221 — 28.15.241 and unless provided otherwise by law, and unless the suspension or revocation was for a cause that has been removed, a person whose driver's license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a…

In AS 28.15.161 — 28.15.219, (1) “disqualification” has the meaning given in AS 28.33.190; (2) “disqualified” has the meaning given in AS 28.33.190; (3) “disqualify” means that a person's privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle is withdrawn.

(a) For the purpose of identifying habitually reckless or negligent drivers and habitual or frequent violators of traffic laws, the commissioner shall adopt regulations establishing a uniform system for the suspension, revocation, limitation, or denial of a driver's license, priv…

(a) Notice of each assessment of points may be given, but notice shall be given when the point accumulation reaches 50 percent of the number at which suspension, revocation, or denial is required under AS 28.15.221(b), and a driver who has reached that level of point accumulation…

(a) Two points shall be deducted from a licensee's assessed total if the licensee has not been convicted of a violation of traffic laws that occurred during the 12-month period after the date of the last violation of which the licensee was convicted. (b) In addition to (a) of thi…

(a) The department shall suspend, revoke, limit, deny, or initiate other remedial action against the driver's license of a person, upon the person's failure to (1) appear for a driver improvement interview under AS 28.15.231(a); or (2) comply with reasonable recommendations desig…

Upon conviction of a violation of a traffic law that results in a driver accumulating six or more points from offenses committed during any consecutive 12-month period or nine or more points from offenses committed during any 24-month period, (1) on request of the department, the…

(a) The department may not reinstate a driver's license that has been revoked or suspended under AS 28.15.221 — 28.15.261 until the person whose license has been revoked or suspended provides proof of financial responsibility for the future. (b) If a driver accumulates six or mor…