Title 26 — Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace
9 chapters · 320 sections in this title.
AS 26.05.800 Misbehavior before the enemy.
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(a) A member of the militia is guilty of misbehavior before the enemy if the member is before or in the presence of the enemy, or is facing a threat as described in AS 26.05.070, and (1) runs away; (2) shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up a command, unit, place, or mil…
AS 26.05.805 Subordinate compelling surrender.
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A member of the militia who compels or attempts to compel the commander of the militia of this state or of any other state, of a place, a vessel, an aircraft, or another military property, or of a body of members of the armed forces to give it up to an enemy or to abandon it in t…
AS 26.05.810 Improper use of countersign.
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A member of the militia who, in time of war, or emergency as described in AS 26.05.070, discloses the parole or countersign to a person not entitled to receive it or who gives to another person who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or cou…
AS 26.05.815 Forcing a safeguard.
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A member of the militia who forces a safeguard may be punished by up to 10 years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
AS 26.05.820 Captured or abandoned property.
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(a) A member of the militia shall secure all public property taken for the service of the United States or the state and shall give notice and turn over to the proper authority without delay all captured or abandoned property in the member's possession, custody, or control. (b) A…
AS 26.05.825 Aiding the enemy.
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A member of the militia who (1) aids or attempts to aid the enemy or a hostile individual or group as described in AS 26.05.070 with arms, ammunition, supplies, money, or other things, or (2) without proper authority, knowingly harbors or protects or gives intelligence to, or com…
AS 26.05.830 Misconduct as prisoner.
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A member of the militia who, while in the hands of the enemy or a hostile individual or group as described in AS 26.05.070, (1) for the purpose of securing favorable treatment by the person's captors, acts without proper authority in a manner contrary to law, custom, or regulatio…
AS 26.05.833 Offenses against correctional custody and restriction.
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(a) A member of the militia who (1) is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so, (2) is placed under physical restraint while in correctional custody, and (3) escapes from the physical restraint before the member is released from physical restraint by proper…
AS 26.05.835 False official statements or oaths.
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(a) A member of the militia who, with intent to deceive, signs a false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document made in the line of duty, knowing it to be false, or makes a false official statement in the line of duty, knowing it to be false, may be punished …
AS 26.05.840 Military property; loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition.
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A member of the militia who, without proper authority, (1) sells or otherwise disposes of, (2) wilfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses, or (3) wilfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of, military property of…
AS 26.05.845 Property other than military property; waste, spoilage, or destruction.
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A member of the militia who wilfully or recklessly wastes, spoils, or otherwise wilfully and wrongly destroys or damages any property other than military property of the United States or of any state may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characteriz…
AS 26.05.850 Improper hazarding of vehicle, aircraft, or vessel.
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(a) A member of the militia who wilfully and wrongfully hazards or suffers to be hazarded a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel of the armed forces of the United States or the militia of the state may be punished by up to five years of confinement, by separation with characterization up…
AS 26.05.855 Drunken, impaired, or reckless operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel.
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(a) A member of the militia who operates or physically controls a nonmilitary vehicle, aircraft, or vessel in a negligent or reckless manner may be punished by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct…
AS 26.05.860 Drunkenness and other incapacitating offenses.
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(a) A member of the militia, other than a sentinel or lookout, who (1) is found under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance while on duty, or (2) as a result of the use of any alcoholic beverage or drug, is unable to properly perform the member's duty may be punished…
AS 26.05.865 Misbehavior of sentinel.
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A sentinel or lookout who (1) as a result of the use of any alcoholic beverage or drug, is unable to properly perform the sentinel's or lookout's duties, (2) is found sleeping on the sentinel's or lookout's post, (3) leaves the sentinel's or lookout's post before being regularly …
AS 26.05.867 Disrespect toward sentinel or lookout.
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A member of the militia who, knowing that another person is a sentinel or lookout, uses wrongful and disrespectful language or behaves in a wrongful and disrespectful manner that is directed toward and within the hearing of the sentinel or lookout while the sentinel or lookout is…
AS 26.05.870 Wrongful use or possession of controlled substances.
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(a) A member of the militia who wrongfully uses, possesses, manufactures, distributes, or imports a controlled substance into the customs territory of the United States, exports from the United States in violation of the laws of the United States or the state, or who wrongfully i…
AS 26.05.875 Malingering.
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A member of the militia who, for the purpose of avoiding work, duty, or service, (1) feigns illness, physical disablement, mental lapse, or derangement, or (2) intentionally inflicts self-injury may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization…
AS 26.05.880 Riot or breach of peace.
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A member of the militia who intentionally causes or wilfully participates in a riot or breach of the peace may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direc…
AS 26.05.885 Provoking speeches or gestures.
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(a) A member of the militia who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures toward another member of the militia may be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) A court-martial may not impose a sentence of confinement or a discharge under this section.
AS 26.05.890 Sexual assault.
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(a) A member of the militia who commits any of the following acts is guilty of sexual assault and, except as provided under (f) of this section, shall be punished by separation with characterization dishonorable discharge and may, in addition to separation, be punished by up to 1…
AS 26.05.893 Prohibited sexual activities with military recruit or trainee by person in position of special trust.
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(a) A member of the militia who (1) is an officer, a noncommissioned officer, or a petty officer, (2) is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected junior member of the armed forces of the United States or of the militia of the state, and (3) engages …
AS 26.05.895 Stalking.
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(a) A member of the militia is guilty of stalking and may be punished by up to three years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct if the member (1) wrongfully engages in a course…
AS 26.05.897 Assault.
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(a) A member of the militia commits the offense of assault if the person attempts or offers to do bodily harm to another person using unlawful force or violence, whether or not the attempt or offer is consummated. A person who commits assault may be punished by up to one year of …
AS 26.05.900 Other sexual misconduct; indecent viewing, visual recording, or broadcasting.
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(a) A member of the militia who knowingly commits any of the following acts without legal justification or lawful authorization is guilty of an offense under this section and may be punished by up to seven years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorab…
AS 26.05.905 Larceny and wrongful appropriation.
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(a) A member of the militia who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or another person any money, personal property, or article of value with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of the p…
AS 26.05.910 Forgery.
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A member of the militia who, with intent to defraud, (1) falsely makes or alters a signature to or a part of any writing that would, if genuine, apparently impose a legal liability on another person or change the legal right or liability of the person to their prejudice, or (2) u…
AS 26.05.913 Public records offenses.
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A member of the militia who (1) wilfully and unlawfully alters, conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys a public record or (2) takes a public record with the intent to alter, conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy the public record may be punished by up …
AS 26.05.915 Making, drawing, or uttering check, draft, or order without sufficient funds.
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A member of the militia who makes, draws, utters, or delivers a check, draft, or order for the payment of money on a bank or other depository, knowing at the time that the maker or drawer has not or will not have sufficient funds in, or credit with, the bank or other depository f…
AS 26.05.920 Perjury.
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A member of the militia who, in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice, under lawful oath or in another form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, wilfully and corruptly gives false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry, or who, in a declaration, c…
AS 26.05.925 Fraud against the government.
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(a) A member of the militia is guilty of fraud against the government if the member, (1) knowing it to be false or fraudulent, (A) makes a claim against the United States, the state, or an officer of the United States or the state; or (B) presents to a person in the civil or mili…
AS 26.05.930 Conduct unbecoming an officer.
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(a) A commissioned officer, warrant officer, cadet, candidate, or midshipman of the militia who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer may be punished by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direc…
AS 26.05.935 General article.
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(a) Although not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and acts that prejudice good order and discipline in the militia of the state and all conduct of a nature to bring discredit on the militia of the state shall be considered by a court-martial and punished as a…
AS 26.05.940 Offenses concerning government computers.
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(a) A member of the militia who (1) knowingly accesses a government computer with an unauthorized purpose, (2) by accessing the government computer obtains classified information, and (3) with reason to believe the information could be used to the injury of the United States or t…
AS 26.05.945 Breach of medical quarantine.
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Article 3. General Provisions. A member of the militia who is ordered into medical quarantine by a person authorized to issue the quarantine order and who, with knowledge of the quarantine order and the limits imposed under the quarantine order, goes beyond the limits imposed und…
AS 26.05.990 Definitions.
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “accuser” means a person who signs and swears to charges, a person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any other person who has an interest other than an official interest in the pro…
AS 26.10.010 Regulations.
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The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AS 26.10.020 Veterans service fund. [Repealed, § 12 ch 42 SLA 1997.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 26.10.030 Acceptance of gifts, donations, and grants.
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The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may receive gifts, donations, and grants from any person or agency. All gifts, donations, and grants shall be used in accordance with the donor's instructions.
AS 26.10.040 Training in rehabilitation and service work.
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The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may approve expenditures by veterans' organizations and may reimburse them for their expenditures in employing full time service officers, for necessary travel expenses, including travel by service officers outside of the state not…
AS 26.10.050 Approval of payments.
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Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions. Payment to a veterans' organization shall first be approved by the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs and so far as possible shall be on an equitable basis for rehabilitation work done.
AS 26.10.060 Extension of Universal Military Training and Service Act provisions to Alaska employees.
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(a) The provisions of 50 U.S.C. 3808 (Military Selective Service Act), as amended, are extended to this state and its political subdivisions. (b) [Repealed, § 19 ch 8 SLA 2023.]
AS 26.10.065 Disposition of remains of state resident armed forces personnel on duty status.
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(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, if a state resident who is a member of the armed forces has executed the United States Department of Defense Military Record of Emergency Data Form (DD Form 93), or its successor form, to serve as a record of emergency data and, on t…
AS 26.10.070 Record of veterans of the armed forces of the United States.
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(a) A veteran may record without fee the veteran's armed forces report of separation at a recorder's office of the Department of Natural Resources. (b) [Repealed, § 2 ch 25 SLA 2001.]
AS 26.10.080 Death gratuity.
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(a) The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall pay, upon application, a death gratuity in the amount of $750 to the surviving spouse of a qualified veteran who was a resident of the state at the time of death. If the veteran has no surviving spouse, the gratuity shall…
AS 26.10.085 Persons providing veterans' benefits services; disclosure.
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(a) A person that provides veterans' benefits services or veterans' benefits appeal services to a veteran or a veteran's dependents, survivors, or personal representative for compensation shall disclose to the veteran or veteran's dependents, survivors, or personal representative…
AS 26.10.090 Alaska Territorial Guard veterans included.
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In this chapter, except where otherwise indicated, “veteran” includes a person who served in the Alaska Territorial Guard.
AS 26.15.010 Powers and duties of Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development with respect to veterans' loans.
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(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall administer the laws and regulations relating to the veterans' loan program, adopt new regulations, and recommend legislation. (b) The department shall obtain the guarantee of the United States under the Ser…
AS 26.15.020 Validation of certain documents.
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The deeds, mortgages, assignments, or other documents made, executed, and delivered in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and as otherwise required by law, in which the designation “Veterans' Affairs Commission” appears, whether as grantor, grantee, mortgagee, assigno…
AS 26.15.030 Powers and duties of Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development in general.
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(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall formulate general policies and adopt regulations, including regulations to establish reasonable fees for services provided. (b) The department may hold hearings and subpoena witnesses and documents, and adm…