{"id":"DUT-AK-004","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alaska","state":"AK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Alaska State Legislature (Code of Criminal Procedure, sentencing)","authority":"Alaska Statutes, Title 12, ch. 55 (Sentencing and Probation)","instrument":"AS 12.55.035 and AS 12.55.135 (printed with the intervening sections of ch. 55)","title":"Fines; sentences of imprisonment for misdemeanors","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally; business organizations"],"clause":"a fine of not more than... (5) $25,000 for a class A misdemeanor... a defendant that is an organization may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding the greatest of... (A) $2,500,000 for a felony offense or for a misdemeanor offense that results in death; (B) $500,000 for a class A misdemeanor offense that does not result in death","enforcement":"As quoted; AS 12.55.035(e) directs the court, in fining an organization, to consider \u0027measures taken by the organization to prevent a recurrence of the offense\u0027","functions":[],"notes":"Fixes the sentences the mandates recited for a business organization that failed to follow a State COVID-19 Health Mandate: one year (AS 12.55.135(a)), $25,000 for a person, and for an organization the greatest of $500,000, $2,500,000 where death results, three times the pecuniary gain or three times the pecuniary loss (AS 12.55.035(c)).","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print\u0026secStart=12.55.035\u0026secEnd=12.55.135","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":270639,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-AK","url":"/library/DUT-AK-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AK-004","citation":"Alaska State Legislature (Code of Criminal Procedure, sentencing), AS 12.55.035 and AS 12.55.135 (printed with the intervening sections of ch. 55) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AK-004)","stateName":"Alaska","related":["DUT-AK-002"]}