Section 01.10.060. Definitions.

   (a) In the laws of the state, unless the context otherwise requires,
        (1) "action" includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal;
        (2) "daytime" means the period between sunrise and sunset;
        (3) "month" means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed;
        (4) "municipality" means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality;
        (5) "nighttime" means the period between sunset and sunrise;
        (6) "oath" includes affirmation or declaration;
        (7) "peace officer" means
             (A) an officer of the state troopers;
             (B) a member of the police force of a municipality;
             (C) a village public safety officer;
             (D) a regional public safety officer;
             (E) a United States marshal or deputy marshal; and
             (F) an officer whose duty it is to enforce and preserve the public peace;
        (8) "person" includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person;
        (9) "personal property" includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt;
        (10) "property" includes real and personal property;
        (11) "real property" is coextensive with land, tenements, and hereditaments;
        (12) "signature" or "subscription" includes the mark of a person who cannot write, with the name of that person written near the mark by a witness who writes the witness's own name near the name of the person who cannot write; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names to the sworn statement;
        (13) "state" means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories;
        (14) "writing" includes printing.
   (b) In the laws of the state, "lewd conduct," "lewd touching," "immoral conduct," "indecent conduct," and similar terms do not include the act of a woman breast-feeding a child in a public or private location where the woman and child are otherwise authorized to be. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to authorize an act that is an offense under AS 11.61.123.

Authorities

8.80.480; 9.65.070;11.41.425;11.41.427;12.62.900;14.42.300;14.43.085;15.13.400;16.10.173;21.86.900;21.97.900;24.45.171;29.45.053;40.25.300;41.17.950;41.23.210;42.45.299;44.62.800;44.83.990;45.48.990;46.14.990;46.17.900

Notes

Implemented As

7 AAC 35.150

References

10 AAC 40.900
11 AAC 86.796
12 AAC 56.980
12 AAC 56.990
13 AAC 50.060
15 AAC 125.650
17 AAC 42.990
17 AAC 45.990
17 AAC 97.900
18 AAC 32.990
18 AAC 64.250
2 AAC 50.990
2 AAC 64.990
2 AAC 90.990
2 AAC 91.990
2 AAC 93.990
21 AAC 25.510
23 AAC 40.100
3 AAC 110.990
3 AAC 306.990
3 AAC 59.900
5 AAC 41.100
5 AAC 93.310
7 AAC 07.900
7 AAC 160.990
7 AAC 41.990
8 AAC 30.900
AS 8.80.480 .480">Sec. 08.80.480. Definitions.
AS 9.65.070 .070">Sec. 09.65.070. Suits against incorporated units of local government.
AS 11.41.425 Sexual assault in the third degree.
AS 11.41.427 Sexual assault in the fourth degree.
AS 12.62.900 Definitions.
AS 14.42.300 Operation of certain statutes excepted.
AS 14.43.085 Free tuition and fees for a spouse or dependent of a peace officer or members of the armed services or a fire department.
AS 15.13.400 Definitions.
AS 16.10.173 Utilization of commercially taken herring.
AS 21.86.900 Definitions.
AS 21.97.900 Definitions for title.
AS 24.45.171 Definitions.
AS 29.45.053 Exemption for certain residences of law enforcement officers.
AS 40.25.300 Notice regarding personal information.
AS 41.17.950 Definitions.
AS 41.23.210 Enforcement authority.
AS 42.45.299 Definitions.
AS 44.62.800 Definitions.
AS 44.83.990 Definitions.
AS 45.48.990 Definitions.
AS 46.14.990 Definitions.
AS 46.17.900 Definitions.

History

(Sec. 4 ch 62 SLA 1962; am Sec. 2 ch 66 SLA 1965; am Sec. 10 ch 117 SLA 1968; am Sec. 19 ch 74 SLA 1985; am Sec. 1 ch 60 SLA 1990; am Sec. 2 ch 78 SLA 1998; am Sec. 2 ch 97 SLA 2001)