Section 11.46.530. Criminal simulation.

   (a) A person commits the crime of criminal simulation if,
        (1) with intent to defraud, the person makes or alters any object in such a manner that it appears to have a rarity, age, source, or authorship that it does not in fact possess; or
        (2) with knowledge of its true character and with intent to defraud, the person possesses or utters an object so simulated.
   (b) Criminal simulation is
        (1) a class C felony if the value of what the object purports to represent, adjusted for inflation as provided in AS 11.46.982, is $1,000 or more;
        (2) a class A misdemeanor if the value of what the object purports to represent, adjusted for inflation as provided in AS 11.46.982, is $250 or more but less than $1,000;
        (3) a class B misdemeanor if the value of what the object purports to represent, adjusted for inflation as provided in AS 11.46.982, is less than $250.

Authorities

12.55.135

Notes

Recent Bills that will modify this

SB 91 OMNIBUS CRIM LAW & PROCEDURE; CORRECTIONS

References

AS 12.55.135 Sentences of imprisonment for misdemeanors.

History

(Sec. 4 ch 166 SLA 1978; am Sec. 17 ch 83 SLA 2014; am Sec. 21 ch 36 SLA 2016)