Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.452 (2026)
Enticement of a minor
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Sec. 11.41.452. Enticement of a minor.
(a) A person commits the crime of enticement of a minor if the person, being 18 years of age or older, knowingly communicates with another person to entice, solicit, or encourage the person to engage in an act described in AS 11.41.455(a)(1) — (7) and
(1) the other person is a child under 16 years of age; or
(2) the person believes that the other person is a child under 16 years of age.
(b) In a prosecution under (a)(2) of this section, it is not a defense that the person enticed, solicited, or encouraged was not actually a child under 16 years of age.
(c) In a prosecution under this section, it is not necessary for the prosecution to show that the act described in AS 11.41.455(a)(1) — (7) was actually committed.
(d) Except as provided in (e) of this section, enticement of a minor is a class B felony.
(e) Enticement of a minor is a class A felony if the defendant was, at the time of the offense, required to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper under AS 12.63 or a similar law of another jurisdiction.
(a) A person commits the crime of enticement of a minor if the person, being 18 years of age or older, knowingly communicates with another person to entice, solicit, or encourage the person to engage in an act described in AS 11.41.455(a)(1) — (7) and
(1) the other person is a child under 16 years of age; or
(2) the person believes that the other person is a child under 16 years of age.
(b) In a prosecution under (a)(2) of this section, it is not a defense that the person enticed, solicited, or encouraged was not actually a child under 16 years of age.
(c) In a prosecution under this section, it is not necessary for the prosecution to show that the act described in AS 11.41.455(a)(1) — (7) was actually committed.
(d) Except as provided in (e) of this section, enticement of a minor is a class B felony.
(e) Enticement of a minor is a class A felony if the defendant was, at the time of the offense, required to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper under AS 12.63 or a similar law of another jurisdiction.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2013–2024 · leading case: Moore v. State, 298 P.3d 209 (Alaska Ct. App. 2013).
Moore v. State, 298 P.3d 209 (Alaska Ct. App. 2013). “We conclude that there was sufficient evidence to support Moore’s convictions and that there was no plain error involved with the introduction of the evidence relating to his conviction for distribution of indecent material to a minor.”
John Doe v. Dep't of Pub. Saf., 444 P.3d 116 (Alaska 2019). “100(7)(C)(iii) ; AS 11.41.452 ; AS 11.41.455. AS 12.63.100(7)(C)(iii), (iv) ; AS 11.”
Diorec v. State, 295 P.3d 409 (Alaska Ct. App. 2013). “1)-(7) of this subsection, the person knowingly induces or employs a child under 18 years of age to engage in, or photographs, films, records, or televises a child under 18 years of age engaged in, the following actual or simulated conduct: (1) sexual penetration; (2) the lewd…”
Dusty J. Cowan v. State of Alaska, 559 P.3d 627 (Alaska Ct. App. 2024). “–4– 2792 During closing argument, Cowan’s attorney attempted to argue that AS 11.41.452 was not enacted to proscribe online enticement of minors by any means, but rather, was enacted to protect against the enticement of minors using chat rooms or similar web sites.”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.41.452(a) — 2 cases
Diorec v. State, 295 P.3d 409 (Alaska Ct. App. 2013). “1)-(7) of this subsection, the person knowingly induces or employs a child under 18 years of age to engage in, or photographs, films, records, or televises a child under 18 years of age engaged in, the following actual or simulated conduct: (1) sexual penetration; (2) the lewd…”
Moore v. State, 298 P.3d 209 (Alaska Ct. App. 2013). “We conclude that there was sufficient evidence to support Moore’s convictions and that there was no plain error involved with the introduction of the evidence relating to his conviction for distribution of indecent material to a minor.”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.41.452(a)(1) — 1 case
Dusty J. Cowan v. State of Alaska, 559 P.3d 627 (Alaska Ct. App. 2024). “–4– 2792 During closing argument, Cowan’s attorney attempted to argue that AS 11.41.452 was not enacted to proscribe online enticement of minors by any means, but rather, was enacted to protect against the enticement of minors using chat rooms or similar web sites.”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.41.452(b) — 1 case
Moore v. State, 298 P.3d 209 (Alaska Ct. App. 2013). “We conclude that there was sufficient evidence to support Moore’s convictions and that there was no plain error involved with the introduction of the evidence relating to his conviction for distribution of indecent material to a minor.”
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