Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 11.46.200 (2026)
Theft of services
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Sec. 11.46.200. Theft of services.
(a) A person commits theft of services if
(1) the person obtains services, known by that person to be available only for compensation, by deception, force, threat, or other means to avoid payment for the services;
(2) having control over the disposition of services of others to which the person is not entitled, the person knowingly diverts those services to the person's own benefit or to the benefit of another not entitled to them; or
(3) the person obtains the use of computer time, a computer system, a computer program, a computer network, or any part of a computer system or network, with reckless disregard that the use by that person is unauthorized.
(b) Absconding without paying for hotel, restaurant, or other services for which compensation is customarily paid immediately upon the receiving of them is prima facie evidence that the services were obtained by deception.
(c) A person may not be prosecuted under this section for theft of cable, microwave, subscription, or pay television or other telecommunications service if the service was obtained through the use of a device designed and used to intercept electromagnetic signals directly from a satellite, including a device commonly referred to as a home earth station.
(a) A person commits theft of services if
(1) the person obtains services, known by that person to be available only for compensation, by deception, force, threat, or other means to avoid payment for the services;
(2) having control over the disposition of services of others to which the person is not entitled, the person knowingly diverts those services to the person's own benefit or to the benefit of another not entitled to them; or
(3) the person obtains the use of computer time, a computer system, a computer program, a computer network, or any part of a computer system or network, with reckless disregard that the use by that person is unauthorized.
(b) Absconding without paying for hotel, restaurant, or other services for which compensation is customarily paid immediately upon the receiving of them is prima facie evidence that the services were obtained by deception.
(c) A person may not be prosecuted under this section for theft of cable, microwave, subscription, or pay television or other telecommunications service if the service was obtained through the use of a device designed and used to intercept electromagnetic signals directly from a satellite, including a device commonly referred to as a home earth station.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2021 · leading case: Cruz-Reyes v. State, 74 P.3d 219 (Alaska Ct. App. 2003).
Cruz-Reyes v. State, 74 P.3d 219 (Alaska Ct. App. 2003). “100(5) and AS 11.46.200(a) (defining theft of services); AS 11.”
United States v. Richard Stanley, 753 F.3d 114 (3rd Cir. 2014). “See also Alaska Stat. Ann. § 11.46.200 ("A person commits theft of services if .”
State v. Saathoff, 29 P.3d 236 (Alaska 2001). “190; (5) the person commits theft of services under AS 11.46.200; (6) the person commits theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received or held under AS 11.”
Cheely v. State, 850 P.2d 653 (Alaska Ct. App. 1993). “190; (5) the person commits theft of services under AS 11.46.200; (6) the person commits theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received or held under AS 11.”
Walsh v. State, 758 P.2d 124 (Alaska Ct. App. 1988). “The complaint does not, however, reference AS 11.46.200, which provides in pertinent part: (a) A person commits theft of services 3 if (1) the person obtains services, known by that person to be available only for compensation, by deception 4 .”
Saathoff v. State, 991 P.2d 1280 (Alaska Ct. App. 1999). “190; (5) the person commits theft of services under AS 11.46.200; [or] (6) the person commits theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received or held under AS 11.”
Brackhan v. State, 839 P.2d 414 (Alaska Ct. App. 1992). “At the conclusion of the trial, District Court Judge Martha Beckwith gave the jury an instruction reciting the elements of the offense of theft of services, as set out in AS 11.46.200(a)(1). 1 Over Brackhan’s objection, Judge Beckwith also included in this instruction the…”
White Env't Consultants, Inc. v. Skupa (Bankr. D. Alaska 2021). “190; (5) the person commits theft of services under AS 11.46.200; or (6) the person commits theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received or held under AS 11.”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.46.200(a) — 1 case
Cruz-Reyes v. State, 74 P.3d 219 (Alaska Ct. App. 2003). “100(5) and AS 11.46.200(a) (defining theft of services); AS 11.”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.46.200(a)(1) — 2 cases
Cruz-Reyes v. State, 74 P.3d 219 (Alaska Ct. App. 2003). “100(5) and AS 11.46.200(a) (defining theft of services); AS 11.”
Brackhan v. State, 839 P.2d 414 (Alaska Ct. App. 1992). “At the conclusion of the trial, District Court Judge Martha Beckwith gave the jury an instruction reciting the elements of the offense of theft of services, as set out in AS 11.46.200(a)(1). 1 Over Brackhan’s objection, Judge Beckwith also included in this instruction the…”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.46.200(b) — 1 case
Brackhan v. State, 839 P.2d 414 (Alaska Ct. App. 1992). “At the conclusion of the trial, District Court Judge Martha Beckwith gave the jury an instruction reciting the elements of the offense of theft of services, as set out in AS 11.46.200(a)(1). 1 Over Brackhan’s objection, Judge Beckwith also included in this instruction the…”
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