Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 11.56.110 (2026)
Receiving a bribe
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Sec. 11.56.110. Receiving a bribe.
(a) A public servant commits the crime of receiving a bribe if the public servant
(1) solicits a benefit with the intent that the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision, or exercise of discretion as a public servant will be influenced; or
(2) accepts or agrees to accept a benefit upon an agreement or understanding that the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision, or exercise of discretion as a public servant will be influenced.
(b) Receiving a bribe is a class B felony.
(a) A public servant commits the crime of receiving a bribe if the public servant
(1) solicits a benefit with the intent that the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision, or exercise of discretion as a public servant will be influenced; or
(2) accepts or agrees to accept a benefit upon an agreement or understanding that the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision, or exercise of discretion as a public servant will be influenced.
(b) Receiving a bribe is a class B felony.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1983–2020 · leading case: Bachlet v. State, 941 P.2d 200 (Alaska Ct. App. 1997).
Bachlet v. State, 941 P.2d 200 (Alaska Ct. App. 1997). “It therefore appears that there is substantial authority holding that bribery statutes similar to Alaska's are not overbroad.”
Hohman v. State, 669 P.2d 1316 (Alaska Ct. App. 1983). “100 1 and receiving a bribe in violation of AS 11.56.110 2 . The state contended that Senator Hohman agreed to accept money to use his influence to obtain an appropriation for an airplane, a CL-215 “water bomber,” which could be used in fighting forest fires.”
Cim Joel Blair v. State of Alaska, Dep't of Corr. (Alaska 2020). “STANDARD OF REVIEW “We review a motion to dismiss de novo, construing the complaint liberally 2 Blair’s complaint cites AS 11.56.110, which defines the crime of “[r]eceiving a bribe.”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.56.110(a)(2) — 1 case
Bachlet v. State, 941 P.2d 200 (Alaska Ct. App. 1997). “It therefore appears that there is substantial authority holding that bribery statutes similar to Alaska's are not overbroad.”
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