Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 11.56.757 (2026)
Violation of condition of release
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Sec. 11.56.757. Violation of condition of release.
(a) A person commits the crime of violation of condition of release if the person
(1) has been charged with a crime or convicted of a crime;
(2) has been released under AS 12.30; and
(3) violates a condition of release imposed by a judicial officer under AS 12.30, other than the requirement to appear as ordered by a judicial officer.
(b) Violation of condition of release is a
(1) class A misdemeanor if the person is released from a charge or conviction of a felony;
(2) class B misdemeanor if the person is released from a charge or conviction of a misdemeanor.
(c) In this section, “conviction” means that an adult, or a juvenile charged as an adult under AS 47.12, has entered a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere, or has been found guilty or guilty but mentally ill by a court or jury.
(a) A person commits the crime of violation of condition of release if the person
(1) has been charged with a crime or convicted of a crime;
(2) has been released under AS 12.30; and
(3) violates a condition of release imposed by a judicial officer under AS 12.30, other than the requirement to appear as ordered by a judicial officer.
(b) Violation of condition of release is a
(1) class A misdemeanor if the person is released from a charge or conviction of a felony;
(2) class B misdemeanor if the person is released from a charge or conviction of a misdemeanor.
(c) In this section, “conviction” means that an adult, or a juvenile charged as an adult under AS 47.12, has entered a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere, or has been found guilty or guilty but mentally ill by a court or jury.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 2006–2026 · leading case: State v. Thompson, 425 P.3d 166 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018).
State v. Thompson, 425 P.3d 166 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). “027(d) for the time they spent on electronic monitoring? The significance of these two dates-July 12, 2016 and November 27, 2017-lies in the fact that, during the past two years, the Alaska Legislature has twice amended AS 11.56.757, the statute that forbids a person from…”
Pastos v. State, 194 P.3d 387 (Alaska 2008). “As the court of appeals noted, AS 11.56.757 makes it a erime to violate a condition of release.”
Prentzel v. State, Dep't of Pub. Saf., 169 P.3d 573 (Alaska 2007). “In addition, violation of conditions of release was not yet specifically defined as a criminal offense; the legislature first made it a crime when AS 11.56.757 went into effect in 2000. Second, Prentzel was not even subject to conditions of release at the time of the arrest-he…”
State v. Bell, 421 P.3d 128 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). “As already explained, Bell need not have been formally charged or actually convicted of violating the conditions of his release under AS 11.56.757 in order for Bell to be found to have committed these violations for purposes of making him ineligible to receive credit under AS 12.”
Vickers v. State, 175 P.3d 1280 (Alaska Ct. App. 2008). “To prove that Vickers violated a condition of his release, AS 11.56.757 requires the State to prove that Vickers violated a condition of release imposed by a judicial officer under AS 12.”
Berezyuk v. State, 407 P.3d 512 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017). “Former AS 11.56.757(b)(1) (2014), Berezyuk does not challenge this conviction on appeal.”
Celesty Noel Farmer v. State of Alaska, 449 P.3d 1116 (Alaska Ct. App. 2019). “291(a)(1) (2013) and former AS 11.56.757(a), (b)(2) (2013), respectively.”
Belknap v. State, 426 P.3d 1156 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). “4 See AS 11.56.757(b) (violation of condition of release is a class B misdemeanor); see also Bell, 2018 WL 1221458 at *5; State v.”
Smith v. State, 187 P.3d 511 (Alaska Ct. App. 2008). “AS 11.56.757(b)(1). 34 . Howell v. State, 115 P.”
State of Alaska v. Thomas A. Mayfield, 442 P.3d 794 (Alaska Ct. App. 2019). “4 AS 11.56.757(a), (b). Mayfield was on bail release from a disorderly conduct charge at the time of the incident.”
State v. Amend, 250 P.3d 541 (Alaska Ct. App. 2011). “We conclude that Turnage was not required to interrupt his arrest and search of Amend in order to activate his recorder.”
Jordan v. State, 407 P.3d 499 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017). “700(a)(1)); and violating the -conditions of release (formen AS 11.56.757(b)(2)) (pre-2016 version). 2 .”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.56.757(a) — 17 cases
Pastos v. State, 194 P.3d 387 (Alaska 2008). “As the court of appeals noted, AS 11.56.757 makes it a erime to violate a condition of release.”
Celesty Noel Farmer v. State of Alaska, 449 P.3d 1116 (Alaska Ct. App. 2019). “291(a)(1) (2013) and former AS 11.56.757(a), (b)(2) (2013), respectively.”
Vickers v. State, 175 P.3d 1280 (Alaska Ct. App. 2008). “To prove that Vickers violated a condition of his release, AS 11.56.757 requires the State to prove that Vickers violated a condition of release imposed by a judicial officer under AS 12.”
State of Alaska v. Thomas A. Mayfield, 442 P.3d 794 (Alaska Ct. App. 2019). “4 AS 11.56.757(a), (b). Mayfield was on bail release from a disorderly conduct charge at the time of the incident.”
Pastos v. State, 157 P.3d 1066 (Alaska Ct. App. 2007).
— Alaska Stat. § 11.56.757(b) — 2 cases
State v. Thompson, 425 P.3d 166 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). “027(d) for the time they spent on electronic monitoring? The significance of these two dates-July 12, 2016 and November 27, 2017-lies in the fact that, during the past two years, the Alaska Legislature has twice amended AS 11.56.757, the statute that forbids a person from…”
Belknap v. State, 426 P.3d 1156 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). “4 See AS 11.56.757(b) (violation of condition of release is a class B misdemeanor); see also Bell, 2018 WL 1221458 at *5; State v.”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.56.757(b)(1) — 5 cases
Berezyuk v. State, 407 P.3d 512 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017). “Former AS 11.56.757(b)(1) (2014), Berezyuk does not challenge this conviction on appeal.”
Smith v. State, 187 P.3d 511 (Alaska Ct. App. 2008). “AS 11.56.757(b)(1). 34 . Howell v. State, 115 P.”
Vickers v. State, 175 P.3d 1280 (Alaska Ct. App. 2008). “To prove that Vickers violated a condition of his release, AS 11.56.757 requires the State to prove that Vickers violated a condition of release imposed by a judicial officer under AS 12.”
Robert Joel Mollica II v. State of Alaska, 500 P.3d 1002 (Alaska Ct. App. 2021).
Cody Dylan Riggs v. State of Alaska (Alaska Ct. App. 2025).
— Alaska Stat. § 11.56.757(b)(2) — 3 cases
State v. Amend, 250 P.3d 541 (Alaska Ct. App. 2011). “We conclude that Turnage was not required to interrupt his arrest and search of Amend in order to activate his recorder.”
Jordan v. State, 407 P.3d 499 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017). “700(a)(1)); and violating the -conditions of release (formen AS 11.56.757(b)(2)) (pre-2016 version). 2 .”
Cody Dylan Riggs v. State of Alaska (Alaska Ct. App. 2025).
— Alaska Stat. § 11.56.757(b)(4) — 1 case
Hall v. State, 145 P.3d 605 (Alaska Ct. App. 2006).
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