Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 11.61.116 (2026)
Sending an explicit image of a minor
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Sec. 11.61.116. Sending an explicit image of a minor.
(a) A person commits the offense of sending an explicit image of a minor if the person, with intent to annoy or humiliate another person, distributes an electronic photograph or video that depicts the genitals, anus, or female breast of that other person taken when that person was a minor under 16 years of age.
(b) In this section,
(1) “computer” has the meaning given in AS 11.46.990;
(2) “distributes” means to deliver the image to another person by sending the image to the other person's computer or telephone;
(3) “Internet” has the meaning given in AS 11.46.710(d).
(c) Sending an explicit image of a minor is
(1) a class B misdemeanor if the person distributes the image to another person;
(2) a class A misdemeanor if the person distributes the image to an Internet website that is accessible to the public.
(a) A person commits the offense of sending an explicit image of a minor if the person, with intent to annoy or humiliate another person, distributes an electronic photograph or video that depicts the genitals, anus, or female breast of that other person taken when that person was a minor under 16 years of age.
(b) In this section,
(1) “computer” has the meaning given in AS 11.46.990;
(2) “distributes” means to deliver the image to another person by sending the image to the other person's computer or telephone;
(3) “Internet” has the meaning given in AS 11.46.710(d).
(c) Sending an explicit image of a minor is
(1) a class B misdemeanor if the person distributes the image to another person;
(2) a class A misdemeanor if the person distributes the image to an Internet website that is accessible to the public.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2018–2019 · leading case: Mun. of Anchorage v. Beezley, 435 P.3d 978 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018).
Mun. of Anchorage v. Beezley, 435 P.3d 978 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). “similar in nature to the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced; (D) the conviction is for an assault in the fourth degree under AS 11.41.230 ; or (E) the conviction is for a violation of (i) AS 11.”
Mun. of Anchorage v. Beezley (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). “460, if the indecent exposure is before a person under 16 years of age, or (iv) AS 11.61.116(c)(2), or (v) AS 11.61.118(a)(2).”
Latham v. Acton (D. Alaska 2019). “rson to place or receive telephone calls; (3) makes repeated telephone calls at extremely inconvenient hours; (4) makes an anonymous or obscene telephone call, an obscene electronic communication, or a telephone call or electronic communication that threatens physical injury or…”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.61.116(c)(2) — 2 cases
Mun. of Anchorage v. Beezley, 435 P.3d 978 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). “similar in nature to the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced; (D) the conviction is for an assault in the fourth degree under AS 11.41.230 ; or (E) the conviction is for a violation of (i) AS 11.”
Mun. of Anchorage v. Beezley (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). “460, if the indecent exposure is before a person under 16 years of age, or (iv) AS 11.61.116(c)(2), or (v) AS 11.61.118(a)(2).”
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