Alaska Statutes

Alaska Stat. § 12.25.050 (2026)

Method of making arrest

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Sec. 12.25.050. Method of making arrest.
An arrest is made by the actual restraint of a person or by a person's submission to the custody of the person making the arrest.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1977–1983 · leading case: Howard v. State, 664 P.2d 603 (Alaska Ct. App. 1983).
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Howard v. State, 664 P.2d 603 (Alaska Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “Arrest defined. Arrest is the taking of a person into custody in order that he may be held to answer for the commission of a crime.”
City of Nome v. Ailak, 570 P.2d 162 (Alaska 1977). “AS 12.25.050 provides: An arrest is made by the actual restraint of a person or by his submission to the custody of the person making the arrest.”
Adams v. State, 598 P.2d 503 (Alaska 1979). “See AS 12.25.050; 12.25.160; Richardson v. State, 563 P.”
Dorris v. State, 656 P.2d 578 (Alaska Ct. App. 1982). “2d 266 (Alaska 1977) (any show of force creating an actual restraint or submission to authority constitutes an arrest not a stop, AS 12.25.050). The state counters that drawn guns alone do not convert an investigatory stop into an arrest and that a reasonable suspicion that the…”
Richardson v. State, 563 P.2d 266 (Alaska 1977). “AS 12.25.050 provides: An arrest is made by the actual restraint of a person or by his submission to the custody of the person making the arrest.”
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