Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 12.75.010 (2026)
Persons entitled to prosecute writ
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Sec. 12.75.010. Persons entitled to prosecute writ.
A person imprisoned or otherwise restrained of liberty under any pretense whatsoever, except in the cases specified in AS 12.75.020, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of the imprisonment or restraint, and, if illegal, to be released from custody or to be granted another remedy as law and justice require. Procedure may be as prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure.
A person imprisoned or otherwise restrained of liberty under any pretense whatsoever, except in the cases specified in AS 12.75.020, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of the imprisonment or restraint, and, if illegal, to be released from custody or to be granted another remedy as law and justice require. Procedure may be as prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1968–1984 · leading case: Bishop v. Mun. of Anchorage, 685 P.2d 103 (Alaska Ct. App. 1984).
Bishop v. Mun. of Anchorage, 685 P.2d 103 (Alaska Ct. App. 1984). “Previously, the Alaska Supreme Court gave AS 12.75.010, the statute establishing jurisdiction to grant habeas corpus, a more limited reading.”
State v. Hannagan, 559 P.2d 1059 (Alaska 1977). “AS 12.75.010 provides in part that in habeas corpus proceedings, “[procedure may be as prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure.”
Roberts v. State, 445 P.2d 674 (Alaska 1968). “AS 12.75.010 and AS. 12.75.110 of our Code of Criminal Procedure are also relevant here.”
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