Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 28.39.250 (2026)
Definitions
✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
AK-LEGakleg.gov
JustiaTitle on Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
Sec. 28.39.250. Definitions.
In this chapter,
(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of administration;
(2) “dealer” means a person engaged in the business of selling snowmobiles predominantly for purposes other than resale;
(3) “department” means the Department of Administration;
(4) “operate” means to ride in or on and control the operation of a snowmobile;
(5) “operator” means a person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile;
(6) “owner” means a person, other than a lienholder, having title to a snowmobile and who is entitled to the use or possession of the snowmobile;
(7) “possession” means physical custody of a snowmobile by an owner of a snowmobile or by an owner of a motor vehicle or trailer on or in which a snowmobile is placed for the purpose of transport;
(8) “retail” means the sale of a snowmobile for any purpose other than resale;
(9) “season” means one calendar year beginning October 1 and ending September 30;
(10) “snowmobile” means a self-propelled vehicle primarily designed or altered for travel on snow or ice when supported in part by skis, belts, or cleats; “snowmobile” does not include machinery used strictly for the grooming of snowmobile trails or ski slopes.
Chapter 40. General Provisions.
In this chapter,
(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of administration;
(2) “dealer” means a person engaged in the business of selling snowmobiles predominantly for purposes other than resale;
(3) “department” means the Department of Administration;
(4) “operate” means to ride in or on and control the operation of a snowmobile;
(5) “operator” means a person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile;
(6) “owner” means a person, other than a lienholder, having title to a snowmobile and who is entitled to the use or possession of the snowmobile;
(7) “possession” means physical custody of a snowmobile by an owner of a snowmobile or by an owner of a motor vehicle or trailer on or in which a snowmobile is placed for the purpose of transport;
(8) “retail” means the sale of a snowmobile for any purpose other than resale;
(9) “season” means one calendar year beginning October 1 and ending September 30;
(10) “snowmobile” means a self-propelled vehicle primarily designed or altered for travel on snow or ice when supported in part by skis, belts, or cleats; “snowmobile” does not include machinery used strictly for the grooming of snowmobile trails or ski slopes.
Chapter 40. General Provisions.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2014–2014 · leading case: 21st Century Premier Ins. v. Smith, 998 F. Supp. 2d 884 (D. Alaska 2014).
21st Century Premier Ins. v. Smith, 998 F. Supp. 2d 884 (D. Alaska 2014). “” 26 Under AS 28.39.250, a snowmachine is “a self-propelled vehicle primarily designed or altered for travel on snow or ice when supported in part by skis, belts, or cleats----” According to AS 28.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.