Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 39.50.090 (2026)
Prohibited acts
✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
AK-LEGakleg.gov
JustiaTitle on Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
Sec. 39.50.090. Prohibited acts.
(a) A public official may not use the official position or office for the primary purpose of obtaining personal financial gain or financial gain for a spouse, dependent child, mother, father, or business with which the official is associated or in which the official owns stock. A public official other than an elected or appointed municipal official may not use the official's position or office for the primary purpose of obtaining financial gain for the official's domestic partner.
(b) A person may not offer or pay to a public official, and a public official may not solicit or receive money for legislative advice or assistance, or for advice or assistance given in the course of the official's public employment or relating to the public employment. However, this prohibition does not apply to a chair or member of a state commission or board or municipal officer if the subject matter of the legislative advice or assistance is not related directly to the function of the commission, board, or municipal body served by the municipal officer; this exception from the general prohibition does not apply to one whose service on a state commission or board constitutes the person as a full-time state employee under this title.
(c) A public official may not represent a client before a state agency for a fee. However, this prohibition does not apply to a municipal officer, or chairman or member of a state commission or board except with regard to representation before that commission or board; this exception from the general prohibition does not apply to one whose service on the commission or board constitutes the person as a full-time state employee under this title.
(d) A municipal officer may not represent a client for a fee before the municipal body the officer serves.
(e) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2,000, by imprisonment up to one year, or by both.
(f) In this section, “public official” includes, in addition to the persons specified in AS 39.50.200(a), chairmen and members of all commissions and boards created by statute or administrative action as agencies of the state.
(a) A public official may not use the official position or office for the primary purpose of obtaining personal financial gain or financial gain for a spouse, dependent child, mother, father, or business with which the official is associated or in which the official owns stock. A public official other than an elected or appointed municipal official may not use the official's position or office for the primary purpose of obtaining financial gain for the official's domestic partner.
(b) A person may not offer or pay to a public official, and a public official may not solicit or receive money for legislative advice or assistance, or for advice or assistance given in the course of the official's public employment or relating to the public employment. However, this prohibition does not apply to a chair or member of a state commission or board or municipal officer if the subject matter of the legislative advice or assistance is not related directly to the function of the commission, board, or municipal body served by the municipal officer; this exception from the general prohibition does not apply to one whose service on a state commission or board constitutes the person as a full-time state employee under this title.
(c) A public official may not represent a client before a state agency for a fee. However, this prohibition does not apply to a municipal officer, or chairman or member of a state commission or board except with regard to representation before that commission or board; this exception from the general prohibition does not apply to one whose service on the commission or board constitutes the person as a full-time state employee under this title.
(d) A municipal officer may not represent a client for a fee before the municipal body the officer serves.
(e) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2,000, by imprisonment up to one year, or by both.
(f) In this section, “public official” includes, in addition to the persons specified in AS 39.50.200(a), chairmen and members of all commissions and boards created by statute or administrative action as agencies of the state.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1983–1990 · leading case: Carney v. State, Bd. of Fisheries, 785 P.2d 544 (Alaska 1990).
Carney v. State, Bd. of Fisheries, 785 P.2d 544 (Alaska 1990). “Because we hold that the Board’s action did violate the common law, we do not reach the AS 39.50.090 and AS 44.62.630 issues. The state is of the view that AS 39.”
State v. Dankworth, 672 P.2d 148 (Alaska Ct. App. 1983). “State Senator Milton Dankworth was indicted on two counts of conflict of interest, AS 39.50.090(a). 1 Count II alleged that Dankworth used his official position: for the primary purpose of obtaining financial gain for himself by taking action to assure that an appropriation…”
— Alaska Stat. § 39.50.090(a) — 2 cases
Carney v. State, Bd. of Fisheries, 785 P.2d 544 (Alaska 1990). “Because we hold that the Board’s action did violate the common law, we do not reach the AS 39.50.090 and AS 44.62.630 issues. The state is of the view that AS 39.”
State v. Dankworth, 672 P.2d 148 (Alaska Ct. App. 1983). “State Senator Milton Dankworth was indicted on two counts of conflict of interest, AS 39.50.090(a). 1 Count II alleged that Dankworth used his official position: for the primary purpose of obtaining financial gain for himself by taking action to assure that an appropriation…”
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.