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Alaska Stat. § 47.12.030 (2026)
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Sec. 47.12.030. Provisions inapplicable.
(a) When a minor who was at least 16 years of age at the time of the offense is charged by complaint, information, or indictment with an offense specified in this subsection, this chapter and the Alaska Delinquency Rules do not apply to the offense for which the minor is charged or to any additional offenses joinable to it under the applicable rules of court governing criminal procedure. Subject to the provisions of AS 47.12.105, the minor shall be charged, held, transported, released on bail, prosecuted, sentenced, and incarcerated in the same manner as an adult. If the minor is convicted of an offense other than an offense specified in this subsection, the minor may attempt to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the minor is amenable to treatment under this chapter. If the court finds that the minor is amenable to treatment under this chapter, the minor shall be treated as though the charges had been heard under this chapter, and the court shall order disposition of the charges of which the minor is convicted under AS 47.12.120(b). The provisions of this subsection apply when the minor is charged by complaint, information, or indictment with an offense
(1) that is an unclassified felony or a class A felony and the felony is a crime against a person;
(2) of arson in the first degree;
(3) that is a class B felony and the felony is a crime against a person in which the minor is alleged to have used a deadly weapon in the commission of the offense and the minor was previously adjudicated as a delinquent or convicted as an adult, in this or another jurisdiction, as a result of an offense that involved use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime against a person or an offense in another jurisdiction having elements substantially identical to those of a crime against a person, and the previous offense was punishable as a felony; in this paragraph, “deadly weapon” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(b); or
(4) that is misconduct involving weapons in the first degree under
(A) AS 11.61.190(a)(1); or
(B) AS 11.61.190(a)(2) when the firearm was discharged under circumstances manifesting substantial and unjustifiable risk of physical injury to a person.
(b) When a minor is accused of violating a statute specified in this subsection, other than a statute the violation of which is a felony, this chapter and the Alaska Delinquency Rules do not apply and the minor accused of the offense shall be charged, prosecuted, and sentenced in the district court in the same manner as an adult; if a minor is charged, prosecuted, and sentenced for an offense under this subsection, the minor's parent, guardian, or legal custodian shall be present at all proceedings; the provisions of this subsection apply when a minor is accused of violating
(1) a traffic statute or regulation, or a traffic ordinance or regulation of a municipality;
(2) AS 11.76.105, relating to the possession of tobacco by a person under 19 years of age;
(3) a fish and game statute or regulation under AS 16;
(4) a parks and recreational facilities statute or regulation under AS 41.21;
(5) [Repealed, § 23 ch 16 SLA 2021.]
(6) a municipal curfew ordinance, whether adopted under AS 29.35.085 or otherwise, unless the municipality provides for enforcement of its ordinance under AS 29.25.070(b) by the municipality; in place of any fine imposed for the violation of a municipal curfew ordinance, the court shall allow a defendant the option of performing community work; the value of the community work, which may not be lower than the amount of the fine, shall be determined under AS 12.55.055(c); in this paragraph, “community work” includes the work described in AS 12.55.055(b) or work that, on the recommendation of the municipal or borough assembly, city council, or traditional village council of the defendant's place of residence, would benefit persons within the municipality or village who are elderly or disabled;
(7) AS 04.16.050, relating to consumption, possession, or control of alcohol by a person under 21 years of age.
(c) The provisions of AS 47.12.010 — 47.12.260 and the Alaska Delinquency Rules do not apply to driver's license proceedings under AS 28.15.185; the court shall impose a driver's license revocation under AS 28.15.185 in the same manner as adult driver's license revocations, except that a parent or legal guardian shall be present at all proceedings.
(a) When a minor who was at least 16 years of age at the time of the offense is charged by complaint, information, or indictment with an offense specified in this subsection, this chapter and the Alaska Delinquency Rules do not apply to the offense for which the minor is charged or to any additional offenses joinable to it under the applicable rules of court governing criminal procedure. Subject to the provisions of AS 47.12.105, the minor shall be charged, held, transported, released on bail, prosecuted, sentenced, and incarcerated in the same manner as an adult. If the minor is convicted of an offense other than an offense specified in this subsection, the minor may attempt to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the minor is amenable to treatment under this chapter. If the court finds that the minor is amenable to treatment under this chapter, the minor shall be treated as though the charges had been heard under this chapter, and the court shall order disposition of the charges of which the minor is convicted under AS 47.12.120(b). The provisions of this subsection apply when the minor is charged by complaint, information, or indictment with an offense
(1) that is an unclassified felony or a class A felony and the felony is a crime against a person;
(2) of arson in the first degree;
(3) that is a class B felony and the felony is a crime against a person in which the minor is alleged to have used a deadly weapon in the commission of the offense and the minor was previously adjudicated as a delinquent or convicted as an adult, in this or another jurisdiction, as a result of an offense that involved use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime against a person or an offense in another jurisdiction having elements substantially identical to those of a crime against a person, and the previous offense was punishable as a felony; in this paragraph, “deadly weapon” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(b); or
(4) that is misconduct involving weapons in the first degree under
(A) AS 11.61.190(a)(1); or
(B) AS 11.61.190(a)(2) when the firearm was discharged under circumstances manifesting substantial and unjustifiable risk of physical injury to a person.
(b) When a minor is accused of violating a statute specified in this subsection, other than a statute the violation of which is a felony, this chapter and the Alaska Delinquency Rules do not apply and the minor accused of the offense shall be charged, prosecuted, and sentenced in the district court in the same manner as an adult; if a minor is charged, prosecuted, and sentenced for an offense under this subsection, the minor's parent, guardian, or legal custodian shall be present at all proceedings; the provisions of this subsection apply when a minor is accused of violating
(1) a traffic statute or regulation, or a traffic ordinance or regulation of a municipality;
(2) AS 11.76.105, relating to the possession of tobacco by a person under 19 years of age;
(3) a fish and game statute or regulation under AS 16;
(4) a parks and recreational facilities statute or regulation under AS 41.21;
(5) [Repealed, § 23 ch 16 SLA 2021.]
(6) a municipal curfew ordinance, whether adopted under AS 29.35.085 or otherwise, unless the municipality provides for enforcement of its ordinance under AS 29.25.070(b) by the municipality; in place of any fine imposed for the violation of a municipal curfew ordinance, the court shall allow a defendant the option of performing community work; the value of the community work, which may not be lower than the amount of the fine, shall be determined under AS 12.55.055(c); in this paragraph, “community work” includes the work described in AS 12.55.055(b) or work that, on the recommendation of the municipal or borough assembly, city council, or traditional village council of the defendant's place of residence, would benefit persons within the municipality or village who are elderly or disabled;
(7) AS 04.16.050, relating to consumption, possession, or control of alcohol by a person under 21 years of age.
(c) The provisions of AS 47.12.010 — 47.12.260 and the Alaska Delinquency Rules do not apply to driver's license proceedings under AS 28.15.185; the court shall impose a driver's license revocation under AS 28.15.185 in the same manner as adult driver's license revocations, except that a parent or legal guardian shall be present at all proceedings.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1998–2025 · leading case: Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005). “[2] See Alaska Stat. § 47.12.030 (Lexis 2002); Haw.”
Elizabeth Watson v. State of Alaska, 487 P.3d 568 (Alaska 2021). “58 Governor William Egan introduced the bill that created what is now AS 47.12.030; he stated in a letter to the Chairman of the House Rules Committee: The main purpose and policy behind the special consideration given juveniles in our courts .”
State v. Ladd, 951 P.2d 1220 (Alaska Ct. App. 1998). “Under this statute (from 1994 to 1996), and now under the successor statute, AS 47.12.030(a), 16- and 17-year-olds who are charged with certain serious felonies are prosecuted as adults and, if found guilty, they are punished as adults.”
Gray v. State, 267 P.3d 667 (Alaska Ct. App. 2011). “58 Based on our independent review of the record, we conclude that the sentencing decision was not clearly mistaken.”
Wilson v. State, 967 P.2d 98 (Alaska Ct. App. 1998). “Under AS 47.12.030(a), had Wilson been found guilty of either of the original charges (attempted murder or first-degree assault), he would automatically have been sentenced as an adult.”
Smith v. State, 258 P.3d 913 (Alaska Ct. App. 2011). “010(e), a statute that is now codified as AS 47.12.030(a). Under this statute, 16- and 17-year-olds who are charged with certain serious felonies (such as first-degree assault, the charge against Smith in this case) are prosecuted and, if found guilty, punished as adults.”
State v. Kalmakoff, 122 P.3d 224 (Alaska Ct. App. 2005). “AS 47.12.030. 14 . AS 47.12.100. 15 . AS 47.”
State v. Auliye, 57 P.3d 711 (Alaska Ct. App. 2002). “81, § 5), now recodified as AS 47.12.030(b)(5). 8 . See former AS 47.”
State v. Morgan, 111 P.3d 360 (Alaska Ct. App. 2005). “In order to allow imprisonment of younger third offenders, but to keep these younger offenders segregated from an adult jail population, the legislature re-asserted juvenile jurisdiction over these offenders.”
State of Alaska v. Brennan Adam Grubb, 546 P.3d 586 (Alaska 2024). “2 At the time of the offenses Grubb was sixteen years old and was automatically charged as an adult pursuant to AS 47.12.030. As part of an agreement Grubb pled guilty to an amended charge of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree 3 and admitted to the conduct alleged in 1…”
Nao v. State, 953 P.2d 522 (Alaska Ct. App. 1998). “010(e), has been replaced by AS 47.12.030(a). However, the new statute codifies the same rule as the old: the delinquency laws do not apply to 16- and 17-year-olds who commit an unclassified felony against a person, a class A felony against a person, or first-degree arson.”
Watson v. State, 400 P.3d 121 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017). “Watson’s equal protection and due process claims Under subsection (b) of AS 47.12.030, a minor who is accused of a non-felony traffic offense “shall be charged, prosecuted, and sentenced in the district court in the same manner as an adult.”
— Alaska Stat. § 47.12.030(3) — 1 case
Waterman v. State, 342 P.3d 1261 (Alaska Ct. App. 2015).
— Alaska Stat. § 47.12.030(a) — 7 cases
State v. Ladd, 951 P.2d 1220 (Alaska Ct. App. 1998). “Under this statute (from 1994 to 1996), and now under the successor statute, AS 47.12.030(a), 16- and 17-year-olds who are charged with certain serious felonies are prosecuted as adults and, if found guilty, they are punished as adults.”
Wilson v. State, 967 P.2d 98 (Alaska Ct. App. 1998). “Under AS 47.12.030(a), had Wilson been found guilty of either of the original charges (attempted murder or first-degree assault), he would automatically have been sentenced as an adult.”
Smith v. State, 258 P.3d 913 (Alaska Ct. App. 2011). “010(e), a statute that is now codified as AS 47.12.030(a). Under this statute, 16- and 17-year-olds who are charged with certain serious felonies (such as first-degree assault, the charge against Smith in this case) are prosecuted and, if found guilty, punished as adults.”
Gray v. State, 267 P.3d 667 (Alaska Ct. App. 2011). “58 Based on our independent review of the record, we conclude that the sentencing decision was not clearly mistaken.”
Smith v. State, 229 P.3d 221 (Alaska Ct. App. 2010).
— Alaska Stat. § 47.12.030(a)(1) — 2 cases
Gray v. State, 267 P.3d 667 (Alaska Ct. App. 2011). “58 Based on our independent review of the record, we conclude that the sentencing decision was not clearly mistaken.”
Brennan Grubb v. State of Alaska (Alaska Ct. App. 2025).
— Alaska Stat. § 47.12.030(a)(3) — 1 case
Gray v. State, 267 P.3d 667 (Alaska Ct. App. 2011). “58 Based on our independent review of the record, we conclude that the sentencing decision was not clearly mistaken.”
— Alaska Stat. § 47.12.030(b) — 3 cases
Elizabeth Watson v. State of Alaska, 487 P.3d 568 (Alaska 2021). “58 Governor William Egan introduced the bill that created what is now AS 47.12.030; he stated in a letter to the Chairman of the House Rules Committee: The main purpose and policy behind the special consideration given juveniles in our courts .”
Watson v. State, 400 P.3d 121 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017). “Watson’s equal protection and due process claims Under subsection (b) of AS 47.12.030, a minor who is accused of a non-felony traffic offense “shall be charged, prosecuted, and sentenced in the district court in the same manner as an adult.”
Nao v. State, 953 P.2d 522 (Alaska Ct. App. 1998). “010(e), has been replaced by AS 47.12.030(a). However, the new statute codifies the same rule as the old: the delinquency laws do not apply to 16- and 17-year-olds who commit an unclassified felony against a person, a class A felony against a person, or first-degree arson.”
— Alaska Stat. § 47.12.030(b)(1) — 1 case
Elizabeth Watson v. State of Alaska, 487 P.3d 568 (Alaska 2021). “58 Governor William Egan introduced the bill that created what is now AS 47.12.030; he stated in a letter to the Chairman of the House Rules Committee: The main purpose and policy behind the special consideration given juveniles in our courts .”
— Alaska Stat. § 47.12.030(b)(5) — 2 cases
State v. Auliye, 57 P.3d 711 (Alaska Ct. App. 2002). “81, § 5), now recodified as AS 47.12.030(b)(5). 8 . See former AS 47.”
State v. Morgan, 111 P.3d 360 (Alaska Ct. App. 2005). “In order to allow imprisonment of younger third offenders, but to keep these younger offenders segregated from an adult jail population, the legislature re-asserted juvenile jurisdiction over these offenders.”
— Alaska Stat. § 47.12.030(b)(6) — 1 case
State v. Fogg, 995 P.2d 675 (Alaska Ct. App. 2000).
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