Alaska Statutes Title 47, Chapter 47.12, Article 01 - Juvenile Delinquency

• Sec. 47.12.010 Goal and Purposes of Chapter.
  (a) The goal of this chapter is to promote a balanced juvenile justice system in the state to protect the community, impose accountability for...
• Sec. 47.12.020 Jurisdiction.
  (a) Proceedings relating to a minor under 18 years of age residing or found in the state are governed by this chapter, except as...
• Sec. 47.12.022 Applicability; Inclusion of Certain Persons As Minors.
  Except as provided in AS 47.12.025 , the provisions of this chapter apply to a person who is 18 years of age or older...
• Sec. 47.12.025 Special Provisions for Certain Persons Considered to Be Minors.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following special provisions apply to a person who is subject to the jurisdiction of this chapter...
• 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...
• Sec. 47.12.040 Investigation and Petition.
  (a) Whenever circumstances subject a minor to the jurisdiction of this chapter, the court shall(1) require in conformance with this section, that, for a...
• Sec. 47.12.050 Notice to and Involvement of Parent or Guardian.
  (a) Except as may be otherwise specifically provided, in all cases under this chapter, the minor, each parent of the minor, the foster parent...
• Sec. 47.12.060 Informal Action to Adjust Matter.
  (a) The provisions of this section apply to a minor who is alleged to be a delinquent minor under AS 47.12.020 and for whom...
• Sec. 47.12.065 Dual Sentencing Provisions.
  (a) The department or the entity selected by it may refer to the appropriate district attorney the circumstances involving a minor who is subject...
• Sec. 47.12.070 Summons and Custody of Minor.
  After a petition is filed and after further investigation that the court directs, if the minor has not appeared voluntarily, the court shall issue...
• Sec. 47.12.080 Release of Minor.
  A minor who is taken into custody may, in the discretion of the court and upon the written promise of the parent, guardian, or...
• Sec. 47.12.090 Appointment of Attorney or Guardian Ad Litem.
  (a) In all proceedings initiated under a petition for delinquency, a minor shall have the right to be represented by counsel and, if indigent,...
• Sec. 47.12.100 Waiver of Jurisdiction.
  (a) If the court finds at a hearing on a petition that there is probable cause for believing that a minor is delinquent and...
• Sec. 47.12.110 Hearings.
  (a) The court shall conduct a hearing on the petition. The court shall give notice of the hearing to the department, and the department...
• Sec. 47.12.120 Judgments and Orders.
  (a) The court, at the conclusion of the hearing, or thereafter as the circumstances of the case may require, shall find and enter a...
• Sec. 47.12.130 Predisposition Hearing Reports.
  (a) Before the disposition hearing of a delinquent minor, the department shall submit a predisposition report with a recommended plan of treatment to aid...
• Sec. 47.12.140 Court Dispositional Order.
  In making its dispositional order under AS 47.12.120 (b)(1) - (3) and (5) and (j), the court shall(1) consider both the best interests of...
• Sec. 47.12.150 Legal Custody, Guardianship, and Residual Parental Rights and Responsibilities.
  (a) When a minor is committed under AS 47.12.120 (b)(1) or (3) to the department or released under AS 47.12.120 (b)(2) to the minor's...
• Sec. 47.12.155 Parental or Guardian Accountability and Participation.
  (a) The parent or guardian of a minor who is alleged to be a delinquent under AS 47.12.020 or found to be a delinquent...
• Sec. 47.12.160 Retention of Jurisdiction Over Minor.
  (a) Except as provided in (g) of this section, the court retains jurisdiction over the case and may at any time stay execution, modify,...
• Sec. 47.12.170 Enforcement of Restitution.
  (a) An order by the court under AS 47.12.120 that a minor or the minor's parent pay restitution is a civil judgment that remains...
• Sec. 47.12.180 Effect of Adjudication.
  (a) Except as provided by AS 47.12.160 (d) and (e) and AS 47.12.170, an adjudication under this chapter upon the status of a minor(1)...
• Sec. 47.12.200 Arrest of a Minor.
  The arrest of a minor other than for a traffic offense is not considered an arrest for any purpose except for the purpose of...
• Sec. 47.12.210 Fingerprinting of Minors.
  (a) A peace officer may fingerprint a minor under the same circumstances as an adult may be fingerprinted.(b) Except as provided by AS 47.12.310...
• Sec. 47.12.220 Appointment of Guardian or Custodian.
  When, in the course of a proceeding under this chapter, it appears to the court that the welfare of a minor will be promoted...
• Sec. 47.12.230 Support of Minor.
  (a) When a delinquent minor is committed under this chapter, the court or the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010 shall, after...
• Sec. 47.12.240 Detention of Minors.
  (a) When the court commits a minor to the custody of the department, the department shall arrange to place the minor in a detention...
• Sec. 47.12.245 Arrest.
  (a) A peace officer may(1) arrest a minor(A) for the commission of an act that subjects the minor to the provisions of this chapter...
• Sec. 47.12.250 Temporary Detention and Detention Hearing.
  (a) A peace officer or a probation officer who has arrested or a peace officer who has continued the arrest of a minor under...
• Sec. 47.12.255 Placement in Secure Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers.
  (a) The court may authorize the department to place a minor who is in the custody of the department under AS 47.12.120 (b)(1) or...
• Sec. 47.12.260 Releasing Minors After Commitment.
  A minor found to be a juvenile delinquent who by conduct gives sufficient evidence of having reformed may be released at any time under...
• Sec. 47.12.270 Youth Counselors.
  The department may employ youth counselors. Youth counselors shall exercise the duties of probation officers and shall prepare preliminary investigations for the information of...

Last modified: November 15, 2016