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Legal Statutes: Alaska

UPDATED October 29, 2012

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ARTICLE 4. SEXUAL OFFENSES

back to topSec. 11.41.425. Sexual assault in the third degree

(a) An offender commits the crime of sexual assault in the third degree if the offender

(1) engages in sexual contact with a person who the offender knows is

(A) mentally incapable;

(B) incapacitated; or

(C) unaware that a sexual act is being committed;

(2) while employed in a state correctional facility or other placement designated by the commissioner of corrections for the custody and care of prisoners, engages in sexual penetration with a person who the offender knows is committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections to serve a term of imprisonment or period of temporary commitment;

(3) engages in sexual penetration with a person 18 or 19 years of age who the offender knows is committed to the custody of the Department of Health and Social Services under AS 47.10 or AS 47.12 and the offender is the legal guardian of the person; or

(4) while employed in the state by a law enforcement agency as a peace officer, or while acting as a peace officer in the state, engages in sexual penetration with a person with reckless disregard that the person is in the custody or the apparent custody of the offender, or is committed to the custody of a law enforcement agency.

(b) In this section, “peace officer” has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060.

(c) Sexual assault in the third degree is a class C felony.
SLA 1988, ch. 96, § 3; SLA 1990, ch. 4, § 9; SLA 1992, ch. 79, § 7; SLA 2000, ch. 33, § 1. Amended by SLA 2011, ch. 20, §§ 3 and 4, eff. July 1, 2011.