AS 23.10.040: Payment of wages in state.

(a) Except as otherwise provided by AS 37.25.050, an employer of labor performing services in this state shall pay the wages or other compensation for the services with lawful money of the United States or with negotiable checks, drafts, or orders payable upon presentation without discount by a bank or depository inside the state.

(b) [Repealed, § 2 ch 28 SLA 1971.]

(c) [Repealed, § 2 ch 28 SLA 1971.]

(d) A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

An employer may not deposit wages due or to become due or an advance on wages to be earned in an account in a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union unless the employee has voluntarily authorized the deposit. All deposits under this section shall be in a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union of the employee's choice.