{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-04.16.020","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 04.16.020","heading":"Solicitation of alcoholic beverages; purchase on behalf of another.","body":"(a) A person may not pay or receive from another a salary, percentage, or commission to solicit or encourage a patron of licensed premises to purchase alcoholic or other beverages for a person other than the patron.\n(b) A licensee, an agent, or employee may not knowingly permit a person to loiter within or about premises licensed under this title for the purpose of begging or soliciting a patron or visitor to purchase alcoholic or other beverages for the person who is begging or soliciting.\n(c) A person may not purchase alcohol by written order on behalf of another person who resides in a municipality or established village that has adopted a local option under AS 04.11.491(a)(5) or (b)(4).\n(d) A person who violates a provision of this section commits the offense of unauthorized solicitation or purchase of alcoholic beverages.\n(e) Unauthorized solicitation or purchase of alcoholic beverages is a violation and is punishable by a fine of $100.","path":["Title 4. Alcoholic Beverages.","Chapter 16. Regulation of Sales and Distribution."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#04.16.020","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:04Z","sha256":"e06914926e2d76baf47fb6da6593923020c44e9223e66dab71d0b00a63ed8b34","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-04.16.017","next":"us-ak/as-04.16.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}