{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-11.51.200","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 11.51.200","heading":"Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable adult in the first degree.","body":"(a) A person commits the crime of endangering the welfare of a vulnerable adult in the first degree if the person\n(1) intentionally abandons a vulnerable adult in any place under circumstances creating a substantial risk of physical injury to the vulnerable adult and the vulnerable adult is in the person's care\n(A) by contract or authority of law; or\n(B) in a facility or program that is required by law to be licensed by the state; or\n(2) violates AS 11.51.210 and, as a result of the violation, the vulnerable adult suffers serious physical injury.\n(b) Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable adult in the first degree is a class C felony.","path":["Title 11. Criminal Law.","Chapter 51. Offenses Against the Family and Vulnerable Adults.","Article 2. Vulnerable Adults."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#11.51.200","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:41Z","sha256":"c51a4001caedee9c34a4e677468332b5cfcd433f516763c7cff7d9fcfc2cc246","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-11.51.140","next":"us-ak/as-11.51.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}