{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-11.56.540","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 11.56.540","heading":"Tampering with a witness in the first degree.","body":"(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness in the first degree if the person knowingly induces or attempts to induce a witness to\n(1) testify falsely, offer misleading testimony, or unlawfully withhold testimony in an official proceeding; or\n(2) be absent from a judicial proceeding to which the witness has been summoned.\n(b) Tampering with a witness in the first degree is a class C felony.","path":["Title 11. Criminal Law.","Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration.","Article 4. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#11.56.540","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:41Z","sha256":"631550c8836d230b5eb4ebe0a6f529b83080dac1dbcad95fa361d736cf63e219","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-11.56.520","next":"us-ak/as-11.56.545"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}