{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-11.56.850","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 11.56.850","heading":"Official misconduct.","body":"(a) A public servant commits the crime of official misconduct if, with intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or deprive another person of a benefit, the public servant\n(1) performs an act relating to the public servant's office but constituting an unauthorized exercise of the public servant's official functions, knowing that that act is unauthorized; or\n(2) knowingly refrains from performing a duty which is imposed upon the public servant by law or is clearly inherent in the nature of the public servant's office.\n(b) Official misconduct is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["Title 11. Criminal Law.","Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration.","Article 6. Abuse of Public Office."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#11.56.850","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:41Z","sha256":"fd11aa108080a1bda88327665e91addd76acda1690a69143467a71d8fd2c83ba","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-11.56.845","next":"us-ak/as-11.56.860"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}