{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-11.56.900","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 11.56.900","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,\n(1) “improperly influence a witness” means to cause or induce a witness to\n(A) testify falsely, offer misleading testimony, or unlawfully withhold testimony in an official proceeding;\n(B) avoid or attempt to avoid legal process summoning the witness to testify in an official proceeding, regardless of whether legal process has issued;\n(C) be absent from an official proceeding to which the witness has been summoned; or\n(D) engage in conduct described in AS 11.56.610;\n(2) “judicial officer” means a supreme court justice, including the chief justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a judge of the superior court, a district court judge, or a magistrate;\n(3) “juror” means a person who is a member of an impanelled jury or a person who has been drawn or summoned to attend as a prospective juror;\n(4) “physical evidence” means an article, object, document, record, or other thing of physical substance;\n(5) “testimony” means oral or written statements, documents, or other material that may be offered by a witness in an official proceeding;\n(6) “witness” means\n(A) a witness summoned or appearing in an official proceeding; or\n(B) a person who the defendant believes may be called as a witness in an official proceeding, present or future.","path":["Title 11. Criminal Law.","Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration.","Article 7. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#11.56.900","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:41Z","sha256":"f00e52a1dce9cbbab041e285abf425076991aca29203a80965c851fa4d0b1f14","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-11.56.870","next":"us-ak/as-11.60.010-11.60.220"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}