{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-11.81.600","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 11.81.600","heading":"General requirements of culpability.","body":"(a) The minimal requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a person of conduct that includes a voluntary act or the omission to perform an act that the person is capable of performing.\n(b) A person is not guilty of an offense unless the person acts with a culpable mental state, except that no culpable mental state must be proved\n(1) if the description of the offense does not specify a culpable mental state and the offense is\n(A) a violation; or\n(B) designated as one of “strict liability”; or\n(2) if a legislative intent to dispense with the culpable mental state requirement is present.","path":["Title 11. Criminal Law.","Chapter 81. General Provisions.","Article 6. General Principles of Criminal Liability."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#11.81.600","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:41Z","sha256":"6eef6f79f0686ea3ade21a970834ec4dfd2d6598f1d848df441a2118b97d5efd","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-11.81.500","next":"us-ak/as-11.81.610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}