{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-12.45.120","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 12.45.120","heading":"Authority to compromise misdemeanors for which victim has civil action.","body":"If a defendant is held to answer on a charge of misdemeanor for which the person injured by the act constituting the crime has a remedy by a civil action, the crime may be compromised except when it was committed\n(1) by or upon a peace officer, judge, or magistrate while in the execution of the duties of that office;\n(2) riotously;\n(3) with an intent to commit a felony;\n(4) larcenously;\n(5) against\n(A) a spouse or a former spouse of the defendant;\n(B) a parent, grandparent, child, or grandchild of the defendant;\n(C) a member of the social unit comprised of those living together in the same dwelling as the defendant; or\n(D) a person who is not a spouse or former spouse of the defendant but who previously lived in a spousal relationship with the defendant.","path":["Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure.","Chapter 45. Trial, Evidence, Compromise.","Article 3. Compromise and Satisfaction."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#12.45.120","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:46Z","sha256":"b9f29f54d16a023b97913972aab3335e5ddc96ca1cc99d584b7d47bf04973b07","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-12.45.087-12.45.115","next":"us-ak/as-12.45.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}