{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-15.45.580","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 15.45.580","heading":"Circulation; prohibitions.","body":"(a) The petitions may be circulated only in person throughout the state.\n(b) A circulator may not receive payment or agree to receive payment that is greater than $1 a signature, and a person or an organization may not pay or agree to pay an amount that is greater than $1 a signature, for the collection of signatures on a petition.\n(c) A person or organization may not knowingly pay, offer to pay, or cause to be paid money or other valuable thing to a person to sign or refrain from signing a petition.\n(d) A person or organization that violates (b) or (c) of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.\n(e) In this section,\n(1) “organization” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900;\n(2) “other valuable thing” has the meaning given in AS 15.56.030;\n(3) “person” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.","path":["Title 15. Elections.","Chapter 45. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall.","Article 3. Recall."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#15.45.580","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:01Z","sha256":"3de7eafd3f88a5b47df1e2c44e1e8ca57ca9d25ff28adc6ccdaf4af67faf05cc","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-15.45.575","next":"us-ak/as-15.45.590"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}