{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-47.12.990","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 47.12.990","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,\n(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of family and community services;\n(2) “court” means the superior court of the state;\n(3) “crime against a person” means an offense set out in AS 11.41;\n(4) “delinquent minor” means a minor found to be within the jurisdiction of the court under AS 47.12.020;\n(5) “department” means the Department of Family and Community Services;\n(6) “gravely disabled” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915;\n(7) “juvenile detention facility” means a secure facility for the detention of delinquent minors in the custody of the department under AS 47.12.240 or 47.12.250;\n(8) “juvenile probation officer” means an officer described in AS 47.12.270;\n(9) “juvenile treatment facility” means a secure facility for treatment of minors adjudicated delinquent and committed by a court to the care and custody of the department under AS 47.12.120(b)(1);\n(10) “mental health professional” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915, except that, if the minor is placed in another state by the department, “mental health professional” also includes a professional listed in the definition of “mental health professional” in AS 47.30.915 who is not licensed to practice by a board of this state but is licensed by a corresponding licensing authority to practice in the state in which the minor is placed;\n(11) “mental illness” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915;\n(12) “minor” means a person who is\n(A) under 18 years of age at the time the person commits an offense; and\n(B) subject to the jurisdiction of the court under this chapter;\n(13) “peace officer” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900;\n(14) “residential child care facility” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900;\n(15) “secure residential psychiatric treatment center” has the meaning given “residential psychiatric treatment center” in AS 47.32.900;\n(16) “temporary secure juvenile holding area” means separate quarters that are used for the temporary detention of delinquent minors pending a court order or transportation to a juvenile detention facility and that are not within sight or sound of any adult prisoners;\n(17) “victim” has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185.","path":["Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions.","Chapter 12. Delinquent Minors.","Article 5. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#47.12.990","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:52Z","sha256":"59865f442c54704bc087d5151c12e8b11cf7b3ef96acebacebcecc21f9d9852a","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-47.12.988","next":"us-ak/as-47.14.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}