Alaska Administrative Code
Title 13 - Public Safety
Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers
Chapter 09 - Sex Offender and Child Kidnapper Registration
13 AAC 09.900 - Definitions
Universal Citation: 13 AK Admin Code 13 AAC 09.900
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) In this chapter and AS 12.63, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "Alaska state
trooper post" means a permanent office of the department's division of Alaska
state troopers or division of Alaska wildlife troopers;
(2) "electronic mail address" means a
destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, consisting of a
unique user name or mailbox and a reference to an Internet domain, whether or
not displayed, to which an electronic mail message can be sent or
delivered;
(3) "instant messaging
address" means any identifier that allows a person to communicate in real time
with another person using the Internet;
(4) "Internet" means collectively the myriad
of computer and telecommunications facilities, including equipment and
operating software, that comprise the interconnected world-wide network of
networks that employ the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, or
any predecessor or successor protocols to that protocol, to communicate
information of all kinds by wire or radio;
(5) "jurisdiction" means
(A) the 50 states;
(B) the District of Columbia;
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico;
(D) Guam;
(E) American Samoa;
(F) the Northern Mariana Islands;
(G) the United States Virgin Islands;
and
(H) Indian tribes that have
elected to function as a registration jurisdiction under
42 U.S.C.
16927 (Sex Offender Registration and
Notification Act);
(6)
"other Internet communication identifier" means any designation defining a
person that is used for the purposes of chat room discussions, instant
messaging, social networking, or other similar electronic
communication.
(b) In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "conviction" has the meaning given in
AS
12.63.100;
(2) "days" means calendar days;
(3) "department" means the Department of
Public Safety;
(4) "offender" means
a person required to comply with registration requirements under AS 12.63;
"offender" includes both a sex offender and a child kidnapper;
(5) "offense" means a conviction for which a
person is required to register under AS 12.63;
(6) "registration agency" means
(A) for an offender who is incarcerated in a
state correctional facility, the state correctional facility in which the
offender is incarcerated;
(B) for
an offender who is not incarcerated in a state correctional facility
(i) if the offender's residence address is in
the Municipality of Anchorage, the department's central registry of sex
offenders and child kidnappers in Anchorage;
(ii) if the offender's residence address is
outside the Municipality of Anchorage, the Alaska state trooper post or
municipal police department nearest to the offender's residence
address;
(7)
"registration program" means a system of registration that qualifies for
federal funding under 42
U.S.C. 14071 (Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against
Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program Act);
(8) "state correctional facility" has the
meaning given in
AS
33.30.901;
(9) "unconditional discharge" has the meaning
given in AS 12.55.185;
(10) "chat room" means any Internet service
through which a number of users can communicate in real time so that
communications are almost immediately available to all other users or to a
designated segment of all other users;
(11) "social networking" means an Internet
website that
(A) allows users, through the
creation of web pages or profiles or other means, to provide information about
themselves that is available publicly or to other users; and
(B) offers a means of communication with
other users, such as a forum, chat room, electronic mail, or instant
messaging.
(c) In AS 18.65.087, "another reliable source" includes, upon verification by the department, the following:
(1) a court of another
jurisdiction;
(2) the victim of the
offense or a member of the victim's family;
(3) an employer of the offender;
(4) an acquaintance or a neighbor of the
offender;
(5) a member of the
offender's family.
As of Register 152, January 2000, the paragraphs of 13 AAC 09.900(b) have been rearranged to maintain alphabetical order, integrating new paragraphs, and to eliminate gaps created by the repeal of some previous paragraphs.
Authority:AS 12.63.010
AS 18.65.087
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