(a) A person commits the crime of violating an order to submit to DNA testing if, when requested by a health care professional acting on behalf of the state to provide a blood sample, oral sample, or both, or when requested by a juvenile or adult correctional, probation, or parole officer or a peace officer to provide an oral sample, the person refuses to provide the sample or samples and the person

Attorney's Note

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C felonyup to 5 yearsup to $50,000
For details, see Alaska Stat. § 12.55.125
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 11.56.760

  • peace officer: means
    (A) an officer of the state troopers. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) has been ordered to submit to DNA testing as part of a sentence imposed under Alaska Stat. § 12.55.015;
(2) has been convicted of an offense that requires DNA testing under the provisions of Alaska Stat. § 44.41.035; or
(3) is required to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper under Alaska Stat. Chapter 12.63.
(b) In this section, “DNA testing” means the collection of a blood sample, oral sample, or both, for the deoxyribonucleic acid identification registration system under Alaska Stat. § 44.41.035.
(c) Violating an order to submit to DNA testing is a class C felony.
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