Alaska Statutes 22.15.070 – Extent of jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 22.15.070
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
The civil jurisdiction and the criminal jurisdiction of the district court of the State of Alaska extend over the entire state.