Alaska Stat. § 12.61.140

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Disclosure of victim's name.

Official statutory text

(a) The portion of the records of a court or law enforcement agency that contains the name of the victim of an offense under AS 11.41.300 (a)(1)(C) or 11.41.410 — 11.41.460 (1) shall be withheld from public inspection, except with the consent of the court in which the case is or would be prosecuted; and

(2) is not a public record under AS 40.25.110 — 40.25.125.

(b) In all written court records open to public inspection, the name of the victim of an offense under AS 11.41.300 (a)(1)(C) or 11.41.410 — 11.41.460 may not appear. Instead, the victim's initials shall be used. However, a sealed record containing the victim's name shall be kept by the court in order to ensure that a defendant is not charged twice for the same offense.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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