ALASKA
TITLE:	Business and Commercial Offenses
DEFINITIONS:	¤ 11.81.900.  DEFINITIONS  

(b)  In this title, unless otherwise specified or unless the 
context requires otherwise, * * *

(b)(45) "property" means an article, substance, or thing of 
value, including money, tangible and intangible personal 
property including data or information stored in a computer 
program, system, or network * * *.

(51) "services" includes * * * a computer program, a 
computer network, or any part of a computer system or 
network, and the supplying of equipment for use.

¤ 11.46.990.  DEFINITIONS  

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1) "access" means to instruct, communicate with, store data 
in, retrieve data from, or otherwise obtain the ability to 
use the resources of a computer, computer system, computer 
network, or any part of a computer system or network; * * *

(3) "computer" means an electronic device that performs 
logical, arithmetic, and memory functions by the 
manipulation of electronic, optical or magnetic impulses, 
and includes all input, output, processing, storage, 
computer software, and communication facilities that are 
connected or related to a computer; 

(4) "computer network" means an interconnection, including 
by microwave or other means of electronic or optical 
communication, of two or more computer systems, or between 
computers and remote terminals; 

(5) "computer program" means an ordered set of instructions 
or statements, and related information that, when 
automatically executed in actual or modified form in a 
computer system, causes it to perform specified functions; 

(6) "computer system" means a set of related computer 
equipment, devices and software;  

(7) "data" includes a representation of information, 
knowledge, facts, concepts, or instructions, that is being 
prepared or has been prepared in a formalized manner and is 
used or intended for use in a computer, computer system, or 
computer network; * * *
OFFENSES:  	¤ 11.46.200.  THEFT OF SERVICES

¤ 11.46.740.  Criminal use of computer
ELEMENTS:	¤ 11.46.200.  THEFT OF SERVICES

(a)  A person commits theft of services if * * *

(3)  the person obtains the use of computer time, a computer 
system, a computer program, a computer network, or any part 
of a computer system or network, with reckless disregard 
that the use by that person is unauthorized.

¤ 11.46.740.  Criminal use of computer

(a)  A person commits the offense of criminal use of a 
computer if, having no right to do so or any reasonable 
ground to believe the person has such a right, the person 
knowingly accesses or causes to be accessed a computer, 
computer system, computer program, computer network, or any 
part of a computer system or network, and as a result of 
that access (1) obtains information concerning a person; or 
(2) introduces false information into a computer, computer 
system, or computer network with the intent to damage or 
enhance the data record of a person.
PENALTIES:	¤ 11.46.740.  Criminal use of computer

(b)  Criminal use of a computer is a Class C felony.
VENUE:	Not stated.
CIVIL REMEDY:	No reference to civil remedy.
DEFENSE:	¤ 11.46.985.  DECEIVING A MACHINE  

In a prosecution under this chapter for an offense that 
requires "deception" as an element, it is not a defense that 
the defendant deceived or attempted to deceive a machine.  
For purposes of this section, "machine" includes a vending 
machine, computer, turnstile, or automated teller machine.  
CITATION:	Alaska Statutes ¤ 11.46.200; ¤ 11.46.740; ¤ 
11.46.985; ¤ 11.46.990; ¤ 11.81.900.
SOURCE:	¤¤ 1, 4, 5, ch. 79 SLA 1984 [¤ 11.46.200(a)(3); 
¤ 11.46.990(1)(3)-(7); ¤ 11.81.900(b)(51)]; ¤ 3 ch 79 SLA 
1984 [¤11.46.740]; 881 4 ch 166 SLA 1978 [¤ 11.46.985]; ¤ 10 
ch. 166 SLA 1978 [¤ 11.81.900(b)(45)].