1994 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 34 PROPERTY
Chapter 34.50. ACTIONS FOR INJURIES TO PROPERTY INTERESTS
Sec. 34.50.020. LIABILITY FOR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY BY MINORS.
(a) A person, municipal corporation, association, village, school district, or religious or charitable organization, incorporated or unincorporated, may recover damages in a civil action in an amount not to exceed $2,000 and court costs, from either parent or both parents or the legal guardian or person having the legal custody of an unemancipated minor under the age of 18 years, who maliciously or wilfully destroys real or personal property belonging to the person, municipal corporation, association, village, school district, or religious or charitable organization.
(b) A state agency or its agents, including a person working in or responsible for the operation of a foster, receiving, or detention home, or children's institution, is not liable for the acts of unemancipated minors in its charge or custody. A state agency or an agent of a state agency, including a nonprofit corporation that designates shelters for runaways under AS 47.10.392 - 47.10.399 and employees of or volunteers with that corporation, is not liable for the acts of a minor sheltered in a shelter for runaways, as defined in AS 47.10.399.
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