1993 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 11 CRIMINAL LAW
Chapter 11.46
Section 11.46.484 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE THIRD DEGREE.

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree if, having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe the person has such a right

(1) with intent to damage property of another, the person damages property of another in an amount of $50 or more but less than $500;

(2) the person drives, tows away, or takes the propelled vehicle of another;

(3) having custody of a propelled vehicle under a written agreement with the owner of the vehicle that includes an agreement to return the vehicle to the owner at a specified time, the person knowingly retains or withholds possession of the vehicle without the consent of the owner for so long a period beyond the time specified as to render the retention or possession of the vehicle an unreasonable deviation from the agreement;

(4) the person tampers with a fire protection device in a building that is a public place;

(5) the person knowingly accesses a computer, computer system, computer program, computer network, or part of a computer system or network;

(6) the person uses a device to descramble an electronic signal that has been scrambled to prevent unauthorized receipt or viewing of the signal unless the device is used only to descramble signals received directly from a satellite or unless the person owned the device before September 18, 1984; or

(7) the person knowingly removes, relocates, defaces, alters, obscures, shoots at, destroys, or otherwise tampers with an official traffic control device or damages the work upon a highway under construction.

(b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, criminal mischief in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.

(c) A person convicted under (a)(2) of this section is guilty of a class C felony if, within the preceding seven years, the person was convicted under

(1) the provisions of (a)(2) of this section;

(2) former AS 28.35.010 ;

(3) the provisions of AS 11.46.482 (a)(4);

(4) an offense involving the theft of a propelled vehicle under AS 11.46.120 - 11.46.140; or

(5) a law or ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with elements substantially similar to those of the offenses described in (1) - (4) of this subsection.