1993 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 12 CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 12.36 DISPOSITION OF RECOVERED OR SEIZED PROPERTY
Section 12.36.020 RETURN OF PROPERTY.
(a) A law enforcement agency may return property in its custody to the owner or the agent of the owner if
(1) the property is not in custody in connection with a children's court proceeding, a criminal proceeding, or an official investigation of a crime; and
(2) the property in custody is not subject to forfeiture under the laws of the state.
(b) In a criminal proceeding or a children's court proceeding involving the wrongful taking or damaging of property where photographs of the property are used as evidence in place of the property, the prosecuting attorney may release the property to the owner upon presentation of satisfactory proof of ownership.
(c) If wrongfully taken or damaged property is not photographed and authenticated under AS 12.80.050 and the property is used as evidence in a criminal proceeding or a children's court proceeding, the law enforcement agency in possession of the property shall return it to the owner upon presentation of satisfactory proof of ownership within 60 days after the final disposition of the case.
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