2022 Alaska Statutes
Title 4. Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 16. Regulation of Sales and Distribution
Article 1. Prohibited Acts.
Sec. 04.16.030. Prohibited conduct relating to drunken persons.

(a) A licensee, an agent, or employee may not with criminal negligence

(1) sell, give, or barter alcoholic beverages to a drunken person;

(2) allow another person to sell, give, or barter an alcoholic beverage to a drunken person within licensed premises;

(3) allow a drunken person to enter and remain within licensed premises or to consume an alcoholic beverage within licensed premises;

(4) permit a drunken person to sell or serve alcoholic beverages.

(b) A person receiving compensation for transporting alcoholic beverages may not knowingly deliver alcoholic beverages to a drunken person.

(c) [Effective January 1, 2024.] The holder of a license is strictly and vicariously liable for an offense committed under (d) of this section by an employee or agent of the licensee on the licensed premises, punishable by an administrative penalty of $250. Notwithstanding AS 04.11.370(a)(4) and (5) and AS 04.16.180(b)(1), the board may not order suspension of the license for the first violation committed on the licensed premises under this section.

(d) [Effective January 1, 2024.] A person who violates this section commits the offense of prohibited conduct relating to a drunken person.

(e) [Effective January 1, 2024.] Prohibited conduct relating to a drunken person is a violation, punishable by a fine of $500.

(f) [Effective January 1, 2024.] A licensee who knowingly allows an agent or employee of the licensee to commit the offense of prohibited conduct relating to a drunken person under (d) of this section commits the crime of failure to ensure compliance relating to a drunken person.

(g) [Effective January 1, 2024.] Failure to ensure compliance relating to a drunken person is a class A misdemeanor.