Alaska § 11.56.124 - Failure to report bribery or receiving a bribe.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 11.56.124 — Failure to report bribery or receiving a bribe., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11.56.124. Failure to report bribery or receiving a bribe.
(a) A public servant commits the crime of failure to report bribery or receiving a bribe if the public servant (1) witnesses what the public servant knows or reasonably should know is (A) bribery of a public servant by another person; or
(B) receiving a bribe by another public servant; and
(2) does not as soon as reasonably practicable report that crime to a peace officer or a law enforcement agency.
(b) Failure to report bribery or receiving a bribe is a class A misdemeanor.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11.56.124 ("Failure to report bribery or receiving a bribe.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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