Alaska § 43.05.470 - Public proceedings and records.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 43.05.470 — Public proceedings and records., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43.05.470. Public proceedings and records.
(a) Records, proceedings, and decisions under AS 43.05.405 — 43.05.499 are confidential, except that the records, proceedings, and decisions become public records and open to the public when the final administrative decision is issued and becomes final.
(b) Upon a showing of good cause, an administrative law judge shall issue a protective order requiring that specified parts of the records, proceeding, or decision shall be kept confidential in a particular appeal. If a protective order is issued, the final administrative decision shall be made public after redacting by deletion or substitution of information as required by the protective order.
(c) The department, in consultation with the chief administrative law judge, shall maintain, index, and make available for public inspection the final administrative decisions, proceedings, and records of the office made public under this section.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 43.05.470 ("Public proceedings and records.") 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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