Alaska § 11.56.120 - Receiving unlawful gratuities.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 11.56.120 — Receiving unlawful gratuities., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11.56.120. Receiving unlawful gratuities.
(a) A public servant commits the crime of receiving unlawful gratuities if, for having engaged in an official act which was required or authorized and for which the public servant was not entitled to any special or additional compensation, the public servant (1) solicits a benefit, regardless of value; or
(2) accepts or agrees to accept a benefit having a value of $50 or more.
(b) Receiving unlawful gratuities is a class A misdemeanor.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11.56.120 ("Receiving unlawful gratuities.") 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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