Alaska § 26.05.435 - Jurisdiction of a summary court-martial.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 26.05.435 — Jurisdiction of a summary court-martial., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 26.05.435. Jurisdiction of a summary court-martial.
(a) Subject to AS 26.05.420 , a summary court-martial has jurisdiction to try a member of the militia except officers, cadets, candidates, and midshipmen for an offense under this chapter.
(b) A person over whom a summary court-martial has jurisdiction may not be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if the person objects.
(c) If a person accused of an offense under this chapter objects to a summary court-martial under (b) of this section, the person may be ordered tried by special or general court-martial, as appropriate.
(d) A summary court-martial may, under the limitations as the governor may prescribe, impose a punishment not forbidden by the code of military justice, other than dismissal, dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, confinement for more than one month, restriction to specified limits for more than two months, or forfeiture of more than two-thirds of one month's pay.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 26.05.435 ("Jurisdiction of a summary court-martial.") 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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