Law / United States / Alaska
Criminal use of a computer
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In force.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not access, or exceed authorized access to, a computer, computer system, program, or network you have no right, or no reasonable belief of a right, to use.
- Do not use unauthorized access to obtain information concerning a person, another person's proprietary information, or information the source makes available to the public only for a fee.
- Do not introduce false information into, or tamper with, disrupt, or disable, a computer, computer system, program, or network you access without a right to do so.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Criminal use of a computer is a class C felony under AS 11.46.740(c). The offense carries a single penalty tier; the statute assigns no lesser degree for a smaller-scale or lower-value violation.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction
What this law does
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A person commits criminal use of a computer if, having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe the person has such a right, the person knowingly accesses, causes to be accessed, or exceeds the person's authorized access to a computer, computer system, computer program, or computer network and, as a result, obtains information concerning a person, obtains proprietary information of another person, obtains information that is only available to the public for a fee, introduces false information, or tampers with, disrupts, disables, or destroys a computer, computer system, program, or network.
The offense also reaches installing or using a keystroke logger to record another person's keystrokes without authorization. Criminal use of a computer is a class C felony, a single penalty tier with no lesser degree for a smaller-scale violation.
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