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Status

Governing provision

No limitation — prosecution may be commenced at any time, § 12.10.010(a): murder; attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to commit murder, or hindering the prosecution of murder; felony sexual abuse of a minor; sexual assault that is an unclassified, class A or class B felony, or a violation of AS 11.41.425(a)(2)–(4); a violation of AS 11.41.425, 11.41.427, 11.41.450–11.41.458, AS 11.66.110–11.66.130 or former AS 11.41.430 when committed against a person who was under 18 at the time of the offense; kidnapping; distribution of child sexual abuse material under AS 11.61.125; sex trafficking under AS 11.66.110–11.66.130 that is an unclassified, class A or class B felony or is committed against a person under 20 at the time of the offense; human trafficking under AS 11.41.360 or 11.41.365. 

Ten years — § 12.10.010(b)(1): a felony offense in violation of AS 11.41.120–11.41.330, 11.41.425(a)(1), (a)(5) or (a)(6), or 11.41.450–11.41.458. 

Five years — § 12.10.010(b)(2): any other offense. 

Why “partly removed”: § 12.10.010(a)(3) removes the limitation for felony sexual abuse of a minor only. Misdemeanor sexual abuse of a minor is not listed in subsection (a) and therefore falls to the five-year catch-all in § 12.10.010(b)(2).

Alaska Stat. § 12.10.010 — Justia (2025 Alaska Statutes)

No limitation — an action may be brought at any time, § 09.10.065(a), for conduct that would have violated: (1) felony sexual abuse of a minor; (2) felony sexual assault; (3) unlawful exploitation of a minor; (4) felony sex trafficking; or (5) felony human trafficking. 

Three years from accrual — § 09.10.065(b): misdemeanor sexual abuse of a minor; misdemeanor sexual assault; incest; felony indecent exposure. 

Discovery rule for the three-year claims — § 09.10.140(b): a claim of sexual abuse under AS 09.55.650 that is subject to § 09.10.065(b) may be brought more than three years after the plaintiff reaches the age of majority. Where one act is asserted, the action must be commenced within three years after the plaintiff discovered, or with reasonable diligence should have discovered, that the act caused the injury or condition. Where more than one act is asserted, within three years after the plaintiff discovered, or should have discovered, the effect of the injury or condition attributable to the series of acts — and such a claim is not limited to the plaintiff’s first discovery of the relationship between any one act and the injury, but may rest on discovery of the effect of the series. 

Minority and incompetency toll — § 09.10.140(a): where the person entitled to bring the action is under the age of majority, or incompetent by reason of mental illness or mental disability, when the cause of action accrues, that period is not part of the time limit; but except as provided in (b), the period is not extended more than two years after the disability ceases. 

Why “partly removed”: § 09.10.065(a) eliminates the deadline for the five felony categories only. The misdemeanor offenses, incest and felony indecent exposure in § 09.10.065(b) keep a three-year period, softened by the § 09.10.140(b) discovery rule.

Alaska Stat. § 09.10.065 — Justia (2025 Alaska Statutes) 

Alaska Stat. § 09.10.140 — Justia (2025 Alaska Statutes)

Alaska has no statute reviving civil claims that were already time-barred. The source folder holds no Alaska revival document, and the review notes raise no Alaska revival point. 

The elimination in § 09.10.065(a) operates prospectively on the limitation period; it is not a revival of claims that had already expired. Nothing verified here addresses claims barred before the elimination took effect.