00HOUSE BILL NO. 33                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to bounty hunters and to capturing criminal suspects or                                                
02 fugitives."                                                                                                             
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 18.65 is amended by adding a new section to article 6 to read:                                    
05  Sec. 18.65.505.  Bounty hunters must notify law enforcement agencies                                                 
06 before attempting to capture suspect or fugitive. (a)  A person may not                                                
07   (1)  act as a bounty hunter in this state unless the person first notifies                                           
08 the nearest post of the Alaska state troopers and the municipal police department, if                                   
09 any, where the person will be attempting to capture a suspect or fugitive of the                                        
10 person's name and address, the name and address of the suspect or fugitive sought, and                                  
11 the time when the person will attempt to capture the suspect or fugitive; or                                            
12   (2)  capture or attempt to capture in this state a suspect or fugitive                                               
13 unless the person first notifies the nearest post of the Alaska state troopers and the                                  
14 municipal police department, if any, where the person will be attempting to capture the                                 

01 suspect or fugitive of the person's name and address, the name and address of the                                       
02 suspect or fugitive sought, and the time when the person will attempt to capture the                                    
03 suspect or fugitive.                                                                                                    
04  (b)  This section does not apply to                                                                                   
05   (1)  a peace officer or correctional officer acting within the scope and                                             
06 authority of the officer's employment and appointment; or                                                               
07   (2)  a person who comes to the aid of a peace officer or correctional                                                
08 officer capturing or attempting to capture a suspect or fugitive.                                                       
09  (c)  It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under (a)(2) of this section that                                  
10 the person was not seeking and did not receive any monetary or other reward, gain,                                      
11 or remuneration for capturing or attempting to capture the suspect or fugitive.  In this                                
12 subsection, "affirmative defense" has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.                                                
13  (d)  In this section, "bounty hunter" means a person who, as a business or                                            
14 profession, or otherwise for monetary or other reward, gain, or remuneration, captures                                  
15 or attempts to capture criminal suspects or fugitives from the law.                                                     
16  (e)  A person who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and                                        
17 may be punished as provided in AS 12.55.