Clearing a Record
AS 22.35.030 — an acquittal or dismissal off the court website after 60 days, and sealing for a mistaken identity
The Alaska Court System may not publish the record of a criminal case on a public website once 60 days have passed since an acquittal or a dismissal, if any of these is true.
Who handles this in Alaska: Alaska Court System Self-Help Center and Alaska Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service; and legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Alaska directory.
- The defendant was acquitted of every charge in the case.
- Every charge was dismissed, and not as part of a plea agreement in another case.
- The defendant was acquitted of some charges and the rest were dismissed.
- Every charge was dismissed after a suspended entry of judgment.
A person may ask in writing for the agency that keeps a conviction or offender record to seal information that, beyond a reasonable doubt, came from mistaken identity or a false accusation. The agency head decides, and a refusal may be appealed to court, where the person shows the decision was clearly mistaken.
Once it is sealed. A person whose information is sealed may deny that the information exists, and deny the arrest, charge, conviction or sentence it shows. It goes out after that only for record keeping, criminal justice hiring, the person's own review, research, preventing imminent harm, or a use a statute or court order allows.
Sources for this section (2)
- AS 22.35.030 — Records concerning criminal cases resulting in acquittal or dismissal
- AS 12.62.180 — Sealing of criminal justice information
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Alaska attorney.