Property Seized in a Drug Case
AS 17.30.112 — forfeiture after a conviction or in a separate civil case, and an owner who was not involved can keep a vehicle
- Controlled substances held in violation of the law.
- Materials and equipment used or meant for making or dealing them in a felony.
- Containers for either.
- A vehicle, vessel or aircraft used to transport or help with them in a felony.
Who handles this in Alaska: Alaska Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service; and legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Alaska directory.
An owner who was not involved. A vehicle, vessel or aircraft may not be forfeited if its owner shows, by a preponderance of the evidence at a hearing, that someone else used it and the owner neither consented nor was aware.
Property may be forfeited when the defendant is convicted, or by a court judgment in a separate civil case against the property itself, and a conviction for a lesser offense is no defense in that separate case.
Sources for this section (2)
- AS 17.30.110 — Items subject to forfeiture
- AS 17.30.112 — Proceedings resulting in forfeiture
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Alaska attorney.