Vehicle Theft
AS 11.46.360 — taking someone's car, truck, boat or plane is a class C felony
Vehicle theft in the first degree is driving, towing away or taking, with no right or reasonable belief in one, another person's car, truck, motorcycle, motor home, bus, aircraft or watercraft. It is a class C 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.
- Damage of $750 or more to the vehicle or other property.
- The owner's costs from losing its use reach $750 or more.
- The owner loses its use for seven days or more.
- It is marked as a police or emergency vehicle.
Taking another kind of propelled vehicle is the first degree too when any of those is true. Otherwise it is the second degree, a class A misdemeanor, which also covers keeping a rented or borrowed vehicle long past the agreed return time.
Sources for this section (2)
- AS 11.46.360 — Vehicle theft in the first degree
- AS 11.46.365 — Vehicle theft in the second degree
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Alaska attorney.