Alaska Statutes.
Title 11. Criminal Law
Chapter 81. General Provisions
Section 600. General Requirements of Culpability.
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AS 11.81.600. General Requirements of Culpability.

(a) The minimal requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a person of conduct that includes a voluntary act or the omission to perform an act that the person is capable of performing.

(b) A person is not guilty of an offense unless the person acts with a culpable mental state, except that no culpable mental state must be proved

(1) if the description of the offense does not specify a culpable mental state and the offense is

(A) a violation; or

(B) designated as one of "strict liability"; or

(2) if a legislative intent to dispense with the culpable mental state requirement is present.

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