It is a defense to a prosecution under AS 11.56.705 or 11.56.710 that the conduct of the defendant
(1) conformed to accepted veterinary practice; or
(2) was in response to a direct attack on the defendant by a police dog not acting under the control of a peace officer.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration
Article 5. Obstruction of Public Administration.
Sec. 11.56.700. Resisting or interfering with arrest.
Sec. 11.56.705. Harming a police dog in the first degree.
Sec. 11.56.710. Harming a police dog in the second degree.
Sec. 11.56.715. Defense to harming a police dog.
Sec. 11.56.720. Refusing to assist a peace officer or judicial officer.
Sec. 11.56.730. Failure to appear.
Sec. 11.56.740. Violating a protective order.
Sec. 11.56.745. Interfering with a report of a crime involving domestic violence.
Sec. 11.56.750. Unlawful contact in the first degree.
Sec. 11.56.755. Unlawful contact in the second degree.
Sec. 11.56.757. Violation of condition of release.
Sec. 11.56.758. Violation of custodian's duty.
Sec. 11.56.759. Violation by sex offender of condition of probation.
Sec. 11.56.760. Violating an order to submit to DNA testing.
Sec. 11.56.762. Unlawful use of DNA samples.
Sec. 11.56.765. Failure to report a violent crime committed against a child.
Sec. 11.56.767. Failure to report a violent crime committed against an adult.
Sec. 11.56.770. Hindering prosecution in the first degree.
Sec. 11.56.780. Hindering prosecution in the second degree.
Sec. 11.56.800. False information or report.
Sec. 11.56.805. False accusation.
Sec. 11.56.807. Terroristic threatening in the first degree.
Sec. 11.56.810. Terroristic threatening in the second degree.
Sec. 11.56.815. Tampering with public records in the first degree.
Sec. 11.56.820. Tampering with public records in the second degree.
Sec. 11.56.825. Unlawful possession or use of traffic preemption device.
Sec. 11.56.827. Impersonating a public servant in the first degree.
Sec. 11.56.830. Impersonating a public servant in the second degree.
Sec. 11.56.835. Failure to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper in the first degree.
Sec. 11.56.840. Failure to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper in the second degree.
Sec. 11.56.845. Hindering the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee.