(a) A person commits the crime of hindering prosecution in the first degree if the person renders assistance to a person who has committed a crime punishable as a felony with intent to
(1) hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of that person; or
(2) assist that person in profiting or benefiting from the commission of the crime.
(b) For purposes of this section, a person “renders assistance” to another if the person
(1) harbors or conceals the other person;
(2) warns the other person of impending discovery or apprehension;
(3) provides or aids in providing the other person with money, transportation, a dangerous instrument, a disguise, or other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension;
(4) prevents or obstructs, by means of force, threat, or deception, anyone from performing an act which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of the other person;
(5) suppresses by an act of concealment, alteration, or destruction physical evidence which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of the other person; or
(6) aids the other person in securing or protecting the proceeds of the crime.
(c) Hindering prosecution in the first degree is a class C felony.
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.