In addition to the criminal punishment provided for by AS 11.46.400 - 11.46.450, AS 41.15.140, 41.15.150, and 41.15.155, the United States, the state, a municipality, or any person may recover in a civil action double the amount of damages sustained as a consequence of a violation of AS 11.46.400 - 11.46.450, AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.155. In a civil action brought under AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.170 or any other law relating to the subject matter of AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.170, the escape of a fire is presumptive evidence of negligence by the person responsible for starting the fire and unless rebutted is sufficient to sustain the recovery.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.
Sec. 41.15.025. Fire protection on mental health trust land.
Sec. 41.15.030. Contracts for forest protection; emergency firefighters.
Sec. 41.15.040. Right of entry to control and suppress fires.
Sec. 41.15.045. Civil immunity.
Sec. 41.15.070. Disposal of burning materials.
Sec. 41.15.090. Building or leaving fires.
Sec. 41.15.100. Setting fires without consent.
Sec. 41.15.110. Uncontrolled spread of fire; leaving fire unattended.
Sec. 41.15.120. Requirement to assist in preventing or suppressing fires.
Sec. 41.15.130. Backfires and burnouts excluded.
Sec. 41.15.150. Criminal burning of forested land in the first degree.
Sec. 41.15.155. Criminal burning of forested land in the second degree.