The Alaska Department of Public Safety lists the registry on its Statewide Services page as a public central registry of persons required to register as sex offenders and child kidnappers under AS 12.63.010, run by the division that also handles background checks under AS 12.62.160, permits and licensing, the uniform offense citation table and the state's crime reports; the department sits at 5700 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99507, and answers at (907) 269-5511. The law itself is chapter 63 of Title 12 of the Alaska Statutes, four sections that set who registers, when, with what information, for how long and what happens when a registrant moves away or disappears, and it names the Department of Public Safety as the department that keeps the central registry, sets the verification dates, adopts the regulations and makes the reports to the FBI. Alaska registers child kidnappers alongside sex offenders, counts a conviction whether it came before or after January 1, 1999 and whether the judgment was later set aside or pardoned, and leaves nothing to the local police beyond taking the registration: a registrant deals with the nearest Alaska State Trooper post or municipal police department, and with the Department of Corrections while in prison.
Two words define the Alaska schedule. The first is next, as in the next working day, the deadline for registering after a conviction or an arrival and for reporting a change of residence, a change of name or a new email address, instant messaging address or other internet identifier. The second is unconditional discharge, the date the 15 year clock starts for a registrant with a single offense that is not aggravated, and a date the registrant must prove to the department's satisfaction, since without that proof the duty simply continues. The trooper post or police department that takes registrations for any Alaska community is on the Alaska borough pages.
- Registry: the Department of Public Safety public central registry of sex offenders and child kidnappers under AS 12.63.010, kept by its Statewide Services division in Anchorage.
- Deadlines: within the 30 days before release from an Alaska correctional facility, by the next working day after a conviction without custody, and by the next working day of becoming physically present in the state, in person at the nearest trooper post or municipal police department.
- Changes and checks: written notice by the next working day of any new residence, name or internet identifier, 21 days' notice before international travel, the address used during any absence of seven days or more, annual verification for 15 year registrants and quarterly verification for lifetime registrants.
- Duration: 15 years after unconditional discharge for a single sex offense or child kidnapping that is not aggravated, life for one aggravated sex offense or for two or more sex offenses, two or more child kidnappings or one of each.
Written by SearchSystems.net from Alaska's own systems: the Alaska Department of Public Safety Statewide Services page, Alaska Statutes Title 12, chapter 63, sections 12.63.010 to 12.63.100 on the registration of sex offenders and child kidnappers, each read on October 14, 2026 by the SearchSystems editorial team.
Who registers: sex offenses and child kidnappings
AS 12.63.100 defines a sex offender or child kidnapper as a person convicted of a sex offense or child kidnapping in Alaska or another jurisdiction, regardless of whether the conviction came before, on or after January 1, 1999, or a person charged and convicted as an adult of an offense that requires registration elsewhere, and a conviction means a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere or a finding of guilt by a court or jury, by an adult or a juvenile charged as an adult, even when the judgment was set aside under AS 12.55.085 or pardoned, but not a judgment reversed or vacated by a court.
A sex offense is murder in the first degree under AS 11.41.100(a)(3) or attempted murder under AS 11.41.110(a)(3) in which the person committed or attempted a sexual offense, first or second degree sexual assault or first or second degree sexual abuse of a minor; any crime, attempt, solicitation or conspiracy under the sexual assault and sexual abuse of a minor sections AS 11.41.410 to 11.41.438, unlawful exploitation of a minor under AS 11.41.455 and the sections 11.41.450 to 11.41.458 including incest, the second subsection of AS 11.41.440, indecent exposure under AS 11.41.460 before a person under 16 when the offender has a prior conviction for it, the child pornography sections AS 11.61.125 to 11.61.128, inducing a person under 20 into prostitution, the indecent viewing and production offenses of AS 11.61.123 at the felony levels, the sex trafficking offense of AS 11.66.137, promoting prostitution under AS 11.66.110 and 11.66.120 and AS 11.66.100(a)(2) at the enhanced level, a repeat offense under AS 11.61.118(a)(2), the listed offenses of the former criminal code including assault with intent to commit rape, the military code offenses of AS 26.05.890, 26.05.893 and 26.05.900 when they involved sexual penetration or contact, a victim under 18 or a victim under a duty to obey the offender, the Uniform Code of Military Justice offenses of child sexual abuse material and pandering involving a person under 20, and any offense for which the person must register as a sex offender under the law of another jurisdiction.
An aggravated sex offense is the murder or attempted murder offense committed with a sexual offense, a crime under AS 11.41.410 or 11.41.434, first degree sexual assault or first degree sexual abuse of a minor, or the militia offenses involving sexual penetration. A child kidnapping is murder or attempted murder in which the person committed or attempted kidnapping of a victim under 18, kidnapping under AS 11.41.300 of a victim under 18, or the equivalent militia offense.
Registering: the next working day, at the trooper post or police department
AS 12.63.010 requires every sex offender or child kidnapper physically present in Alaska to register within the 30 day period before release from an in state correctional facility, by the next working day following conviction when not incarcerated at the time, or by the next working day of becoming physically present in the state, with the Department of Corrections while incarcerated and otherwise in person at the Alaska State Trooper post or municipal police department nearest the place of residence at the time of registration.
The registration form takes the full name, mailing and physical addresses, school address, every telephone number used, the Social Security number, passport information, citizenship status, the physical address and name of the employer and the job title, and the date of birth; each conviction for a sex offense or child kidnapping whose duty has not ended, with the date, place and court and whether the person has been unconditionally discharged and when, with proof of the discharge acceptable to the department; all aliases; the driver's license number; the description, license numbers and vehicle identification numbers of every motor vehicle, including watercraft, aircraft, motorcycles and recreational vehicles, the person has access to, regular or not; identifying features; anticipated changes of address and any temporary lodging used for seven days or more; a statement of any treatment for a mental abnormality or personality disorder since the conviction; every email address, instant messaging address and other internet communication identifier; and professional licensing information.
The registrant lets the state troopers, the Department of Corrections, the municipal police or any peace officer take a complete set of fingerprints and palm prints and a photograph, and the form, like every later verification, is sworn and carries a warning that a false statement is prosecuted as perjury.
Changes, travel and the yearly or quarterly verification
A registrant who changes residence, or obtains a change of name under the civil name change or divorce statutes, gives written notice by the next working day following the change to the trooper post or municipal police department nearest the new residence, or to the central registry when the move is out of state, and a registrant who establishes or changes an email address, instant messaging address or other internet identifier notifies the department in writing by the next working day.
International travel takes written notice of the plan to the department or a municipal police department at least 21 days before leaving the state, and a registrant away from the registered physical address for seven days or more notifies the department in writing of the address being used meanwhile. Verification follows the term: a person registered for 15 years provides written verification of everything on the form, with notice of any changes, once a year on a date the department set at the initial registration, and a person registered for life does so not less than quarterly on dates the department sets, in whatever manner the department requires.
Fifteen years or life
Under AS 12.63.020 the duty lasts for the lifetime of a sex offender or child kidnapper convicted of one aggravated sex offense, or of two or more sex offenses, two or more child kidnappings or one of each, a person convicted more than twice of indecent exposure before a person under 16 counting as convicted of two or more sex offenses. For a single sex offense that is not aggravated, or a single child kidnapping, the duty ends 15 years after the registrant's unconditional discharge from the conviction, provided the registrant has supplied proof of the discharge acceptable to the department; the 15 years are tolled for any period in which the registrant fails to comply with the chapter or is incarcerated for that offense or any other, may include time spent outside Alaska if the registrant complied with the registration law of the other jurisdiction and gives the department proof of it, and continue for a registrant who has never supplied acceptable proof of the unconditional discharge.
For a person convicted elsewhere of an offense that requires registration there, the department fixes the duration by regulation, considering the other jurisdiction's period and providing for tolling on noncompliance or incarceration, and the department's regulations also tell a registrant who lists a conviction under a former Alaska law or another jurisdiction's law how long the duty runs.
When a registrant leaves or disappears
AS 12.63.030 gives the department two notices to make. When a registrant reports a move out of Alaska, the department tells the FBI and the destination state the intended address. When a registrant fails to register or to verify the address and registration, or when the department does not know where a registrant required to register is, the department immediately notifies the FBI.
Reading an Alaska result
A listing on the department's central registry means a sex offender or child kidnapper physically present in Alaska who registered at a trooper post or police department, with the count of offenses and the presence of an aggravated offense deciding whether the term is 15 years from a proven unconditional discharge or life, and whether the written verification is yearly or quarterly; a registrant who has not proved the discharge stays on past the 15 years.
The nearest trooper post or police department holds the sworn form, the prints and the photograph, the Department of Corrections holds the pre-release registration, and the Department of Public Safety in Anchorage sets the verification dates, keeps the proof of discharge and makes the FBI reports.
Questions about the Alaska sex offender registry
Related Alaska records
Alaska's other public records guides on this site are the Alaska arrest records guide for what a booking makes public, the Alaska inmate search guide for the Department of Corrections, the Alaska background check guide for the Department of Public Safety checks under AS 12.62.160, and the Alaska borough pages for every trooper post and police department.