# Alaska Stat. § 26.05.990: Definitions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.990

## Section

- **Citation:** Alaska Stat. § 26.05.990
- **Heading:** Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Alaska
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AK Code / Title 26 / Chapter 26.05 / Section 26.05.990

## Text

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “accuser” means a person who signs and swears to charges, a person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any other person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused;

(2) “arrest” means the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed as a punishment for an offense, directing the person to remain within certain specified limits;

(3) “cadet,” “candidate,” or “midshipman” means a person who is enrolled in or attending a state military academy, a regional training institute, or any other formal education program for the purpose of becoming a commissioned officer in the militia of the state;

(4) “classified information” means (A) information or material that has been determined by an official of the United States or any state under law, an executive order, or regulation to require protection against unauthorized disclosure for reasons of national or state security; and

(B) restricted data, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 2014(y) (Atomic Energy Act of 1954);

(5) “code of military justice” means the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted by the adjutant general to implement this chapter;

(6) “commanding officer” or “commander” includes only commissioned officers of the militia of the state and includes officers in charge only when administering a nonjudicial punishment under the code of military justice;

(7) “confinement” means the physical restraint of a person;

(8) “controlled substance” means (A) opium, heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, lysergic acid diethylamide, methamphetamine, phencyclidine, barbituric acid, and marijuana;

(B) a compound or derivative of a substance specified in (A) of this paragraph;

(C) a substance not specified in (A) or (B) of this paragraph that is listed on a schedule of controlled substances prescribed by the President of the United States for the purposes of the armed forces of the United States under 10 U.S.C. 801 — 946 (Uniform Code of Military Justice);

(D) a substance not specified in (A) or (B) of this paragraph or on a list prescribed by the President under (C) of this paragraph that is listed in 21 U.S.C. 812, schedules I through V;

(E) an illicit synthetic drug identified in AS 17.21.010 ;

(9) “convening authority” includes, in addition to the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being or a successor in command to the convening authority;

(10) “day” means calendar day and is not synonymous with the term “unit training assembly”;

(11) “department” means the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs;

(12) “enlisted member” means a person in an enlisted grade;

(13) “military court” means a court-martial;

(14) “military judge” means an official of a general or special court-martial described under AS 26.05.470 ;

(15) “militia” or “militia of the state” means the Alaska National Guard, the Alaska Naval Militia, and the Alaska State Defense Force;

(16) “national or state security” means the national defense and foreign relations of the United States;

(17) “officer” means a commissioned or warrant officer;

(18) “officer in charge” means a member of the naval militia, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, or United States Coast Guard designated by the appropriate authority;

(19) “record,” when used in connection with the proceedings of a court-martial, means (A) an official written transcript, written summary, or other writing relating to the proceedings; or

(B) an official audiotape, videotape, digital image or file, or similar material from which sound, or sound and visual images, depicting the proceedings may be reproduced;

(20) “reviewing authority” means the Military Appeals Commission and the Alaska supreme court;
ngs of a court-martial, means (A) an official written transcript, written summary, or other writing relating to the proceedings; or

(B) an official audiotape, videotape, digital image or file, or similar material from which sound, or sound and visual images, depicting the proceedings may be reproduced;

(20) “reviewing authority” means the Military Appeals Commission and the Alaska supreme court;

(21) “senior force judge advocate” means the senior judge advocate of the commander of the same force of the militia of the state as the accused and who is that commander's chief legal advisor;

(22) “unit” means a regularly organized body of the militia of the state not larger than a company, a squadron, a division of the naval militia, or a body corresponding to one of them.

## Nearby sections

- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.010 Alaska militia established.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.010.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.020 Exemption from military service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.020.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.030 Composition of organized militia.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.030.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.050 Authority for organization.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.050.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.060 Control of Alaska National Guard and Alaska Naval Militia.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.060.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.070 Governor may order organized militia into active state service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.070.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.075 Leave and reemployment rights of the organized militia.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.075.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.080 Decision of governor final.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.080.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.090 Proclamations of martial law.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.090.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.100 Alaska State Defense Force.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.100.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.110 Governor may order unorganized militia into active service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.110.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.135 Applicability of Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to members of the organized militia; contracts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.135.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.140 Suits against officers and enlisted persons.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.140.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 26.05.145 Suits by members of the military services.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T26_C26.05_S26.05.145.md)

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