Children are Alaska’s future and the Attorney General believes our role in ensuring children live in a safe and healthy environment is one of our most important.
Crimes against children, including child pornography, are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
We work closely with the Office of Children’s Services in the Department of Health and Social Services to be sure children in abusive or neglectful situations achieve a permanently safe home.
Passage of a new law in 2001, Chapter 88, SLA 2001, provided new tools for stopping the sale of tobacco to minors. The Department of Law provides assistance in the efforts to improve Alaska’s noncompliance rate with federal guidelines governing sale of illegal tobacco to minors. We assist the tobacco enforcement unit at Public Health with setting up their enforcement checks, and then handle any necessary legal work resulting from illegal sales. Penalties may include loss of a business’ license endorsement to sell tobacco and civil fines. Repeat offenders may face criminal penalties.
As a signatory to the Master Settlement Agreement with the tobacco companies, Alaska’s Attorney General works to be sure the terms of the settlement are enforced.
The Alaska Department of Law also assists the Child Support Services Division at the Department of Revenue in their efforts to be sure properly owed child support is paid.
