Penalties for Failure to Report and False Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect - Alaska
Date: February 2019
Failure to Report
Citation: Alaska Stat. § 47.17.068
A person who fails to comply with the laws requiring reports of child abuse or neglect or child pornography and who knew or should have known that the circumstances gave rise to the need for a report is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
False Reporting
This issue is not addressed in the statutes reviewed.