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Alaska Statutes.

Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure

Chapter 50. Actions Where State a Party

Section 20. Penalty.

AS 09.50.020. Penalty.

(a) A person who is guilty of contempt is punishable by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment for not more than six months. However, when the contempt is one mentioned in AS 09.50.010 (3) - (12), or in an action before a magistrate, the person is punishable by a fine of not more than $100 unless it appears that a right or remedy of a party to an action or proceeding was defeated or prejudiced by the contempt, in which case the penalty shall be as prescribed for contempts described in AS 09.50.010 (1) and (2).

(b) In addition to the penalty specified in (a) of this section, the court may suspend, restrict, or revoke, for a period not to exceed six months, a driver's license as defined in AS 28.40.100 , a license as defined in AS 25.27.244 (s), or a recreational license, or any combination of these licenses, or the person's ability to obtain the licenses, if

(1) the person is a natural person;

(2) the contempt is one under AS 09.50.010 (4) - (10); and

(3) the court, sitting without a jury, finds by a preponderance of evidence that the contempt related to failure to pay money in connection with a child support action or proceeding or failure to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or child support proceeding.

(c) In this section, "recreational license" means a recreational fishing license or recreational hunting license. In this subsection,

(1) "recreational fishing license" means a sport fishing license under AS 16.05.340 unless that license is required for participation in personal use fishing, as defined in AS 16.05.940 , or subsistence fishing, as defined in AS 16.05.940 and modified by decisions of the Alaska Supreme Court;

(2) "recreational hunting license" means a hunting license under AS 16.05.340 unless that license is required for participation in subsistence hunting, as defined in AS 16.05.940 and modified by decisions of the Alaska Supreme Court.

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