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Alaska Statutes.

Title 19. Highways and Ferries

Chapter 25. Protection and Use of State Highways and Roads

Section 260. Roadside Memorials Permitted.

AS 19.25.260. Roadside Memorials Permitted.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 19.25.090 , 19.25.105, and 19.25.200, a person may, for a period of not more than two years, place in the right-of-way but outside of the traveled way of a state highway a temporary memorial for a decedent who died as a result of a traffic accident, or other incident in the right-of-way, at or reasonably near the site where the memorial is located.

(b) A memorial must not interfere with the use of the highway, with other uses of the right-of-way, with the visibility of directional and other official signs and notices, or with highway safety, construction, or maintenance.

(c) The person who places a memorial in the right-of-way of a state highway shall

(1) post the person's contact information on the memorial;

(2) inform the department of the location within seven days of placement of the memorial; and

(3) provide the person's contact information to the department.

(d) A person may not place a political or commercial message on a memorial.

(e) A person may not place reflective material or another item on a memorial if that material or item would be distracting to drivers and other users of the right-of-way.

(f) The state is not liable for damage to, or damage or injury resulting from the presence of, a memorial in the right-of-way of a state highway.

(g) In this section, "memorial" means decorations, flags, flowers, and other lightweight objects or ornamentation commonly used at funerals or at gravesides as a tribute to a decedent.

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