Alaska Statutes: AS 41.14.195. Forfeiture of Equipment.

Alaska Statutes. Title 41. Public Resources Chapter 14. Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Section 195. Forfeiture of Equipment.

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AS 41.14.195. Forfeiture of Equipment.

(a) Vessels, aircraft, other motor vehicles, sleds, and other paraphernalia or gear used in or in aid of a violation of this chapter, or regulations adopted under this chapter, and all fish and game or parts of fish and game or nests or eggs of birds taken, transported, or possessed contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or regulations adopted under this chapter, may be forfeited to the state

(1) upon conviction of the offender in a criminal proceeding of a violation of this chapter in a court of competent jurisdiction; or

(2) upon judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding in rem that an item specified above was used in or in aid of a violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter.
(b) Items specified in (a) of this section may be forfeited under this section regardless of whether they were seized before instituting the forfeiture action.
(c) An action for forfeiture under this section may be joined with an alternative action for damages brought by the state to recover damages for the value of fish and game or parts of them or nests or eggs of birds taken, transported, or possessed contrary to the provisions of this chapter or a regulation adopted under it.
(d) It is no defense that the person who had the item specified in (a) of this section in possession at the time of its use and seizure has not been convicted or acquitted in a criminal proceeding resulting from or arising out of its use.
(e) Forfeiture may not be made of an item subsequently sold to an innocent purchaser in good faith. The burden of proof as to whether the purchaser purchased the item innocently and in good faith shall be on the purchaser.
(f) An item forfeited under this section shall be disposed of at the discretion of the department. Before the department disposes of an aircraft it shall consider transfer of ownership of the aircraft to the Alaska Wing, Civil Air Patrol.

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