Alaska Statutes: AS 44.03.010. Offshore Water and Land.

Alaska Statutes. Title 44. State Government Chapter 3. Sovereignty of State Section 10. Offshore Water and Land.

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AS 44.03.010. Offshore Water and Land.

The jurisdiction of the state extends to water offshore from the coast of the state as follows:

(1) the marginal sea to its outermost limits as those limits are from time to time defined or recognized by the United States of America by international treaty or otherwise;
(2) the high seas to the extent that jurisdiction is claimed by the United States of America, or to the extent recognized by the usages and customs of international law or by agreement to which the United States of America or the state is a party;
(3) submerged land including the subsurface of submerged land, lying under the water mentioned in this section.

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