Alaska Statutes: AS 19.40.210. Prohibition of Off-Road Vehicles.

Alaska Statutes. Title 19. Highways and Ferries Chapter 40. James Dalton Highway Section 210. Prohibition of Off-Road Vehicles.

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AS 19.40.210. Prohibition of Off-Road Vehicles.

   (a) Off-road vehicles are prohibited on land within the highway corridor. However, this prohibition does not apply to
        (1) off-road vehicles necessary for oil and gas exploration, development, production, or transportation;
        (2) a person who holds a mining claim in the vicinity of the highway and who must use land in the highway corridor to gain access to the mining claim;
        (3) the use of a snow machine to travel across the highway corridor from land outside the corridor to access land outside the other side of the corridor; this paragraph does not permit the use of a snow machine for any purpose within the corridor if the use begins or ends within the corridor or within the right-of-way of the highway or if the use is for travel within the corridor that is parallel to the right-of-way of the highway; or
        (4) a person who must use land in the highway corridor to gain access to private property that
             (A) is located outside the corridor; and
             (B) has an established history of use as a homestead.
   (b) Nothing in this section authorizes a person to access the land of another person unlawfully.
   (c) In this section, “highway corridor” or “corridor” means land within five miles of the right-of-way of the highway.

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