AS 29.35.085 authorizes Alaska municipalities to enact juvenile curfew ordinances but preempts the maximum penalty. Any conviction under a local curfew may carry a fine of no more than $250, regardless of the city or borough that adopted the ordinance.
Alaska Statute 29.35.085 grants every municipality power to set curfews for persons under 18 whose minority disabilities have not been removed under AS 09.55.590 and who have not reached majority under AS 25.20.020. The statute simultaneously caps the penalty courts may impose at $250 per violation. The community-work provisions of AS 47.12.030(b)(6) supply the only additional sanction, and AS 47.12.030 carves curfew offenses out of formal juvenile delinquency proceedings unless the municipality enforces under AS 29.25.070(b). Cities such as Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau set their own hours, but the $250 ceiling is uniform statewide.
Court may impose a fine up to $250 per offense plus court-ordered community work; no jail time is authorized for a curfew-only conviction under AS 29.35.085.
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