Alaska Controlled Livestock Districts and Animals-at-Large Law

Under AS 03.35, a district judge may create a controlled livestock district of at least 1,280 contiguous acres on petition of 60 percent of the resident landowners. Once established, the owner or keeper of goats, sheep, cattle, horses, or swine may not with criminal negligence let the animal graze or run at large; violation is a class B misdemeanor. A landowner within the district recovers up to $500 per animal per trespass, holds a lien on the animal, and may impound a trespassing animal and sell it at public auction if it is unclaimed five days after notice.

Permitting a domestic animal to run at large inside a controlled livestock district is a class B misdemeanor. The owner also owes damages up to $500 per animal per trespass and faces impoundment, a lien, and public-auction sale of the animal.