Alaska · Public Records Act

The Alaska Public Records Act, with its two-step appeal built in

AccessPoint manages Public Records Act requests under AS 40.25.100–.295 and 2 AAC 96 — the 10-working-day response, the AS 40.25.120(a) exemption list, and the agency-head-then-superior-court appeal path — pre-configured for Alaska and running inside your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

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Alaska at a glance

Response standard
10 working days from receipt; extendable by 10 more working days on notice, or longer by agreement or Attorney General direction
Enforcement
Silence past the deadline is treated as a denial — appeal to the agency head within 60 working days, then superior court within 30 days of that decision
Exemptions
AS 40.25.120(a) statutory exemption list plus the common-law and constitutional privileges Alaska courts recognize
Charges
Unit-cost copies; the first 5 hours of search time each month are free, with no charge for review
Oversight
No independent oversight body — the agency head decides the first appeal, superior court the second
Languages
English

Built for Alaska

One platform for the whole access-and-privacy mandate, pre-configured for this regime and running in your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

Public records lifecycle

Intake to release under AS 40.25.100–.295 and 2 AAC 96 — the 10-working-day clock, extension notices, and release — all on Microsoft 365.

The § 120(a) exemption list, plus privilege

AS 40.25.120(a)'s statutory exemptions and the case-law and constitutional privileges Alaska courts recognize, tagged per record.

The 10-working-day clock, and its extension

10 working days from receipt, a further 10 on written notice, and longer by agreement or Attorney General direction — computed and reminded.

Silence is a denial

Alaska treats an unanswered request as a constructive denial. AccessPoint flags the deadline before it passes, and starts the appeal clock the moment it does.

Unit-cost copies, 5 free search hours

Charge unit-cost copies, track the 5 free monthly search hours per requester, and bill overage — with no charge for review.

In your own tenant

Every request and record stays inside your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant — no third-party cloud, no cross-border transfers, and no per-user fees.

Silence is a denial

In Alaska, a missed deadline isn't a delay — it's a denial, and a two-step appeal follows.

Alaska gives agencies 10 working days to respond, extendable by 10 more on written notice or longer by agreement or Attorney General direction. But Alaska treats a request that goes unanswered past that deadline as a denial in fact — the requester doesn't have to wait indefinitely to appeal. From there, Alaska runs a two-step path with no independent board in between: appeal in writing to the head of the agency within 60 working days, and if that appeal fails, sue in superior court within 30 days of the agency head's decision. AccessPoint tracks every deadline in the chain, including the silent one.

10 working days Response is due in 10 working days, extendable by 10 more on notice.
Silence = denial An unanswered request is treated as denied, so the appeal clock starts running.
Two-step appeal Agency head within 60 working days, then superior court within 30 days of that decision.

Configured out of the box

Installing the us-ak-pra jurisdiction pack seeds your tenant with everything this regime needs — a starting point you can adjust, not a lock-in.

Pack content last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Related guide: FOI Workflow Quick Check
  • The Alaska Public Records Act (AS 40.25.100–.295) and its implementing regulations (2 AAC 96) as the legal-authority and citation spine
  • The Alaska state-holiday calendar and the 10-working-day response clock, with the 10-working-day extension-on-notice rule
  • The AS 40.25.120(a) exemption list plus the case-law and constitutional privileges Alaska courts recognize
  • Silence-is-denial tracking, so an unanswered request automatically starts the appeal clock
  • The two-step appeal workflow — agency head within 60 working days, then superior court within 30 days
  • Unit-cost copy billing and 5-free-search-hour-per-month tracking, with no review charge
  • Public-records correspondence templates with statutory wording
  • Alaska timeliness tracking against the 10-working-day standard and its extensions
A jurisdiction pack's detail panel in AccessPoint settings, showing the pack description, version, what's new, and the checklist of items it imports: legal authorities, calendars, request statuses, request types, extension reasons, requestor categories and consultation types Click to enlarge
What a pack looks like in Settings (the Ontario municipal pack shown): the description, the version and what changed in it, and every item it imports with its statutory basis. Anything you have customized is never overwritten on update.

Alaska Questions

Who can request records under the Alaska Public Records Act?
Any person may request records of an Alaska public agency — there is no residency or citizenship requirement. AccessPoint doesn't gate intake by requester eligibility for Alaska requests.

How quickly must an Alaska agency respond, and what happens if it doesn't?
An agency has 10 working days to respond, extendable by 10 more working days on written notice, or longer by agreement or Attorney General direction. A request left unanswered past the deadline is treated as denied, which lets the requester appeal without waiting further. AccessPoint tracks the clock and flags the silent-denial trigger.

How is an Alaska denial appealed?
There is no independent oversight board. A requester appeals in writing to the head of the public agency within 60 working days of the denial, and if the appeal is unsuccessful, may bring an action in superior court within 30 days of the agency head's decision.

Where does data reside?
Entirely within your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant. Requests, documents, and audit history never leave your control — no third-party cloud, no vendor access, and no cross-border data transfers.

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Flat annual pricing, published in full. Every feature in every size — access requests, privacy impact assessments, breach response, complaints, video & audio redaction, and AI Assist. No per-user or per-module fees.

  • Under 500 employees$2,990/yr
  • 500–2,000 employees$7,990/yr
  • Over 2,000 employees$14,990/yr

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