Alaska Statutes Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender § 18.66.990. Definitions

(1) “council” means the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault;

(2) “crisis intervention and prevention program” means a community program that provides information, education, counseling, and referral services to individuals experiencing personal crisis related to domestic violence or sexual assault and to individuals in personal or professional transition, excluding correctional half-way houses, outpatient mental health programs, and drug or alcohol rehabilitation programs;

(3) “domestic violence” and “crime involving domestic violence” mean one or more of the following offenses or an offense under a law or ordinance of another jurisdiction having elements similar to these offenses, or an attempt to commit the offense, by a household member against another household member:

(4) “domestic violence program” means a program that provides services to the victims of domestic violence, their families, or perpetrators of domestic violence;

(5) “household member” includes

(6) “judicial day” means any Monday through Friday that is not a state holiday and on which the court clerk's offices are officially opened to receive legal documents for filing;

(7) “local community entity” means a city or borough or other political subdivision of the state, a nonprofit organization, or a combination of these;

(8) “pet” means a vertebrate living creature maintained for companionship or pleasure, but does not include dogs primarily owned for participation in a generally accepted mushing or pulling contest or practice or animals primarily owned for participation in rodeos or stock contests.

(9) “petitioner” includes a person on whose behalf an emergency protective order has been requested under AS 18.66.110(b);

(10) “sexual assault” means a crime specified in AS 11.41.410-11.41.450;

(11) “sexual assault program” means a program that provides services to the victims of sexual assault, their families, or perpetrators of sexual assault.