Alaska official directory

One CourtView portal for Alaska trial courts, described by the court system as superior and district courts. It is not organized by county. Court locations are communities in four judicial districts. The welcome page says a criminal case type includes misdemeanors and felonies and that a filing is not a conviction. There is no comprehensive trial-court information before 1990. Confidential case types are not online.

• Not a criminal-history report. That request goes to the Department of Public Safety.
• Not a county search. Alaska court locations are not counties.
• Cases removed under Administrative Rule 40 and AS 22.35.030 are not a complete public index.
• Confidential types listed by the court include delinquency, CINA, adoption, mental commitment, alcohol commitment, emancipation, medical emergency, and minor settlement.

Checked 2026-10-01

DOC points to VINE for custody location. The January 2026 friends-and-family handbook says to choose Alaska and search by first and last name, and that friends and family will not be notified of a transfer between facilities. That transfer sentence is the handbook's instruction to that audience, not a rule for every notice. The Alaska VINE welcome page loaded on 2026-10-01. The search form did not. Whether every community jail is in the search was not observed. This is not a court case search and not a county-jail route.

• VINE was not opened.
• Not a court case search.
• Transfer between facilities is described as not notified.
• A missing result was not observed and is not a finding that the person is not in custody.

Checked 2026-10-01

The handbook tells friends and family to use VINE or 1-800-247-9763 to find a location, and it lists DOC facility addresses and phones. It says friends and family will not be notified of a transfer from one facility to another. That limit is the handbook's statement to that audience. It is support information, not a completed custody search, and it is not the phone list of community jails.

• Not a public DOC name search on doc.alaska.gov.
• VINE itself was not opened.
• Community jails are a separate phone list from the handbook facility list that was read.

Checked 2026-10-01

A phone list dated February 1, 2025, linked from the court bail page. It separates Department of Corrections facilities from locally run community jails. It is not an inmate roster and not a county-jail system. Sitka and Unalakleet are listed as not supporting online bail. The bail page says online bail is not available for arrests in remote communities that do not have a local jail or a DOC facility.

• Not a name search.
• Not a county directory.
• Not proof of who is in custody.
• Facilities absent from this list are unresolved, not nonexistent.

Checked 2026-10-01

Official limits include removal under Administrative Rule 40, acquittal or dismissal removal under AS 22.35.030 after 60 days in the situations the page lists, under-21 alcohol records, confidential case types, and pre-1990 clerk search. A missing online case is not a statement that no case exists.

• Do not describe a missing CourtView result as no case.
• The historical index is clerk-assisted because it includes confidential cases.

Checked 2026-10-01

The directory groups trial courts by four judicial districts and lists communities, not counties. Appellate courts and a tribal court directory are separate headings. The page states Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to noon, with expanded hours named for Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Palmer. Individual phones were not opened. A community name does not decide jurisdiction.

• Not a county list.
• Not a case search.
• Not a jail roster.
• Selecting a community does not decide which court has jurisdiction over a person.

Checked 2026-10-01

The Alaska Court System directory links this PDF. The cover says it is the 2022 Alaska Tribal Court Directory prepared by Alaska Legal Services Corporation. Page 3 says the directory changes as courts develop and points to Alaskatribes.org for the newest version. That site was not opened. Individual tribe entries were not reviewed. A community does not decide tribal jurisdiction, and CourtView is not this directory.

• Not CourtView.
• Not a current tribe-by-tribe verification.
• Not a finding that a tribe has no court.

Checked 2026-10-01

The same official page says an in-custody misdemeanor arraignment is within 24 hours of arrest. It describes release on recognizance and unsecured, cash, surety, commercial bail-bond, and property bonds. The judge considers appearance and community safety. It does not predict a result. A 10 percent figure on that page is the court's general description of a commercial bail-bond charge, not a fee set for a person. If no charging document is filed by a misdemeanor arraignment, the page says the judge releases the defendant and the prosecutor can still file later.

• Not legal advice for a person.
• Not a release prediction.
• Does not apply to a case outside the Alaska Court System.
• Do not copy this timing onto Montana or Wyoming.

Checked 2026-10-01

Online secured cash bail uses Visa or MasterCard, adds a 3 percent convenience fee that is not returned, and follows the hours printed on the page. Not every in-custody defendant is eligible. The phone list says Sitka and Unalakleet jails do not support online bail. Online bail is not available for arrests in remote communities without a local jail or DOC facility. Out-of-custody online bail is weekdays only. This does not guarantee release.

• A third-party custodian condition can make online bail unavailable.
• Bail may not be set yet.
• A sentence to serve can make the person ineligible.
• Cases outside the Alaska Court System are ineligible.

Checked 2026-10-01

Records contact and a public-records request path. Not an inmate locator. The Anchorage central office phone on the contact page is 907-334-2381.

• Not VINE.
• Not CourtView.
• Not a community-jail roster.

Checked 2026-10-01

Public-defense office or directory. Confirm county, case type and appointment requirements; listing does not guarantee representation.

• Batch 50 research did not grant independent approval or Production publication.
• A readable guide is not a verified search transaction.

Checked 2026-10-28

DOJ index of state courts, laws and agencies. Individual linked statutes and legal rules were not substantively reviewed here; check the current primary text before explaining a rule.

• Batch 50 research did not grant independent approval or Production publication.
• A readable guide is not a verified search transaction.
• Official legal-reference entry point only. Not legal advice and not a certification of current law.
• Individual statutes and rules linked from this page were not substantively verified here.

Checked 2026-10-28