Supreme Court Orders (SCOs) are available in print at the Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau law libraries.

All SCOs are Adobe Acrobat PDF documents unless otherwise indicated.

SCO Library

SCOs since the Fall publication of the main edition of the Alaska Rules of Court

• 1875
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amended order allowing any filing that is due on a day that the court is closed for a full day or partial day to be timely filed on the next business day. Affected rules include Civil Rule 6(a), Criminal Rule 40(a), and Appellate Rule 502(a).
• 1875 (Amended)
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending SCO 1875 to address court closure on a full or partial weekday for time computation; continuing temporary order allowing any filing that is due on a day that the court is closed for a full day or partial day to be timely filed on the next business day. Affected rules include Civil Rule 6(a), Criminal Rule 40(a), and Appellate Rule 502(a).
• 1936
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Administrative Rule 40(a) to provide that criminal cases in which the defendant satisfactorily completed a suspended imposition of sentence are excluded from the public index, and cases involving minors charged with alcohol-related offenses are excluded from the public index.
• 1961
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Probate Rule 4.5 to update statutory citation; Amending Probate Rules 14, 15, 16, and 17 concerning guardianship and conservatorship proceedings; adopting Probate Rule 14.1 concerning a hearing on shortened time.
• 1964
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Professional Conduct Rule 8.4 to add harassment and invidious discrimination as misconduct, definitions, and Comment; amending Professional Conduct Rule 9.1 to add definition of “party” and Comment.
• 1965
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending District Court Civil Rules 8, 10, 11, 12, 17, and 21 concerning procedures for small claims including service of process, service of filings, proof of service, default, availability of Handbook, and assistance to litigants; clarifying and modernizing language in Rule 21.
• 1966
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Bar Rule 3 to change the application deadlines for the Alaska Bar Examination; amending Bar Rules 28(g) and 30(e) to change the publication requirements for public notices for discipline and transfers to disability inactive status.
• 1968
  non-legislative style
  Relaxing various court rules related to filings, payments, and legal notices impacted by the Alaska Court System’s response to a cybersecurity attack.
• 1969
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Criminal Rule 35.1 to clarify that an opposition may be filed in response to a motion.
• 1970
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Civil Rule 5.1(c) concerning proof of service for facsimile transmission and electronic mail.
• 1971
  legislative style
  Correcting SCO 1961 concerning amended Probate Rule 16(c).
• 1972
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Appellate Rule 214(c) to change cross reference; Amending Appellate Rule 303(b)(3) to allow facts to be restated in a petition for review; and Amending Appellate Rule 517.1(f)(2) to require a motion for non-stipulated substitution of counsel.
• 1973
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Rescinding Appellate Rule 512; Amending Appellate Rules 206, 207, and 507 to clarify when an appellate decision takes effect and jurisdiction returns to the trial court; Amending Appellate Rules 212(c) concerning the substantive requirements of a brief; Amending Appellate Rule 215(f) concerning a sentencing appeal record; and Amending Appellate Rule 604 concerning return of the record in superior court appeals.
• 1974
  non-legislative style
  Resetting, Extending, and Tolling Criminal Rule 45 to permit an orderly transition and scheduling of criminal trials.
• 1975
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Rescinding note to Criminal Rule 23; Amending Criminal Rule 23(a) to clarify the procedures for waiver of a jury trial in a misdemeanor case; Amending Criminal Rule 23(c) to specify the findings required in a nonjury trial; and Amending Criminal Rule 24(b)(2) to allow up to four undesignated alternate jurors and mid-deliberation juror substitution.
• 1976
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Administrative Rule 18(c) to allow the administrative director to close a court during the noon hour.
• 1977
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Administrative Rule 46(e)(4) to delete the requirement that judicial administrative orders must be distributed to and maintained by court system law libraries.