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

• 1988
  non-legislative style
  Order allowing the administrative director to establish provisional rules, procedures, and standards for the eviction diversion program.
• 1987
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Civil Rule 72, CINA Rules 1, 2, 9, 17.2, and 22, and Delinquency Rules 1 and 2 re Executive Order 2022-121 Naming New Departments and Renumbering Statutes; Correcting Cross Reference in CINA Rule 11; Updating Statutory Reference in CINA Rule 19.2.
• 1986
  non-legislative style
  Order allowing the administrative director to establish provisional rules, procedures, and standards for online dispute resolution.
• 1985
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Criminal Rule 41(b) concerning types of bonds permitted under AS 12.30.011.
• 1983
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Administrative Rules 37.5, 37.6 and 40 concerning public access to court records and the public index.
• 1982
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Administrative Rule 9(b)(2) to update references to probate statutes.
• 1981
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Administrative Rule 43.2, Fish and Game Bail Forfeiture Schedule, concerning change to 5 AAC 75.075 (sport fish guiding).
• 1980
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Bar Rule 2 to expand access to admission by transferred UBE score and incorporate Section 1(e) into eligibility requirements for all applicants.
• 1979
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Administrative Rule 12(e) to correct statutory reference; amending Adoption Rules 6(c), 8(b), and 13(b) to correct statutory reference; and amending Probate Rule 16(h) to correct rule reference.
• 1978
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Adoption Rule 9 concerning a child withdrawing consent and appointment of a special master; amending Child in Need of Aid (CINA) Rule 3 concerning a child’s right to participate in proceedings; amending CINA Rule 10 concerning time for a temporary custody hearing; amending CINA Rule 12 and adopting CINA Rule 12.1 concerning appointing an attorney for a child; amending CINA Rule 14 concerning stipulating to the admissibility of evidence; amending CINA Rule 17.2 concerning stipulating to waive preparation of a permanency report; and amending CINA Rule 24 concerning alternate service of a tribal court order registration.
• 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.
• 1976
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Administrative Rule 18(c) to allow the administrative director to close a court during the noon hour.
• 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.
• 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.