# Alaska

Alaska has no state private investigator license; Anchorage and Fairbanks license private detectives locally. A 2026 law created a state Address Confidentiality Program, making it a misdemeanor to pass an enrollee’s confidential address to a protective-order respondent, and raised the age for first-degree stalking of a minor from under 16 to under 18.

Source: https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/alaska

## At a glance

- **Authority:** None statewide. The Department of Public Safety licenses process servers and security guards, not investigators.
- **Statute:** None; no state licensing bill was introduced in the 2023–2026 Legislatures
- **Local licensing:** [Anchorage](https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Licensing/pages/privatedetective.aspx) licenses private detective agencies and the police chief certifies each detective (AMC 10.40.020-.030); $100 for 2 years. Fairbanks licenses private detectives (Fairbanks Code 14-121 to 14-134); $75 application and $400 for 2 years, with a $10,000 bond ($20,000 for some out-of-state applicants).
- **Continuing education:** None
- **Firearms:** No investigator rule. A person 21 or older who may lawfully possess a handgun may carry it concealed without a permit, but must tell a contacting peace officer (AS 11.61.220).

## Changes, 2023 to 2026

- Jul 1, 2026 — **Address Confidentiality Program created** — HB 239 (2026), ch. 9 SLA 26 (AS 44.21.022) · Effective July 1, 2026 — Victims of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault, peace officers, correctional officers, and their household members may enroll and use a program post office box that state and municipal agencies must accept. Recklessly or knowingly disclosing an enrollee’s confidential program information to a protective-order respondent, or disclosing it after unauthorized database access, is a class A misdemeanor. — **For licensees:** Agency records for enrollees show a program box, not a residence; take care in locate work for a client who is a protective-order respondent. — [HB 239](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0239Z.PDF)
- Jul 1, 2026 — **First-degree stalking covers victims under 18** — HB 239 (2026), ch. 9 SLA 26 · Effective July 1, 2026 — Raises the age in AS 11.41.260(a)(3) so that stalking is first-degree when the victim is under 18, up from under 16. The definition of nonconsensual contact, which includes following or monitoring with a GPS or similar device (AS 11.41.270), was not changed. — **For licensees:** Tracking that puts a minor in fear can be a felony. — [HB 239](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0239Z.PDF)
- Jan 1, 2025 — **First-degree stalking covers violating sexual assault and stalking protective orders** — HB 66 (2024), ch. 11 SLA 24 · Effective January 1, 2025 — Makes stalking first-degree when it violates a sexual assault or stalking protective order under AS 18.65.850-.870, in addition to domestic violence orders (AS 11.41.260(a)(1)). — **For licensees:** Check for protective orders before surveilling a subject. — [HB 66](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/33/Bills/HB0066Z.PDF)

## Checked and unchanged

- The published code histories of the Anchorage and Fairbanks detective ordinances show no amendment in the period.
- A 2026 consumer privacy and data broker bill (HB 367) was not enacted; Alaska has no data broker registry.