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Protect Alaska lawful home-grow harvest kept where grown (#210)

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Alaska countries/us/ak.yaml

summary

Adults 21+ may holdcarry 1 oz and grow six plants (three mature), keeping their full lawful harvest where it was grown. Licensed shops since 2016, and; some may offer on-site consumption.

segments › possession

Adults 21+ may holdgenerally possess and carry up to 1 oz. They may keep all the marijuana from their lawful personal plants on the premises where it was grown, with no penaltyadditional weight cap. This harvest exception does not authorise carrying the whole crop off-site or pooling other people's crops in an unlicensed cooperative.[@2, and up to3] Separately, the Noy privacy ruling protects adults' possession of less than 4 oz inside their ownat home for personal use. Between[@4] Outside the applicable protections, more than 1 andoz but less than 4 oz outside the home iscan be a misdemeanour; and 4 oz or more is a felony; the felony threshold does not override the lawful on-site harvest exception.[@1,2]

segments › cultivation

SixAdults 21+ may grow six plants per adulteach, no more than three mature, and up; a dwelling is limited to twelve per dwellingplants, six mature, regardless of how many adults live there. Plants must be out of public view and secured against unauthorised access, on lawfully held land with the owner's consent. The grower may keep the full lawful harvest on the premises where the plants were grown.[@2,3]

segments › enforcement

Nothing within the limits. Selling under 1 oz without a licence is a misdemeanour with up to a year. The lawful personal harvest kept where grown is protected even above 4 oz.[@2,3]

sources

Alaska Legislature — Personal use and cultivation of marijuana Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office — Marijuana FAQs Alaska Court of Appeals — Noy v State, 29 August 2003 1 unchanged

answers › carry › answer

yes

answers › carry › text

Adults 21+ may generally carry 1 oz; their full lawful personal harvest may be kept where grown

Code, design and documents 2 files

docs/research/issue-corrections-206-210-2026-10-27.md +6 −0
@@ -25,2 +25,8 @@ Read [K.S.A. 21-5706(c)(3), (d)](https://kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/021_000
 
 Read [28-B §1501(1)(B), (C), (E), (F)](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-B/title28-Bsec1501.html) and [OCP consumer FAQ](https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/resources/faq). Adults 21+ may ordinarily carry, purchase or gift 2.5 oz total including at most 10 g concentrate. Section (E) separately protects the whole lawful personal crop kept at the residence or grow site. Read [17-A §1107-A(1)–(2)](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1107-A.html), [§1101(1), (5)](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1101.html) and [§1102(2)(C)(8), (4)(B)](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1102.html): resin/hashish definitions and schedules differ from ordinary marijuana; a concentrate overage cannot simply inherit the flower-weight band. Removed the undifferentiated penalty shortcut without prescribing a universal concentrate charge. Corrected summary, possession, gifting, purchase and carry answer. Scores remain 5/4/6/5/3/6: the current text is being corrected, with no claim of a new 2026 change.
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+## #210 — Alaska: lawful harvest kept at the grow premises
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+Read current official [AS 17.38.020–.030](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#17.38.020) in the browser and [AMCO personal-use FAQ](https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco/marijuanafaqs.aspx), including the harvested-crop, cooperative and proxy questions. The issue's old regulator PDF returns 404, so cite the live legislature text. Six plants/three mature per adult and twelve/six mature per dwelling; all resulting marijuana may stay where grown, with no added weight limit. Security, public-view and land-consent rules apply. Neither aggregate cooperative crops nor unlimited off-site transport follows from this.
+
+Read the [Noy opinion of 29 August 2003](https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ak-court-of-appeals/1182742.html), a republication of the Court of Appeals' reasons. Its separate privacy protection says LESS THAN four ounces, not an inclusive four-ounce allowance. Ordinary unauthorised larger-weight penalties remain qualified by the lawful on-site crop exception. Corrected summary, possession, cultivation, enforcement and carry answer. Scores remain 5/4/6/5/4/6: public carry remains capped at an ounce and legal home growing at a handful of plants, which the existing bands represent.
scripts/profile-claims.test.mjs +12 −0
@@ -521,2 +521,14 @@ test('Maine carries, gifts and purchases retain the concentrate sub-limit (#209)
   assert.doesNotMatch(me.segments.possession,/From 2.5 to 8 oz is a crime/);
 });
+
+// Issue #210
+test('Alaska protects lawful on-site harvest without extending carry limits (#210)', () => {
+  const ak=country('us/ak');
+  assert.match(ak.segments.possession,/no additional weight cap/);
+  assert.match(ak.segments.possession,/does not authorise carrying the whole crop off-site/);
+  assert.match(ak.segments.possession,/less than 4 oz at home/);
+  assert.match(ak.segments.possession,/felony threshold does not override.*lawful on-site harvest/s);
+  assert.match(ak.segments.cultivation,/twelve plants, six mature/);
+  assert.match(ak.answers.carry.text,/carry 1 oz.*harvest may be kept where grown/);
+  assert.deepEqual(ak.scores,{possession:5,cultivation:4,enforcement:6,sharing:5,consumption:4,access:6});
+});
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