How to Get a Police Report in Alaska (2026): Crash & Incident Reports

Alaska has no online purchase portal for either crash or incident reports. Both run through a written request to the relevant agency: a crash report goes to the Division of Motor Vehicles, while an incident report (an arrest, a theft, an assault) goes to whichever local department or the Department of Public Safety investigated.

Alaska is also one of a small group of states with no dedicated body-worn camera access statute at all. Any bodycam footage a department holds is governed by the same general public-records exception that covers other law enforcement records, described below.

Information last verified on 2026-08-11. This article has not yet been reviewed by a licensed lawyer.

How to Get an Alaska Crash Report

Alaska's Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) handles crash-report requests statewide, but there is no online purchase system. Two report types exist: a law-enforcement-completed report (DMV Form 12-200) when an officer investigated, and a self-reported form (DMV Form 12-209) a driver files when no officer responded.

How to order: Submit signed DMV Form 440, 'Request for Crash Report Form,' by email to doa.dmv.ads@alaska.gov, by mail to DMV Driver Services (4001 Ingra Street, Suite 101, Anchorage, AK 99503), or in person at a DMV office.

Fee: $10, billed as an electronic invoice after the DMV receives your request; payment is required before the report is released.

Eligibility and timeline: Alaska's own DMV page does not publish a detailed eligibility list beyond the requester's own involvement, or a fixed processing timeline. Alaska Statutes 28.35.080 sets the underlying reporting duties. A driver in a crash involving bodily injury, death, or property damage of $2,000 or more must give immediate notice by the quickest means of communication under subsection (a), and file a written or electronic report within 10 days under subsection (b). Subsection (b) then adds a carve-out that matters to most readers of this page: 'A report is not required under this subsection if the accident is investigated by a peace officer.' So if a trooper or city officer investigated your crash, the 10-day driver report is not yours to file. Subsection (e) instead requires the investigating officer to forward an electronic report to the Department of Administration within 24 hours of completing the investigation, and that officer report is the Form 12-200 you would later request. The statute does not itself state who may later obtain a copy or how quickly it becomes available, so confirm current timing directly with DMV Driver Services when you submit Form 440.

A limit on what the report can be used for: Alaska Statutes 28.35.120 provides that 'a report made in accordance with this chapter may not be used in evidence in a criminal or civil action arising out of the accident that is the subject of the report.' The report is still worth obtaining. It identifies the other driver, the insurers, the responding agency, and the witnesses, and insurers routinely work from it when handling a claim. But if your dispute reaches an Alaska courtroom, do not assume the report itself will be admitted. Ask a lawyer licensed in Alaska how this rule affects your case before you build a claim around the document.

How to Get an Alaska Police Incident Report

There is no statewide, centralized incident-report portal in Alaska. A request for an arrest, theft, assault, or other non-crash report goes directly to whichever agency investigated.

For a local incident, that typically means the city or borough police department. Anchorage Police Department, the state's largest exemplar, accepts records requests in person or by mail at its Records unit, requiring the case number and the date, time, and location of the incident if you have it. For an incident a state trooper investigated, the request goes to the Alaska Department of Public Safety instead.

Access is governed by Alaska Statutes 40.25.120(a)(6), the state's law-enforcement public-records exception. It withholds 'records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production' of those records could reasonably be expected to interfere with an enforcement proceeding, deprive someone of a fair trial, invade a suspect's, victim's, or witness's privacy, disclose a confidential source, reveal investigative techniques, or endanger someone's safety. This is a case-by-case standard, not a blanket exemption for every investigative record.

Alaska Police Bodycam Footage

Alaska has no dedicated body-worn camera statute and no statewide bodycam mandate. Whether a given department equips its officers with cameras is a local, not a state, decision.

When a department does hold bodycam footage, a request for it runs through the same general law enforcement exception described above, Alaska Statutes 40.25.120(a)(6), rather than a footage-specific rule. That means there is no separate fee schedule, timeline, or eligibility list written specifically for bodycam requests; expect the same case-by-case withholding standard that applies to any other investigative record, decided by the individual agency holding the footage. For more on how states without a dedicated bodycam statute typically handle these requests, see Alaska Police Bodycam Laws and our guide to requesting body camera footage.

Corrections and Practical Notes

No formal statutory process for correcting a factual error on an Alaska crash or incident report was found; contact the investigating officer's agency directly if you believe a report contains a mistake.

Alaska's two crash-report forms function differently: Form 12-200 is completed by the investigating officer when one responds, while Form 12-209 is a driver's own self-report, filed when no officer investigated. If you were in a minor crash with no responding officer, you may need your own copy of Form 12-209 rather than an officer's report.

For the aftermath of a crash beyond the report itself, see Alaska Car Accident Laws. For the broader public-records framework, see Alaska Public Records Laws and Alaska Court Records. For the general process of filing or reading a report, see How to File a Police Report and How to Read a Police Report.

Disclaimer

This article provides general legal information about how to obtain a police crash report, incident report, or body camera footage in Alaska as verified on 2026-08-11. It does not constitute legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Readers with a specific records dispute, or who need advice about a specific incident, should consult a lawyer licensed in Alaska.

Last updated: 2026-08-11. Fees and portals reflect their published status as of August 2026.