Rule 18. Venue: Place of Trial.

(a) Venue Districts. The venue map promulgated by the supreme court establishes the district and superior court venue districts and the presumptive trial site for each district. The venue map includes a chart listing each community that appears on the map along with each community’s presumptive district court trial site and presumptive superior court trial site.

(b) Determination of Trial Location.

(1) Initial Assignment. A Criminal case must be initially assigned for trial at the presumptive trial site for the district or superior court venue district, as determined by reference to the venue map and community chart described in (a) of this rule, in which the crime is alleged to have occurred.

(2) Transfer to Approved Additional Trial Site. As provided in (e) of this rule, the defendant may cause venue to be transferred to a trial site on the list of approved additional trial sites described in (d) of this rule.

(3) Change of Venue. Either party may move to change venue as provided in (g) of this rule.

(c) Additional Trial Site Standards. Subject to supreme court approval, the administrative director shall devise and promulgate an administrative bulletin establishing minimum standards for additional trial sites, including standards for courtroom needs and standards for transportation, housing, and feeding of all trial participants.

(d) List of Approved Additional Trial Sites. The administrative director shall promulgate an administrative bulletin listing approved additional trial sites for six- and twelve-person juries meeting the standards established under (c) of this rule. Changes in the list may be made as follows:

(1) A presiding judge, area court administrator, town council, or similar public representative group, or the attorney general, the public defender, or the public advocate may ask the administrative director for an investigation to determine whether a community should be added to or deleted from the list.

(2) The administrative director will distribute the list of approved additional trial sites to the attorney general, the public defender, and the public advocate.

(e) Motion to Transfer by Right. After assignment to the presumptive trial site, a defendant may move by right for the setting of venue in an approved additional trial site within the venue district where the crime charged is alleged to have occurred if such site is the trial site nearest the place where the crime charged is alleged to have occurred. This right is waived unless the defendant requests the transfer within ten days after the defendant enters a plea, absent good cause for an extension of this time limit.

(f) Fair Cross-Section. If the trial location assignment under the above subsections will not provide a petit jury which is a representative cross-section of the appropriate community, the trial court on its own motion or that of a party may change the jury selection area as provided in Administrative Rule 15(h)(3).

(g) Change of Venue. Any other motion for a change of venue shall be determined under the standards listed in AS 22.10.040.

(h) Limitations of Rule. The presumptive trial sites established by this rule do not determine the court location where a criminal case must be filed or the court location where pretrial proceedings take place.

(Adopted by SCO 4 effective October 4, 1959; amended by SCO 136 effective September 2, 1971; by SCO 157 effective February 15, 1973; by SCO 666 effective January 1, 1986; by SCO 670 effective March 15, 1986; by SCO 682 effective May 15, 1986; by SCO 1334 effective July 15, 1998; by SCO 1348 effective October 1, 1998; by SCO 1644 effective October 15, 2007; by SCO 1645 effective July 1, 2007; by SCO 1754 effective October 14, 2011; by SCO 1837 effective July 15, 2014; by SCO 1846 effective January 1, 2015; by SCO 1857 effective July 1, 2015; by SCO 1866 effective July 1, 2015; by SCO 1860 effective October 15, 2015; by SCO 1870(3) effective May 15, 2016; SCO 1916 effective January 1, 2018; and by SCO 1933(1) effective October 15, 2018)

Note: Administrative Bulletin 28 establishes the minimum standards for additional trial site locations and is available on the court system’s website:

[http://www. courts.alaska.gov/adbulls/ab28.pdf], in law libraries, and from the office of the court rules attorney, 820 W. 4th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 264-8231. Administrative Bulletin 27 lists approved additional trial site locations, and is included at the end of this rule.

Note: The boundaries of the Anchorage venue district, the Seward venue district, and the Kenai venue district were changed by SCO 1348 effective October 1, 1998. A copy of this order is available in law libraries and from the court rules attorney.

Note: The venue map promulgated by the supreme court and the community chart referenced in subsection (a) of this rule are available on the Alaska Court System website at: http://www.courts.alaska.gov/rules/index.htm#venue

Community Appearing on Venue MapPresumptive District Court Trial SitePresumptive Superior Court Trial Site
AdakUnalaskaUnalaska
AfognakKodiakKodiak
AkhiokKodiakKodiak
AkiachakBethelBethel
AkiakBethelBethel
AkutanUnalaskaUnalaska
AlakanukEmmonakBethel
AlatnaNenanaNenana
AlcanTokTok
AleknagikDillinghamDillingham
AllakaketNenanaNenana
AmblerKotzebueKotzebue
Anaktuvuk PassUtqiagvikUtqiagvik
Anchor PointHomerHomer
AnchorageAnchorageAnchorage
AndersonNenanaNenana
AngoonAngoonSitka
AniakAniakBethel
AnvikAniakBethel
Arctic VillageFort YukonFairbanks
AtkaUnalaskaUnalaska
AtmautluakBethelBethel
AtqasukUtqiagvikUtqiagvik
AttuUnalaskaUnalaska
Auke BayJuneauJuneau
AyakulikKodiakKodiak
BeaverFort YukonFairbanks
BelkofskiSand PointAnchorage
BelugaKenaiKenai
BethelBethelBethel
BettlesNenanaNenana
Big DeltaDelta JunctionDelta Junction
Big LakePalmerPalmer
Bill MooresEmmonakBethel
Birch CreekFort YukonFairbanks
BoundaryTokTok
Brevig MissionNomeNome
BucklandKotzebueKotzebue
CandleKotzebueKotzebue
CantwellNenanaNenana
CentralFairbanksFairbanks
ChalkyitsikFort YukonFairbanks
ChasePalmerPalmer
ChefornakBethelBethel
Chena Hot SpringsFairbanksFairbanks
ChenegaSewardSeward
ChevakBethelBethel
ChickaloonPalmerPalmer
Community Appearing on Venue MapPresumptive District Court Trial SitePresumptive Superior Court Trial Site
ChickenTokTok
ChignikNaknekNaknek
Chignik LagoonNaknekNaknek
Chignik LakeNaknekNaknek
ChiniakKodiakKodiak
ChisanaTokTok
ChistochinaGlennallenGlennallen
ChitinaGlennallenGlennallen
ChuathbalukAniakBethel
ChugiakAnchorageAnchorage
ChuloonawickEmmonakBethel
CircleFairbanksFairbanks
Circle Hot SpringsFairbanksFairbanks
Clam GulchKenaiKenai
Clarks PointDillinghamDillingham
Coffman CovePrince of Wales (Klawock)Prince of Wales (Klawock)
CohoeKenaiKenai
Cold BaySand PointAnchorage
ColdfootNenanaNenana
Cooper LandingSewardSeward
Copper CenterGlennallenGlennallen
CordovaCordovaCordova
CouncilNomeNome
CraigPrince of Wales (Klawock)Prince of Wales (Klawock)
Crooked CreekAniakBethel
DeadhorseUtqiagvikUtqiagvik
DeeringKotzebueKotzebue
Delta JunctionDelta JunctionDelta Junction
DillinghamDillinghamDillingham
DiomedeNomeNome
Dot LakeTokTok
DouglasJuneauJuneau
Dry CreekDelta JunctionDelta Junction
Dutch HarborUnalaskaUnalaska
EagleTokTok
Eagle RiverAnchorageAnchorage
Eagle VillageTokTok
Edna BayPrince of Wales (Klawock)Prince of Wales (Klawock)
EekBethelBethel
EgegikNaknekNaknek
EklutnaAnchorageAnchorage
EkukDillinghamDillingham
EkwokDillinghamDillingham
Elfin CoveSitkaSitka
ElimNomeNome
EmmonakEmmonakBethel
EsterFairbanksFairbanks
EvansvilleNenanaNenana
Community Appearing on Venue MapPresumptive District Court Trial SitePresumptive Superior Court Trial Site
Excursion InletHoonahJuneau
EyakCordovaCordova
FairbanksFairbanksFairbanks
False PassSand PointAnchorage
FerryNenanaNenana
FlatAniakBethel
Fort YukonFort YukonFairbanks
FoxFairbanksFairbanks
GakonaGlennallenGlennallen
GalenaGalenaNenana
GambellNomeNome
GeorgetownAniakBethel
GirdwoodAnchorageAnchorage
GlennallenGlennallenGlennallen
GolovinNomeNome
Goodnews BayBethelBethel
GraylingAniakBethel
GulkanaGlennallenGlennallen
GustavusHoonahJuneau
HainesHainesJuneau
Halibut CoveHomerHomer
HamiltonEmmonakBethel
Happy ValleyHomerHomer
Harding-Birch LakesFairbanksFairbanks
HealyNenanaNenana
Healy LakeDelta JunctionDelta Junction
Hobart BayPetersburgPetersburg
HollisPrince of Wales (Klawock)Prince of Wales (Klawock)
Holy CrossAniakBethel
HomerHomerHomer
HoonahHoonahJuneau
Hooper BayBethelBethel
HopeAnchorageAnchorage
HoustonPalmerPalmer
HughesNenanaNenana
HusliaGalenaNenana
HydaburgPrince of Wales (Klawock)Prince of Wales (Klawock)
HyderKetchikanKetchikan
IditarodAniakBethel
IgiugigNaknekNaknek
IliamnaNaknekNaknek
Ivanof BayNaknekNaknek
JuneauJuneauJuneau
KachemakHomerHomer
KaguyakKodiakKodiak
KakePetersburgPetersburg
KaktovikUtqiagvikUtqiagvik
KalifornskyKenaiKenai
Community Appearing on Venue MapPresumptive District Court Trial SitePresumptive Superior Court Trial Site
KaltagGalenaNenana
KarlukKodiakKodiak
KasaanPrince of Wales (Klawock)Prince of Wales (Klawock)
KasiglukBethelBethel
KasilofKenaiKenai
KenaiKenaiKenai
Kenny LakeGlennallenGlennallen
KetchikanKetchikanKetchikan
KianaKotzebueKotzebue
King CoveSand PointAnchorage
King IslandNomeNome
King SalmonNaknekNaknek
KipnukBethelBethel
KivalinaKotzebueKotzebue
KlawockPrince of Wales (Klawock)Prince of Wales (Klawock)
KlukwanHainesJuneau
KnikPalmerPalmer
KobukKotzebueKotzebue
KodiakKodiakKodiak
KokhanokNaknekNaknek
KoliganekDillinghamDillingham
KongiganakBethelBethel
KotlikEmmonakBethel
KotzebueKotzebueKotzebue
KoyukUnalakleetNome
KoyukukGalenaNenana
KupreanofPetersburgPetersburg
KwethlukBethelBethel
KwigillingokBethelBethel
Lake LouisePalmerPalmer
Lake MinchuminaAniakBethel
Larsen BayKodiakKodiak
LevelockNaknekNaknek
LigniteNenanaNenana
Lime VillageAniakBethel
LivengoodNenanaNenana
Lower KalskagAniakBethel
Lower TonsinaGlennallenGlennallen
Manley Hot SpringsNenanaNenana
ManokotakDillinghamDillingham
MarshallBethelBethel
Marys IglooNomeNome
McCarthyGlennallenGlennallen
McGrathAniakBethel
McKinley ParkNenanaNenana
MedfraAniakBethel
MekoryukBethelBethel
MendeltnaGlennallenGlennallen
Community Appearing on Venue MapPresumptive District Court Trial SitePresumptive Superior Court Trial Site
Mentasta LakeGlennallenGlennallen
MetlakatlaKetchikanKetchikan
Meyers ChuckKetchikanKetchikan
MintoNenanaNenana
Moose CreekFairbanksFairbanks
Moose PassSewardSeward
Mountain VillageBethelBethel
NabesnaGlennallenGlennallen
NaknekNaknekNaknek
NanwalekHomerHomer
NapaimiutAniakBethel
NapakiakBethelBethel
NapaskiakBethelBethel
Naukati BayPrince of Wales (Klawock)Prince of Wales (Klawock)
NelchinaGlennallenGlennallen
Nelson LagoonSand PointAnchorage
NenanaNenanaNenana
New StuyahokDillinghamDillingham
NewhalenNaknekNaknek
NewtokBethelBethel
NightmuteBethelBethel
NikiskiKenaiKenai
NikolaevskHomerHomer
NikolaiAniakBethel
NikolskiUnalaskaUnalaska
NinilchikHomerHomer
NoatakKotzebueKotzebue
NomeNomeNome
NondaltonNaknekNaknek
NoorvikKotzebueKotzebue
North PoleFairbanksFairbanks
NorthwayTokTok
Northway JunctionTokTok
NuiqsutUtqiagvikUtqiagvik
NulatoGalenaNenana
Nunam IquaEmmonakBethel
NunapitchukBethelBethel
OhogamiutBethelBethel
Old HarborKodiakKodiak
OphirAniakBethel
OscarvilleBethelBethel
OuzinkieKodiakKodiak
PaimiutBethelBethel
PalmerPalmerPalmer
Pauloff HarborSand PointAnchorage
PaxsonGlennallenGlennallen
Pedro BayNaknekNaknek
PelicanSitkaSitka
Community Appearing on Venue MapPresumptive District Court Trial SitePresumptive Superior Court Trial Site
PerryvilleNaknekNaknek
PetersburgPetersburgPetersburg
PetersvillePalmerPalmer
Pilot PointNaknekNaknek
Pilot StationBethelBethel
Pitkas PointBethelBethel
PlatinumBethelBethel
Pleasant ValleyFairbanksFairbanks
Point BakerPetersburgPetersburg
Point HopeKotzebueKotzebue
Point LayUtqiagvikUtqiagvik
Port AlexanderSitkaSitka
Port AlsworthNaknekNaknek
Port ClarenceNomeNome
Port GrahamHomerHomer
Port HeidenNaknekNaknek
Port LionsKodiakKodiak
Port MollerSand PointAnchorage
Port ProtectionPetersburgPetersburg
Portage CreekDillinghamDillingham
PrimroseSewardSeward
Prudhoe BayUtqiagvikUtqiagvik
QuinhagakBethelBethel
RampartNenanaNenana
Red DevilAniakBethel
Red Dog MineKotzebueKotzebue
RubyGalenaNenana
Russian MissionBethelBethel
Saint GeorgeSaint PaulAnchorage
Saint MarysBethelBethel
Saint MichaelUnalakleetNome
Saint PaulSaint PaulAnchorage
SalamatofKenaiKenai
SalchaFairbanksFairbanks
Sand PointSand PointAnchorage
SavoongaNomeNome
SaxmanKetchikanKetchikan
Scammon BayBethelBethel
SelawikKotzebueKotzebue
SeldoviaHomerHomer
SewardSewardSeward
ShagelukAniakBethel
ShaktoolikUnalakleetNome
Shemya StationUnalaskaUnalaska
ShishmarefNomeNome
ShungnakKotzebueKotzebue
SitkaSitkaSitka
SkagwaySkagwayJuneau
Community Appearing on Venue MapPresumptive District Court Trial SitePresumptive Superior Court Trial Site
SkwentnaPalmerPalmer
SlanaGlennallenGlennallen
SleetmuteAniakBethel
SoldotnaKenaiKenai
SolomonNomeNome
South NaknekNaknekNaknek
StebbinsUnalakleetNome
SterlingKenaiKenai
Stevens VillageFort YukonFairbanks
Stony RiverAniakBethel
Summit LakeGlennallenGlennallen
SusitnaPalmerPalmer
SuttonPalmerPalmer
TakotnaAniakBethel
TalkeetnaPalmerPalmer
TanacrossTokTok
TananaNenanaNenana
TatitlekValdezValdez
TazlinaGlennallenGlennallen
TelidaAniakBethel
TellerNomeNome
Tenakee SpringsHoonahJuneau
TetlinTokTok
Tetlin JunctionTokTok
Thorne BayPrince of Wales (Klawock)Prince of Wales (Klawock)
Tin CityNomeNome
TogiakDillinghamDillingham
TokTokTok
Toksook BayBethelBethel
TonsinaGlennallenGlennallen
TuluksakBethelBethel
TuntutuliakBethelBethel
TununakBethelBethel
Twin HillsDillinghamDillingham
Two RiversFairbanksFairbanks
TyonekKenaiKenai
UganikKodiakKodiak
UgashikNaknekNaknek
UmkumiutBethelBethel
UnalakleetUnalakleetNome
UnalaskaUnalaskaUnalaska
UngaSand PointAnchorage
Upper Kalskag
Utqiagvik
Aniak
Utqiagvik
Bethel
Utqiagvik
UyakKodiakKodiak
ValdezValdezValdez
VenetieFort YukonFairbanks
WainwrightUtqiagvikUtqiagvik
Community Appearing on Venue MapPresumptive District Court Trial SitePresumptive Superior Court Trial Site
WalesNomeNome
WasillaPalmerPalmer
WaterfallPrince of Wales (Klawock)Prince of Wales (Klawock)
Whale PassPrince of Wales (Klawock)Prince of Wales (Klawock)
White MountainNomeNome
WhittierAnchorageAnchorage
WillowPalmerPalmer
Willow CreekGlennallenGlennallen
WisemanNenanaNenana
Womens BayKodiakKodiak
Woody IslandKodiakKodiak
WrangellWrangellWrangell
YakutatYakutatJuneau
Note: Utqiagvik was formerly known as Barrow.

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