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(a) Authorization for Filing Citations Electronically.

The administrative director may enter into an agreement with a

law enforcement agency to allow the law enforcement agency

to file citations charging minor offenses, as defined in Rule 2,

by transmitting data electronically rather than by filing paper

citations. The administrative director may enter into an

agreement if the law enforcement agency’s systems and

procedures assure that:

(1) the charging officer will issue a paper citation to the

defendant in accordance with AS 12.25.190;

(2) a paper citation issued from an electronic device will

contain the charging officers electronic or digital signature as

defined in AS 09.80.190;

(3) the court will have the ability to view an electronic

version of the paper citation that the charging officer issued to

the defendant, including the charging officers electronic,

digital, or handwritten signature;

(4) the agency has a written acknowledgement from each

peace officer authorized to issue electronic citations certifying

that the officer understands that affixing an electronic or digital

signature to a citation is the legally binding equivalent of

signing a citation by hand, and that by affixing an electronic or

digital signature, the officer intends to be bound by the

signature;

(5) the agency employs policies that hold individual

officers accountable and responsible for actions initiated under

their electronic or digital signatures; and

(6) the agency employs adequate security procedures to

verify that an electronic signature, record, or performance is

that of a specific person and to detect changes or errors in the

electronic records related to the citation.

(b) Electronic Signature. A charging officer’s electronic or digital signature on a citation is the legally binding

equivalent of the officer’s handwritten signature and satisfies

the requirement of Criminal Rule 3(a) that a citation for a

minor offense must be signed with a certification under penalty

of perjury that the citation is true.