Constituting the northernmost extreme of the nation, this largest of all states will impress even the die-hard Texan who believes "everything's bigger in Texas", for in terms of size Alaska trumps Texas by quite a margin. Once part of the Russian Empire, Alaska became part of the United States when the Senate approved its purchase on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million, at about two cents per acre.
Alaska is spread over an area of 663,268 square miles. To put things into perspective, consider that Texas, the state that is the second-largest in the Union, has an area of "only" 268,820 square miles. However, Alaska is very sparsely populated, with only about 700,000 odd residents, making it the 47th state in the population rankings. Therefore, in order to find specific information, you won't have to ask a lot of people, but will certainly have to travel some distance to find the right person to ask.
Alaska has four levels of courts, as set out in Title 22 of the State Statutes - the supreme court, the court of appeals, the superior court and the district court. While the first two are appellate courts, the superior and district courts are trial courts. The chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court is the administrative head of the state's court system. An administrative director is appointed by the chief justice with concurrence of the supreme court, and supervises the administration of all courts in the state.
If you want to check out if you have any outstanding Alaska warrants for arrest in your or anybody else's name, you can always drop into the relevant courthouse for that information. Although, with such a small population, the number of judicial establishments are limited, they are spread quite some distances apart. Consequently, obtaining such information manually is a logistical nightmare. However, there is a better way to search for warrants in Alaska - online search.
Sitting in the comforts of your home, riding the information superhighway of the Internet, you can access information at the touch of your fingertips that would normally take you months of research to accumulate. Whether you are located in bustling Anchorage or official Juneau or remote Nome, records on Alaska warrants for arrest in the entire state is accessible at the click of a mouse and the press of a key.
