Alaska · AK · Vehicles
Alaska: Is it legal to pump your own gas?
Self-serve allowed
Alaska allows self-service gas; its state fire code adopts the model chapter on fuel stations, which permits self-service, without changes.
Alaska adopts the 2021 International Fire Code, including Chapter 23 on motor fuel-dispensing facilities. The state's amendments to that chapter cover only how waste liquids drain, not who pumps the fuel. The model chapter allows self-service with a trained attendant on duty, and unattended stations where approved. This is inferred from the adoption, because the model code text was not opened on an official site.
What the law says
Chapters 1 - 12, 20 - 40, 50 - 67, and 80 and Appendices B -1, K, L, and N are adopted by reference.
Sources
- 13 AAC 50.025 Mirror of official text · law.cornell.edu
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire and Life Safety
- Phone
- (907) 269-5491
- Website
- dps.alaska.gov
How bordering states compare
Alaska doesn't share a land border with another state.