# State of Alaska: property-carrying vehicle — Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type

For State of Alaska: property-carrying vehicle, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(h)(1); who qualifies is any driver who is driving a commercial motor vehicle in the State of Alaska; what it exempts from is The provisions of § 395.3(a) and (b) do not apply; radius or condition is must not drive or be required or permitted to drive: (A) More than 15 hours following 10 consecutive hours off-duty; (B) After being on-duty for 20 hours or more following 10 consecutive hours off-duty; (C) After having been on-duty for 70 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days, if the motor carrier for which the driver drives does not operate every day in the week; or (D) After having been on-duty for 80 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days; baseline limit (for context) is § 395.3(a): 11 hours of driving inside a 14-hour window; § 395.3(b): 60 hours in 7 days or 70 hours in 8 days, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.

- **Exemption:** State of Alaska: property-carrying vehicle _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CFR citation:** 49 CFR 395.1(h)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Who qualifies:** any driver who is driving a commercial motor vehicle in the State of Alaska _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it exempts from:** The provisions of § 395.3(a) and (b) do not apply _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Radius or condition:** must not drive or be required or permitted to drive: (A) More than 15 hours following 10 consecutive hours off-duty; (B) After being on-duty for 20 hours or more following 10 consecutive hours off-duty; (C) After having been on-duty for 70 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days, if the motor carrier for which the driver drives does not operate every day in the week; or (D) After having been on-duty for 80 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Baseline limit (for context):** § 395.3(a): 11 hours of driving inside a 14-hour window; § 395.3(b): 60 hours in 7 days or 70 hours in 8 days. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (i) In general. The provisions of § 395.3(a) and (b) do not apply to any driver who is driving a commercial motor vehicle in the State of Alaska. A driver who is driving a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle in the State of Alaska must not drive or be required or permitted to drive: (A) More than 15 hours following 10 consecutive hours off-duty; (B) After being on-duty for 20 hours or more following 10 consecutive hours off-duty; (C) After having been on-duty for 70 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days, if the motor carrier for which the driver drives does not operate every day in the week; or (D) After having been on-duty for 80 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days, if the motor carrier for which the driver drives operates every day in the week.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-A/section-395.1

Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-08-28.
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