Alaska Landlord-Tenant Laws

Verified July 11, 2026 Correction August 26, 2026

What did not become law. None of the following is law; failed bills are sometimes still described as if enacted:

HB 115 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026) — Would add AS 34.03.020(f): a landlord could not raise rent more than once per calendar year and would have to give written notice at least 90 days before the increase takes effect; if a tenancy ends without that notice having been given, the unit could not be re-rented above the old rent until 90 days after termination (anti-evasion clause). Applies to rental agreements entered into on or after the effective date. Would convert Alaska from a derivation state (no express rent-increase notice statute) to an express 90-day state. Status: Introduced 2025 (Rep. Gray); referred to House State Affairs and Labor & Commerce 2025-02-26 and never heard. The 34th Legislature's second regular session adjourned sine die on May 20, 2026, which ended the bill — the special sessions that followed were limited to their call and did not include it, and it is absent from the legislature's passed-legislation list for the 34th Legislature. (checked August 26, 2026).

Alaska at a glance

Rule	Alaska	Cited to
Max security deposit	2 months' rent	AS 34.03.070 +5 more
Deposit return deadline	14 days	AS 34.03.070 +5 more
Rent-increase notice (month-to-month)	No statute — derived from termination notice	AS 34.03.290 +5 more
Statewide rent control / rent cap	No	AS 34.03.290 +5 more
Late-fee cap	No statutory cap	AS 34.03.020 +4 more
Entry notice	24 hours	AS 34.03.140 +4 more
Eviction notice (nonpayment)	7 days	AS 34.03.220 +49 more
Application fee cap	No statutory cap	AS 34.03.070 +22 more
Interest owed on deposits	No — no statute addresses it	AS 34.03.070 (security deposits and prepaid rent — trust account) +3 more
Repair deadline after tenant notice	10 days	AS 34.03.040 (prohibited provisions in rental agreements) +9 more
Repair and deduct	Only for essential-service failures, not general repairs	AS 34.03.040 (prohibited provisions in rental agreements) +9 more
Landlord notice to end a month-to-month tenancy	30 days (2 counting rules)	AS 34.03.010–34.03.380 (Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act) +6 more

Cite this page: "Landlord Atlas, Alaska Landlord-Tenant Laws (verified July 11, 2026), landlordatlas.com/laws/alaska/" — free to cite and quote with a link (how these records are verified). Every figure above is cited to the Alaska statute it comes from on the linked topic page.

Local rent regulation in Alaska

No Alaska statute expressly addresses local rent control — state law neither authorizes nor prohibits cities and boroughs from regulating rents, and none currently do.

Verified August 12, 2026 · Full Alaska rent-increase rules →

Alaska landlord-tenant laws by topic

Alaska security deposits

Alaska caps security deposits and prepaid rent combined at two months' rent - plus a separate pet deposit of up to one more month for a tenant with a pet that is not a service animal - but the whole deposit statute simply does not apply to units renting for more than $2,000 a month.

Alaska rent increase notice

Alaska has no statute requiring advance notice of a rent increase - the 30-day figure everyone quotes derives from AS 34.03.290(b), which lets either party end a month-to-month tenancy on at least 30 days' written notice given before the rental due date specified in the notice (14 days for week-to-week tenancies while rent is current), so a rent increase operates as a termination of the old deal plus an offer to re-rent at the new price, and the state's own guidance says a landlord 'should, therefore,' give at least 30 days' notice.

Alaska late fees

Alaska sets no cap on residential late fees and mandates no grace period - rent is payable without demand or notice at the time and place the parties agreed (AS 34.03.020(c)), and the landlord-tenant act never mentions late charges at all.

Alaska entry notice

Alaska landlords must give tenants at least 24 hours' notice before entering a rental unit, and non-emergency entry is allowed only at reasonable times and with the tenant's consent - though the tenant may not unreasonably withhold that consent for the statutory purposes: inspections, necessary or agreed repairs and improvements, services, showings to prospective purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workers, or contractors, and the Alaska-specific purpose of removing the landlord's own personal property not covered by a written rental agreement.

Alaska eviction process

To evict a tenant in Alaska for unpaid rent, serve a written seven-day notice to pay or quit under AS 34.03.220(b) and then file a forcible entry and detainer (F.E.D.) case in the district court on the eighth day; for a lease violation the notice period is ten days under AS 34.03.220(a)(2).

Alaska application & screening fees

Alaska does not regulate what a landlord may charge someone applying for a home: there is no cap on an application fee, no limit tying it to the cost of screening, no receipt or refund duty, no disclosure or denial-notice duty, and no reusable screening report law.

Alaska deposit interest

Alaska does not require landlords to pay tenants interest on a security deposit, and nothing in its residential landlord and tenant chapter addresses deposit interest.

Alaska habitability & repairs

Alaska law requires a landlord to make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep a rented home in a fit and habitable condition, and adds six more obligations covering common areas, systems and appliances including elevators and kitchen facilities, waste removal, running water with reasonable hot water and heat, locks and keys on request, and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

Alaska lease termination

Either the landlord or the tenant may end an Alaska month-to-month tenancy on 30 days' written notice, and the 30 days count back from the rental due date named in the notice, so the tenancy ends on a rent day rather than 30 days after the notice was given.

Alaska mobile home park laws

Alaska has no separate manufactured-housing act: park lot tenancies are governed by the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, AS 34.03.010-34.03.380, which lets a park operator end a lot tenancy only for four listed reasons, requires at least 270 days' notice before a change in the use of the park land, and protects the resident's right to sell the home where it stands.

Alaska Fair Market Rents (FY 2027) — HUD's benchmark rents for every Alaska metro area and county.

Changes since last full verification

The Verified date above (July 11, 2026) marks the last time every figure on this page was verified end-to-end against official state sources. The changes below were published since then, each verified against the official source it names (what these dates mean).

Correction, August 26, 2026 — Same-page consistency corrections: prose on the South Carolina and Iowa application-fee pages, the Delaware eviction page, and the Alaska rent-increase page described bills as still in committee after their assemblies had adjourned sine die; each passage now states the bill's outcome. No statute-derived figure or rule changed.

How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on the official Alaska State Legislature site (www.akleg.gov, Alaska Statutes 2024 infobase, read via its print-format section pages): AS 34.03.070, 34.03.140, and 34.03.290 each read twice through independent paths (the single-section view plus a different-range view) with byte-identical results, and AS 34.03.020 read twice to verify the negative (no rent-increase language). The complete chapter (all 44 sections, 34.03.010-34.03.380) was read in one pass and every section heading enumerated for the verified-negative sweeps (no late-fee, grace-period, interest, unconscionability, rent-control, or preemption provision). Every figure that decides an answer here was additionally reconciled against three more sources: the enrolled text of HB 282 (28th Leg.), Ch. 27 SLA 2014, read in full on the official BASIS bill-text system (pins the pet-deposit subsection, the per-tenant trust-accounting rules, and the 30-day damages exception to the 14-day return track, all added 2014); the Alaska Department of Law's official 2024 pamphlet 'The Alaska Landlord & Tenant Act: what it means to you' (law.alaska.gov); and the Alaska Court System's PUB-30 handbook (public.courts.alaska.gov, 10/18 ed.). FindLaw's mirror (current through 2025-01-01) matched the official 34.03.070 text verbatim as a second-path check. Preemption negative run against a single-pass official sweep of AS Title 29 (Municipal Government, chs. 29.10-29.71 including 29.35 powers and 29.40 planning): zero rent-control or landlord-tenant provisions. Legislative check 2026-07-11 on official BASIS: all 97 bills passed by the 34th Legislature (2025-2026, status dates through 2026-07-09) enumerated - none on-topic (SB 50, Ch. 19 SLA 25, is municipal comprehensive planning only); full introduced-bill sweep found one pending on-topic bill, HB 115 (90-day rent-increase notice), idle in House State Affairs since 2025-02-26 - flagged, not incorporated. September 5, 2026 addendum: the decisive figures touched by the 2025-2026 enactments reviewed that day were re-read on the official host — AS 09.45.090 and 3 AAC 90 on akleg.gov; the earlier reads stand as recorded.