Landlords may also enter within reasonable hours between 8am and 5pm. Landlords do not need permission to enter in case of emergencies. Small claims court does not handle eviction cases. There is a 3-year statute of limitations on contracts in Alaska.
Alaska tenants are only allowed to change the locks if they get written permission from the landlord. Tenants can request a lock change for emergencies but must notify and provide the landlord with the new set of keys within 5 days. Anchorage provides extra landlord-tenant regulations that go above those mandated by the state. It is illegal to refuse renting to a tenant because of their age. More details on these provisions can be found here.
In addition, check your local county and municipality for additional land-lord tenant regulations. The information provided on this website does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information, content, and materials available on this site are for general informational purposes only.
To chat with an Alaska landlord tenant attorney, Click here. Item Landlord Responsibility? Tenant Responsibilities in Alaska Aside from paying rent on time every payment period, Alaska tenants must: Keep the unit in a clean, safe and habitable condition.
Make minor repairs. Keep the unit and plumbing fixtures clean and sanitary. The Attorney General and Department of Law staff may not provide legal advice to private citizens or organizations.
Please contact an attorney if you need legal advice. The Alaska Lawyer Referral Service or your local bar association may be able to assist you in locating a lawyer. Purpose and construction.
This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to simplify, clarify, modernize, and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlord and tenant; encourage landlord and tenant to maintain and improve the quality of housing; and make uniform the law among those states that enact it.
Article Terms and conditions of rental agreement. The landlord and tenant may include in a rental agreement clauses and conditions not prohibited by this chapter or by law, including rent, terms of agreement, and other provisions governing the rights and obligations of the parties. In the absence of agreement, the tenant shall pay as rent the fair rental value for the use and occupancy of the dwelling unit. Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties.
Unless otherwise agreed, rent is payable at the dwelling unit. Unless otherwise agreed, rent is payable at the beginning of any term of one month or less and otherwise in equal monthly installments.
Unless otherwise agreed, rent shall be uniformly apportionable from day to day and shall be paid on the date the periodic tenancy begins and payable on or before the same date of each and every month thereafter until the tenancy terminates.
Unless the rental agreement fixes a definite term, the tenancy shall be week to week in the case of a tenant who pays weekly rent, and in all other cases month to month. If required by the landlord, the landlord and the tenant shall include within the rental agreement, incorporate by reference in the rental agreement, or add as a separate attachment to the rental agreement a premises condition statement, setting out the condition of the premises, including fixtures but excluding reference to any of the other contents of the premises, and, if applicable, a contents inventory itemizing or describing all of the furnishings and other contents of the premises and specifying the condition of each of them.
In the premises condition statement and contents inventory, the landlord and tenant shall describe the premises and its contents at the commencement of the term of the period of the occupancy covered by the rental agreement.
When signed by the landlord and tenant, the premises condition statement and contents inventory completed under this subsection become part of the rental agreement. Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement. If the landlord does not sign and deliver a written rental agreement signed and delivered to the landlord by the tenant, acceptance of rent without reservation by the landlord gives the rental agreement the same effect as if it had been signed and delivered by the landlord.
If the tenant does not sign and deliver a written rental agreement signed and delivered to the tenant by the landlord, acceptance of possession and payment of rent without reservation gives the rental agreement the same effect as if it had been signed and delivered by the tenant. If a rental agreement given effect by the operation of this section provides for a term longer than one year, it is effective only for one year.
Prohibited provisions in rental agreements. A rental agreement may not provide that the tenant or landlord agrees to waive or to forego rights or remedies under this chapter; authorizes a person to confess judgment on a claim arising out of the rental agreement; agrees to the exculpation or limitation of any liability of the landlord or tenant arising under the law or to indemnify the landlord or tenant for that liability or the costs connected with it; agrees to pay the landlord's attorney fees.
A provision prohibited by a or c of this section included in a rental agreement is unenforceable. If a landlord or tenant wilfully uses a rental agreement containing provisions known by the person to be prohibited, the other party may recover the amount of actual damages.
Separation of rents and obligations to maintain property forbidden. Sublease and assignment. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the tenant may not sublet the premises or assign the rental agreement to another without the landlord's consent. The tenant's right to sublease the premises or assign the rental agreement to another shall be conditioned on obtaining the landlord's consent, which may be withheld only upon the grounds specified in d of this section; no further restrictions on sublease or assignment are enforceable.
When the rental agreement requires the landlord's consent for sublease or assignment, the tenant may secure one or more persons who are willing to occupy the premises. Each prospective occupant shall make a written offer signed and delivered by the prospective occupant to the landlord, containing the following information on the prospective occupant: name, age, and present address; marital status; occupation, place of employment, and name and address of employer; number of all other persons who would normally reside with the prospective occupant; two credit references, or responsible persons who will confirm the financial responsibility of the prospective occupant; and names and addresses of all landlords of the prospective occupant during the prior three years.
Within 14 days after the written offer has been delivered to the landlord, the landlord may refuse consent to a sublease or assignment by a written rejection signed and delivered by the landlord to the tenant, containing one or more of the following reasonable grounds for rejecting the prospective occupant: insufficient credit standing or financial responsibility; number of persons in the household; number of persons under 18 years of age in the household; unwillingness of the prospective occupant to assume the same terms as are included in the existing rental agreement; proposed maintenance of pets; proposed commercial activity; or written information signed by a previous landlord, which shall accompany the rejection, setting out abuses of other premises occupied by the prospective occupant.
In the event the written rejection fails to contain one or more grounds permitted by d of this section for rejecting the prospective occupant, the tenant may consider the landlord's consent given, or at the tenant's option may terminate the rental agreement by a written notice given without unnecessary delay to the landlord at least 30 days before the termination date specified in the notice.
If the landlord does not deliver a written rejection signed by the landlord to the tenant within 14 days after a written offer has been delivered to the landlord by the tenant, the landlord's consent to the sublease or assignment shall be conclusively presumed. Security deposits and prepaid rent. Except as provided in h of this section, a landlord may not demand or receive prepaid rent or a security deposit, however denominated, in an amount or value in excess of two months' periodic rent. Upon termination of the tenancy, property or money held by the landlord as prepaid rent or as a security deposit may be applied to the payment of accrued rent and the amount of damages that the landlord has suffered by reason of the tenant's noncompliance with AS The accrued rent and damages must be itemized by the landlord in a written notice mailed to the tenant's last known address within the time limit prescribed by g of this section, together with the amount due the tenant.
In this subsection, "damages" means deterioration of the premises and, if applicable, of the contents of the premises; does not include deterioration that is the result of normal wear and tear; caused by the landlord's failure to prepare for expected conditions or by the landlord's failure to comply with an obligation of the landlord imposed by this chapter.
All money paid to the landlord by the tenant as prepaid rent or as a security deposit in a lease or rental agreement shall be promptly deposited by the landlord, wherever practicable, in a trust account in a bank, savings and loan association, or licensed escrow agent, and the landlord shall provide to the tenant the terms and conditions under which the prepaid rent or security deposit or portions of them may be withheld by the landlord. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the landlord from commingling prepaid rents and security deposits in a single financial account; however, the landlord shall separately account for prepaid rent and security deposits received from each tenant.
The landlord may not commingle prepaid rent and security deposits with other funds. The landlord may not use money held for one tenant in a trust account to refund the security deposit of another tenant; apply to the payment of another tenant's accrued rent; apply to damages suffered by the landlord because of another tenant's noncompliance with AS If the landlord wilfully fails to comply with b of this section, the tenant may recover an amount not to exceed twice the actual amount withheld.
This section does not preclude a landlord or tenant from recovering other damages to which either may be entitled under this chapter. The holder of the landlord's interest in the premises at the time of the termination of the tenancy is bound by this section. If the landlord or tenant gives notice that complies with AS If the tenant does not give notice that complies with AS File a consumer complaint Find a registered charity Find a registered paid solicitor Find a registered telemarketer.
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