Facing Eviction in Alaska: What Can I Do?
This page explains the notices and court steps in an Alaska eviction. It shows when you can stop the case by paying or fixing a problem. It covers renters whose home falls under the Alaska Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.
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If your rent is unpaid when due, your landlord can give you a written notice. It must say you have not paid and that your lease will end if you do not pay. You have 7 days after that notice to pay the rent in full. If you do not, your lease ends unless your landlord agrees to let you stay.
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After your landlord has given you the written notice about unpaid rent, your landlord may accept part of the rent you owe. Your landlord may then move back the date of the eviction.
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If you materially break your lease, your landlord can give you a written notice to quit (a letter saying you must move out). The notice must say your lease ends on a date at least 10 days after the notice is served. If the problem can be fixed and you fix it before the date in the notice, your lease does not end.
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A notice to quit must name the breach or other reason your lease is ending. If you can fix the problem, it must say what to do and by what date and time. It must give the date and time your lease ends. It must also say your landlord may start a court case to remove you if you stay.
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A notice to quit must be in writing. Your landlord can hand it to you. Your landlord can leave it at the home if you are away. Your landlord can also send it by registered or certified mail.
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If your landlord sends a required written notice by mail, 3 days are added to the notice period. That moves back the date after which you are treated as unlawfully staying in the home.
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A month-to-month tenancy (a rental where you pay rent month by month) can be ended by your landlord with written notice. The notice must be given at least 30 days before the rent due date named in the notice.
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Your landlord may not start an eviction case without first giving you a notice to quit (a letter saying you must move out). One case where no separate notice to quit is needed is unpaid rent. Then the written notice that you have not paid counts as the notice to quit. AS 09.45.090 lists a few other cases where it is not needed.
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Say you have paid rent in advance. A notice to quit does not let your landlord bring a court case yet. Your landlord must wait until the time you paid for ends.
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A public utility (electric, gas or water company) may cut off your service because you did not pay for it. Your landlord can then give you a written notice to quit. You keep your lease if you do three things within 3 days after the notice. You turn the service back on. You repay the landlord any amounts paid to restore it. And the home was not damaged because of the cut.
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Your landlord must have the court papers (the summons) served on you at least 2 days before the trial date in an eviction case.
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Your landlord may not raise your rent, cut your services, or bring or threaten an eviction case to get back at you. This applies after you do any of four things. You complain to your landlord of a violation of AS 34.03.100. You try to enforce your rights under the state rental law. You organize or join a tenant's union or similar group. You complain to a government agency that enforces housing, wage, price or rent controls. AS 34.03.310(c) and (d) list cases where these limits do not apply.
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Your landlord may not bring an eviction case to get back at you after you take one of four steps. The steps are these. You complain to the landlord of a violation of AS 34.03.100. You try to enforce your rights under the state rental law. You join a tenant's union. You complain to an agency that enforces housing, wage, price or rent controls. If it happens, you have a defense (a reason the case should not go against you). AS 34.03.310(c) and (d) list cases where these limits do not apply.
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After a notice to quit (a letter saying you must move out), your landlord may bring an eviction case for some reasons. One is that you are in default in rent (behind on rent). Another is that the housing or building code requires changes, remodeling or demolition that would effectively take away your use of the home. The same goes if you use the home for an illegal purpose, or for other than living in it, against your rental agreement.
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After a notice to quit, your landlord may bring an eviction case for other reasons. One is that the landlord in good faith (honestly) wants the home back for personal purposes. One is that the landlord in good faith wants it back to substantially alter, remodel or tear it down. One is that the landlord in good faith wants to stop using it as a home immediately for at least 6 months. The last is that the landlord has in good faith contracted to sell the property. The buyer's contract must then say the buyer has one of those three purposes.
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