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Alaska month-to-month lease agreement
Written for Alaska law, checked October 1, 2026 General information, not legal advice
A month-to-month tenancy renews each month until the landlord or the tenant gives notice. Choose month-to-month as the lease type, or set a fixed-term lease to convert to month-to-month when its term ends.
Alaska rules that apply
- Month-to-month notice
- 30 days
- written, before the rental due date it names; 14 days week to week
- AS 34.03.290(b)
- Rent increase notice
- At least 30 days
- month-to-month increases: Department of Law guidance
- Alaska Department of Law: rent increases, page 21
Ending a month-to-month tenancy
Either you or the tenant may end a month-to-month tenancy with written notice given at least 30 days before the rental due date named in the notice. While rent is current, either may end a week-to-week tenancy with written notice given at least 14 days before the termination date.
AS 34.03.290(a) AS 34.03.290(b)
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- A tenancy with no definite term is week to week when the tenant pays weekly rent, and month to month in all other cases. AS 34.03.020(d)
- If the tenant stays after the tenancy ends, serve a notice to quit before suing for possession; a wilful holdover not in good faith can cost the tenant up to one and one-half times your actual damages. AS 34.03.290(c) AS 09.45.090(a)(2)(F)
- When you recover possession for one of the good-faith reasons the Act lists, such as your own use, major remodeling or a sale, the tenant has the longer of 30 days or the lease's notice period after a notice to quit. AS 09.45.090(a)(2)(D) AS 34.03.310(c)
The Alaska lease states the 30-day month-to-month notice given before a rental due date and the 14-day week-to-week notice.
Rent increase notice
Partly readFor a month-to-month tenancy, the Alaska Department of Law handbook says to give at least 30 days’ notice before increasing rent. AS 34.03.290(b) states the notice for ending a monthly tenancy; the handbook explains that an increase is probably an end to the old rate and an offer at the new rate. AS 34.03 sets no general increase cap. Retaliatory increases are prohibited, subject to the statutory exceptions below.
AS 34.03.010 to 34.03.380 AS 34.03.310(a) Alaska Department of Law: rent increases, page 21
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- Despite a tenant's protected act, you may still raise rent in three cases: (1) at least four months before the demand, you became liable for a substantial increase in property taxes or in operating costs unrelated to the complaint, and the increase reasonably relates to it; (2) the increase stays within the straight-line depreciation of a completed capital improvement; or (3) competent evidence shows the rent does not exceed what other tenants pay for similar units in the building (or, for a single-family residence or a building with no similar unit, the fair rental value). AS 34.03.310(d) See Retaliation on the Alaska page
- Either party may end a month-to-month tenancy with written notice given at least 30 days before a rental due date. AS 34.03.290(b) See Ending a month-to-month tenancy on the Alaska page
- A fixed-term lease generally holds the rent for its term unless the lease provides for increases. Check its terms before proposing a renewal or changing the amount. Alaska Department of Law: leases, page 6
- Use a dated written notice identifying the tenant and rental, the new monthly amount, and the effective rental due date at least 30 days after receipt. Keep a copy and delivery record. The handbook’s sample explains that a tenant who chooses to move must give their own timely written termination notice. Alaska Department of Law: sample increase notice, page 54
- Subsidized housing may have additional notice or rent restrictions. Confirm the applicable HUD or Alaska Housing Finance Corporation program before setting an increase. Alaska Department of Law: rent increases, page 21