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Alaska room rental agreement
Written for Alaska law, checked October 1, 2026 General information, not legal advice
Rentari offers a general room-rental agreement form, but it is not tailored to Alaska or every local rule. Review the room, shared spaces, occupancy requirements, and applicable Alaska and city rules before using a form. The state table below covers selected deposit and entry rules, not every room-rental requirement.
Alaska rules that apply
- Security deposit limit
- 2 months' rent
- prepaid rent and deposit together; no limit when rent is over $2,000 a month
- AS 34.03.070(a)
Security deposit limit
You may not demand or receive prepaid rent or a security deposit, however it is named, worth more than two months' periodic rent. The limit covers prepaid rent and deposit together, and it does not apply to a unit that rents for more than $2,000 a month.
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- You may also take a separate deposit of up to one month's rent from a tenant who keeps a pet that is not a service animal. Account for it apart from the other deposit and prepaid rent, and apply it only to damage directly related to the pet. AS 34.03.070(h)
- A service animal is one individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual or other mental disability. AS 34.03.070(i)
- No section of the Act mentions a nonrefundable fee; the two-month limit applies to money held as prepaid rent or a deposit whatever it is called. AS 34.03.010 to 34.03.380
The Alaska lease states the deposit amount, the two-month limit on prepaid rent and deposit together unless the rent is over $2,000 a month, and the separate pet deposit of up to one month's rent.
Landlord entry
The tenant may not unreasonably withhold consent to your entry to inspect, make necessary or agreed repairs or improvements, supply services, remove your own property not covered by the lease, or show the unit to buyers, lenders, tenants, workers or contractors. Except in an emergency or where it is impracticable, give at least 24 hours' notice of your intention to enter, and enter only at reasonable times and with the tenant's consent.
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- In an emergency you may enter without the tenant's consent. AS 34.03.140(b)
- You may not abuse the right of access or use it to harass the tenant. The Act does not say the 24-hour notice must be written. AS 34.03.140(c)
- Apart from these rules you have no right of access except by court order, during a tenant's absence of more than seven days, or after the tenant abandons or surrenders the unit. AS 34.03.140(d) AS 34.03.230(b)
- If the tenant refuses lawful access, you may get a court order or end the lease on at least 10 days' written notice, and in either case recover up to your actual damages or one month's rent, whichever is greater. AS 34.03.300(a)
- If you enter unlawfully, in an unreasonable manner, or harass the tenant with repeated demands, the tenant may get a court order or end the lease on at least 10 days' written notice, and recover up to the actual damages or one month's rent, whichever is greater, plus court costs and reasonable attorney fees. AS 34.03.300(b)
The Alaska lease requires at least 24 hours' notice of entry except in an emergency or where impracticable, entry only at reasonable times, and states the purposes and limits of access the Act sets.