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Alaska landlord entry laws

How much notice your landlord owes you before coming in, when they may enter without it, and what Alaska law lets you do about it.

Notice required

24 hours — and your consent

At least 24 hours' notice of intention to enter, entry only at reasonable times AND with the tenant's consent. Alaska is the only state that requires both.

AS § 34.03.140(c)

When they may enter without notice

Entry without consent is allowed in an emergency.

What you can do about a violation

Injunctive relief to prevent it recurring, or termination — and in either case an amount NOT TO EXCEED actual damages or one month's periodic rent, whichever is greater, plus court costs and reasonable attorney fees.

Worth knowing: Read that carefully: in Alaska one month's rent is the ceiling, not the floor.

AS § 34.03.300(b)

Why putting it in writing matters here

If you terminate over this, AS § 34.03.300(b) requires you to give the landlord written notice at least 10 days before the date you name.

What to do right now

Do not rely on the 'one month's rent' figure you may have read elsewhere. Alaska caps recovery where most states set a minimum.

Put it in writing

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Other Alaska tenant rights

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How this page was checked

  • Read from the source. Every deadline, cap and penalty here was taken from Alaska's published text — the statute, session law or administrative code itself.
  • No legal-information websites. Commercial summaries were used only to find a provision, never as authority for it. An automated check fails our build if any state we serve cites a secondary source.
  • Locked against drift. The verified figures are pinned by regression tests, so a later edit cannot quietly change a deadline or a penalty.
  • Last verified August 21, 2026. Laws change — confirm the current text before relying on it.

General information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm.

Compare all 51 jurisdictions — notice periods range from 12 hours to 72, and thirteen states have no rule at all.