Sec. 34.03.330. Application and exclusions.
(a) This chapter applies to and determines rights, obligations and remedies under a rental agreement, wherever made, for a dwelling unit in this state. (b) Unless created to avoid the application of this chapter, the following arrangements are not governed by this chapter: (1) residence at an institution, public or private, if incidental to detention […]
Sec. 34.03.335. Proof of certain property damage claims.
In an action initiated by a party to recover damages or to obtain other relief to which a party may be entitled under this chapter, a premises condition statement and contents inventory prepared under AS 34.03.020(e) is presumptive evidence of the condition of the premises and its contents at the commencement of the term of […]
Sec. 34.03.340. Service of process.
If a landlord is not a resident of this state or is a corporation not authorized to do business in this state and engages in any conduct in this state governed by this chapter, or engages in a transaction subject to this chapter, the landlord may designate an agent upon whom service of process may […]
Sec. 34.03.345. Mediation and binding arbitration.
(a) A landlord and a tenant may agree to mediate disputes between them as to an obligation of either of them arising out of the rental agreement. If the landlord and tenant agree to mediate disputes, they shall include the scope of the agreement within the executed rental agreement, incorporate a reference to that agreement […]
Sec. 34.03.350. Attorney fees.
Attorney fees shall be allowed to the prevailing party in any proceeding arising out of this chapter or a rental agreement.
Sec. 34.03.230. Remedies for absence, nonuse and abandonment.
(a) When the rental agreement requires the tenant to give notice to the landlord of an anticipated extended absence in excess of seven days as required in AS 34.03.150 and the tenant wilfully fails to do so, the landlord may recover an amount not to exceed one and one-half times the actual damages. (b) During […]
Sec. 34.03.360. Definitions.
In this chapter, (1) “abandonment” means that the tenant has left the dwelling unit and the tenant’s personal belongings in it and has been absent for a continuous period of seven days or longer without giving notice under AS 34.03.150 and has defaulted in the payment of rent; (2) “building and housing codes” include any […]
Sec. 34.03.240. Waiver of landlord’s right to terminate.
Acceptance of rent with knowledge of a default by the tenant or acceptance of performance by the tenant that varies from the terms of the rental agreement or rules or regulations subsequently adopted by the landlord constitutes a waiver of the right of the landlord to terminate the rental agreement for that breach, unless otherwise […]
Sec. 34.03.370. Applicability.
After March 19, 1974, this chapter applies to any rental agreement, lease, or tenancy entered into, extended, or renewed by the payment of rent on or subsequent to that date.
Sec. 34.03.250. Landlord liens; distraint for rent abolished.
(a) A lien or security interest on behalf of the landlord in the tenant’s household goods is not enforceable unless perfected before March 19, 1974. (b) Distraint for rent is abolished.