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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 33.30.221. Superintendent of correctional facility may administer oaths and acknowledgments.

The superintendent of a correctional facility or the superintendent's assistant may administer oaths to and take acknowledgments from a prisoner, but may not request or accept compensation from a prisoner for acts performed under this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 33.30.231. Telephone access and monitoring inside correctional institutions.

(a) A prisoner shall have reasonable access to a telephone except when access is suspended as punishment for conviction of a rule infraction or pending a hearing for a rule infraction involving telephone abuse. A suspension under this subsection must be reasonable in length and may not prohibit telephone communication between the prisoner and an attorney or between the prisoner and the office of the ombudsman.
(b) [Repealed, § 3 ch 56 SLA 1990.]
(c) Notwithstanding AS 42.20.300 and 42.20.310, in order to preserve the security and orderly administration of the correctional facility and to protect the public, the commissioner shall monitor or record the telephone conversations of prisoners. The commissioner shall post a warning by each telephone informing prisoners that calls may be monitored or recorded. The monitoring or recording may be conducted on all calls or selectively or in some other limited manner as determined by the commissioner to be appropriate. A recording of a telephone call made under this subsection shall be kept confidential, and access to the recording and its contents is limited to persons who are acting within the scope of their official duties and whose access to specific recordings has been authorized by the facility superintendent. A telephone call between an attorney and a prisoner or between the office of the ombudsman and a prisoner may not be monitored or recorded except when authorized by a court.
(d) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the department may contract under AS 36.30 for telephone services for use by a prisoner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 33.30.241. Effect of judgment of conviction on civil rights.

(a) A person who is convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude as defined in AS 15.80.010 is disqualified from voting in a state or municipal election until the person's unconditional discharge.
(b) A person who is convicted of a felony is disqualified from serving as a juror until the person's unconditional discharge.
(c) In this section “unconditional discharge” has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 33.30.251. Disposal of abandoned personal property.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, it is the obligation of each person committed to the custody of the commissioner to provide for the appropriate disposition of all of the person's property remaining at a correctional facility within 90 days of the date of the person's release or transfer from the correction facility.
(b) The commissioner shall provide for the shipment to the receiving facility of a reasonable amount of the prisoner's property, as determined by the commissioner, when the prisoner is transferred from one correctional facility to another.
(c) A prisoner's personal property that remains at a correctional facility after 90 days from the date of the prisoner's release or transfer is considered abandoned, and shall be delivered to the Department of Administration for disposal under AS 44.68.110.
(d) The state is not liable for any loss or damage to personal property properly determined to be abandoned under (c) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 33.30.261. Excess money as contraband.

(a) A prisoner who possesses money in an amount greater than that permitted by the commissioner is subject to disciplinary sanctions under regulations adopted by the commissioner.
(b) Money in the possession of a prisoner in an amount greater than that permitted by the commissioner is contraband. If, after a hearing under regulations adopted by the commissioner, a prisoner is found to have been in possession of contraband under this section, the contraband shall be forfeited and deposited into the general fund.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 33.30.271. Forfeiture of property.

A conviction of a person for a crime does not work a forfeiture of property, except in cases where a forfeiture is expressly provided by law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 33.30.291. Treaties.

If a treaty in effect between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of prisoners sentenced to serve a term of incarceration to the country where they are citizens or nationals, the commissioner may, on behalf of the state and subject to the terms of the treaty, consent to the transfer or exchange of prisoners and take any other action necessary to initiate the participation of the state in the treaty.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 33.30.292. Designation of victims' representative.

If more than one person who qualifies as a victim under AS 12.55.185 requests notice under this chapter, the commissioner shall designate one person for purposes of receiving the notice required and of exercising the rights granted by this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 33.30.295. Review of prisoner disciplinary decisions.

(a) A prisoner may obtain judicial review by the superior court of a final disciplinary decision by the department only if the prisoner alleges specific facts establishing a violation of the prisoner's fundamental constitutional rights that prejudiced the prisoner's right to a fair adjudication. An appeal shall be commenced by the prisoner filing a notice of appeal and other required documents in accordance with AS 09.19 and the applicable rules of court governing administrative appeals that do not conflict with AS 09.19. Unless the appeal is not accepted for filing under AS 09.19.010 or is dismissed under AS 09.19.020, a record of the proceedings shall be prepared by the department, consisting of the original papers and exhibits submitted in the disciplinary process and a cassette tape of the disciplinary hearing. The record shall be prepared and transmitted in accordance with the applicable rules of court governing administrative appeals.
(b) A disciplinary decision may not be reversed
(1) unless the court finds that the prisoner's fundamental constitutional rights were violated in the course of the disciplinary process, and that the violation prejudiced the prisoner's right to a fair adjudication;
(2) because the department failed to follow hearing requirements set out in state statutes and regulations, unless the prisoner was prejudiced by the denial of a right guaranteed by the Alaska Constitution or United States Constitution; if such prejudice is found, the court shall enter judgment as provided in (c) of this section and remand the case to the department; or
(3) because of insufficient evidence if the record described in (a) of this section shows that the disciplinary decision was based on some evidence that could support the decision reached.
(c) The court shall enter judgment setting aside or affirming the disciplinary decision without limiting or controlling the discretion vested in the department to allocate resources within the department and to control security and administration within the prison system.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners › Article 4. General Provisions. › Sec. 33.30.901. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) “center” means a correctional restitution center;
(2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of corrections;
(3) “community service” means work on projects designed to reduce or eliminate environmental damage, protect the public health, or improve public services, lands, forests, parks, roads, highways, facilities, or education; community service may not confer a private benefit on a person except as may be incidental to the public benefit;
(4) “correctional facility” or “facility” means a prison, jail, camp, farm, half-way house, group home, or other placement designated by the commissioner for the custody, care, and discipline of prisoners; a “state correctional facility” means a correctional facility owned or run by the state;
(5) “court” means the supreme court, the court of appeals, the superior court, the district or magistrate court, or a justice or judge of a court;
(6) “crime against a person” means a crime as set out in AS 11.41, or a crime against a person in this or another jurisdiction having elements substantially identical to those of a crime as set out in AS 11.41;
(7) “crime involving domestic violence” has the meaning given in AS 18.66.990;
(8) “department” means the Department of Corrections;
(9) “furlough” means an authorized leave of absence from actual confinement for a designated purpose and period of time;
(10) “health care provider” means
(A) a physician assistant licensed to practice in the state and working under the direct supervision of a licensed physician or psychiatrist;
(B) a mental health professional as defined in AS 47.30.915; or
(C) an advanced practice registered nurse as defined in AS 08.68.850;
(11) “municipality” means a municipality authorized by law to establish a correctional facility;
(12) “prisoner”
(A) means a person held under authority of state law in official detention as defined in AS 11.81.900(b);
(B) includes a minor committed to the custody of the commissioner when,
(i) under AS 47.12.030, 47.12.065, or 47.12.100, the minor has been charged, prosecuted, or convicted as an adult; or
(ii) under AS 47.12.160(e), the minor has been ordered transferred to the custody of the commissioner;
(13) “sex offender or child kidnapper,” “sex offense,” and “child kidnapping” have the meanings given in AS 12.63.100;
(14) “temporary commitment” means detention of a person for any period under authority of state law, but does not include confinement upon conviction and judgment of a court of this state;
(15) “victim” has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 35. Agreement on Detainers › Sec. 33.35.030. Enforcement.

All courts, departments, agencies, officers, and employees of the state and its political subdivisions shall enforce the Agreement on Detainers under AS 33.35.010 and cooperate with one another and with other party states in enforcing the agreement and effectuating its purpose.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 36. Interstate Corrections Compacts › Article 1. Interstate Corrections Compact. › Sec. 33.36.020. Commitment or transfer of inmates under compact.

An agency or officer of the State of Alaska having power to commit or transfer an inmate to an institution for confinement may commit or transfer the inmate to an institution inside or outside the State of Alaska, if the State of Alaska has entered into a contract for the confinement of inmates in the institution under Article III of the Interstate Corrections Compact.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 36. Interstate Corrections Compacts › Article 1. Interstate Corrections Compact. › Sec. 33.36.030. Enforcement of compact.

The courts, departments, agencies, and officers of the State of Alaska and its subdivisions shall enforce the Interstate Corrections Compact and shall do all things appropriate to carry out its purposes and intent which may be within their respective jurisdictions but not limited to making and submitting required reports.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 36. Interstate Corrections Compacts › Article 1. Interstate Corrections Compact. › Sec. 33.36.040. Implementation.

The commissioner of corrections or the commissioner's designee shall do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the Interstate Corrections Compact. However, no contract is of any force or effect until approved by the commissioner of administration.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 36. Interstate Corrections Compacts › Article 2. Western Interstate Corrections Compact. › Sec. 33.36.070. Commitment or transfer of inmates under compact.

An agency or officer of the State of Alaska having power to commit or transfer an inmate (as defined in art. II(d) of the Western Interstate Corrections Compact) to any institution for confinement may commit or transfer the inmate to an institution within or without the State of Alaska if the State of Alaska has entered into a contract or contracts for the confinement of inmates in the institution under art. III of the Western Interstate Corrections Compact.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 36. Interstate Corrections Compacts › Article 2. Western Interstate Corrections Compact. › Sec. 33.36.080. Enforcement of compact.

The courts, departments, agencies and officers of the State of Alaska and its subdivisions shall enforce this compact and shall do all things appropriate to carry out its purposes and intent which may be within their respective jurisdictions including but not limited to the making and submission of reports required by the compact.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 36. Interstate Corrections Compacts › Article 2. Western Interstate Corrections Compact. › Sec. 33.36.090. Board of parole to hold hearings under compact.

The Alaska board of parole shall hold such hearings as may be requested by another party state under art. IV(f) of the Western Interstate Corrections Compact.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 36. Interstate Corrections Compacts › Article 2. Western Interstate Corrections Compact. › Sec. 33.36.100. Implementation of compact.

The commissioner of corrections may enter into such contracts on behalf of the State of Alaska as may be appropriate to implement the participation of this state in the Western Interstate Corrections Compact under art. III of the compact. No contract is of any force or effect until approved by the commissioner of administration.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 36. Interstate Corrections Compacts › Article 3. Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. › Sec. 33.36.130. Compact administrator.

(a) The governor shall appoint the administrator for the compact set out in AS 33.36.110 in consultation with the legislature and judiciary. The compact administrator must have a background in criminal justice.
(b) The compact administrator is responsible for the administration and management of the state's supervision and transfer of offenders under AS 33.36.110, and shall report to the state council under AS 33.36.140.
(c) The compact administrator shall work within the Department of Corrections under the direction of the commissioner of corrections. The compact administrator serves at the pleasure of the governor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 36. Interstate Corrections Compacts › Article 3. Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. › Sec. 33.36.135. Review of rules.

The compact administrator shall annually, not later than January 31, provide a report on any rules that have been adopted by the Interstate Commission during the previous calendar year to the legislature. The legislature shall review the rules to determine if the compact should be repealed, amended, or permitted to continue. In this section, “compact,” “compact administrator,” and “Interstate Commission,” have the meanings given in AS 33.36.110.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 36. Interstate Corrections Compacts › Article 3. Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. › Sec. 33.36.140. State council.

(a) There is created the State Council for Interstate Adult and Juvenile Offender Supervision to implement the provisions of the compact set out in AS 33.36.110 as the State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision and the compact set out in AS 47.15.010 as the State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision. The state council shall meet as frequently as necessary to carry out its responsibilities.
(b) The state council consists of nine members as follows:
(1) the commissioner of corrections; the commissioner of corrections may name a designee to serve in this capacity;
(2) the compact administrator appointed under AS 33.36.130;
(3) an attorney employed in the Department of Law, appointed by the governor;
(4) two members appointed by the governor from among the citizens of the state, at least one of whom must be a representative from victims' groups;
(5) one ex officio nonvoting member from the legislative branch selected by the legislature and one ex officio nonvoting member from the judicial branch selected by the judiciary;
(6) the commissioner of family and community services; the commissioner of family and community services may name a designee to serve in this capacity;
(7) the compact administrator appointed under AS 47.15.020.
(c) The commissioner of corrections or the commissioner's designee shall serve as chair of the state council.
(d) The term of office of a member of the state council appointed under (b)(4) of this section is three years. The members of the state council appointed under (b)(3) and (4) of this section serve at the pleasure of the governor.
(e) Voting members of the state council who are not state employees receive no salary for their work on the council, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for other boards and commissions.
(f) The state council shall
(1) designate the compact administrator, appointed under AS 33.36.130, as its commissioner to the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision under the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision set out in AS 33.36.110; if the compact administrator is unavailable to serve as commissioner at a meeting of the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision, the council shall designate another person to serve in place of the compact administrator;
(2) exercise oversight and advocacy concerning the state's participation in the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision;
(3) subject to available appropriations and other legal obligations, recommend policy development concerning the operations and procedures of the compact within the state; and
(4) make recommendations to the legislature to facilitate the implementation of the compact and the rules and bylaws adopted by the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 36. Interstate Corrections Compacts › Article 3. Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. › Sec. 33.36.145. Application fee.

A person under probation or parole supervision by the Department of Corrections who applies for a transfer of supervision to another state under the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision shall pay to the Department of Corrections a nonrefundable application fee of $100.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 1. Purposes and Rules of Construction. › Sec. 34.03.010. Purpose and construction.

(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(b) The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to
(1) simplify, clarify, modernize, and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlord and tenant;
(2) encourage landlord and tenant to maintain and improve the quality of housing; and
(3) make uniform the law among those states that enact it.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 2. Rental Agreements. › Sec. 34.03.020. Terms and conditions of rental agreement.

(a) The landlord and tenant may include in a rental agreement clauses and conditions not prohibited by this chapter or by law, including rent, terms of agreement, and other provisions governing the rights and obligations of the parties.
(b) In the absence of agreement, the tenant shall pay as rent the fair rental value for the use and occupancy of the dwelling unit.
(c) Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties. Unless otherwise agreed, rent is payable at the dwelling unit. Unless otherwise agreed, rent is payable at the beginning of any term of one month or less and otherwise in equal monthly installments. Unless otherwise agreed, rent shall be uniformly apportionable from day to day and shall be paid on the date the periodic tenancy begins and payable on or before the same date of each and every month thereafter until the tenancy terminates.
(d) Unless the rental agreement fixes a definite term, the tenancy shall be week to week in the case of a tenant who pays weekly rent, and in all other cases month to month.
(e) If required by the landlord, the landlord and the tenant shall include within the rental agreement, incorporate by reference in the rental agreement, or add as a separate attachment to the rental agreement a premises condition statement, setting out the condition of the premises, including fixtures but excluding reference to any of the other contents of the premises, and, if applicable, a contents inventory itemizing or describing all of the furnishings and other contents of the premises and specifying the condition of each of them. In the premises condition statement and contents inventory, the landlord and tenant shall describe the premises and its contents at the commencement of the term of the period of the occupancy covered by the rental agreement. When signed by the landlord and tenant, the premises condition statement and contents inventory completed under this subsection become part of the rental agreement.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 2. Rental Agreements. › Sec. 34.03.030. Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement.

(a) If the landlord does not sign and deliver a written rental agreement signed and delivered to the landlord by the tenant, acceptance of rent without reservation by the landlord gives the rental agreement the same effect as if it had been signed and delivered by the landlord.
(b) If the tenant does not sign and deliver a written rental agreement signed and delivered to the tenant by the landlord, acceptance of possession and payment of rent without reservation gives the rental agreement the same effect as if it had been signed and delivered by the tenant.
(c) If a rental agreement given effect by the operation of this section provides for a term longer than one year, it is effective only for one year.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 2. Rental Agreements. › Sec. 34.03.040. Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.

(a) A rental agreement may not provide that the tenant or landlord
(1) agrees to waive or to forego rights or remedies under this chapter;
(2) authorizes a person to confess judgment on a claim arising out of the rental agreement;
(3) agrees to the exculpation or limitation of any liability of the landlord or tenant arising under the law or to indemnify the landlord or tenant for that liability or the costs connected with it;
(4) agrees to pay the landlord's attorney fees.
(b) A provision prohibited by (a) or (c) of this section included in a rental agreement is unenforceable. If a landlord or tenant wilfully uses a rental agreement containing provisions known by the person to be prohibited, the other party may recover the amount of actual damages.
(c) A rental agreement between a mobile home park operator and a mobile home park tenant may not
(1) deny a tenant of a mobile home park the right to sell the tenant's mobile home within the park or require the resident or tenant to remove the mobile home from the park solely on the basis of the sale of the mobile home, nor may the mobile home park operator make a rule or regulation to the same effect, except that, within 30 days of written notice by the tenant of intent to sell the mobile home to a specified buyer, the operator or owner of the mobile home park may refuse to allow a sale for the following reasons:
(A) the mobile home is in violation of laws or ordinances relating to health, safety or welfare;
(B) the proposed buyer refuses to assume the same terms as are in the existing rental agreement; or
(C) the proposed buyer does not have sufficient financial responsibility;
(2) require a tenant to provide permanent improvements that become a part of the real property of the mobile home park owner or operator as a condition of tenancy in the mobile home park; however, the rental agreement may require the tenant to maintain existing conditions in the park;
(3) require payment of any type of vendor or transfer fee either by a tenant in the mobile home park desiring to sell the tenant's mobile home to another party or by any party desiring to purchase a mobile home from a tenant in the park as a condition of tenancy; however, this paragraph does not prevent the owner or operator from applying normal park standards to prospective tenants before granting or denying tenancy or from charging a reasonable vendor or transfer fee for services actually performed if the tenant is notified in writing of the amount of those charges before agreeing to move into the park; or
(4) require the prospective tenant to pay a fee to enter the mobile home park or a tenant to pay a fee to transfer the tenant's mobile home to another location outside the park; however, this paragraph does not prevent the owner or operator from charging a reasonable fee for services actually performed and if the tenant is notified in writing of the amount of those charges before agreeing to move into the park.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 2. Rental Agreements. › Sec. 34.03.050. Separation of rents and obligations to maintain property forbidden.

A rental agreement, assignment, conveyance, trust deed, or security instrument may not permit the receipt of rent free of the obligation to comply with AS 34.03.100(a).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 2. Rental Agreements. › Sec. 34.03.060. Sublease and assignment.

(a) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the tenant may not sublet the premises or assign the rental agreement to another without the landlord's consent.
(b) The tenant's right to sublease the premises or assign the rental agreement to another shall be conditioned on obtaining the landlord's consent, which may be withheld only upon the grounds specified in (d) of this section; no further restrictions on sublease or assignment are enforceable.
(c) When the rental agreement requires the landlord's consent for sublease or assignment, the tenant may secure one or more persons who are willing to occupy the premises. Each prospective occupant shall make a written offer signed and delivered by the prospective occupant to the landlord, containing the following information on the prospective occupant:
(1) name, age, and present address;
(2) marital status;
(3) occupation, place of employment, and name and address of employer;
(4) number of all other persons who would normally reside with the prospective occupant;
(5) two credit references, or responsible persons who will confirm the financial responsibility of the prospective occupant; and
(6) names and addresses of all landlords of the prospective occupant during the prior three years.
(d) Within 14 days after the written offer has been delivered to the landlord, the landlord may refuse consent to a sublease or assignment by a written rejection signed and delivered by the landlord to the tenant, containing one or more of the following reasonable grounds for rejecting the prospective occupant:
(1) insufficient credit standing or financial responsibility;
(2) number of persons in the household;
(3) number of persons under 18 years of age in the household;
(4) unwillingness of the prospective occupant to assume the same terms as are included in the existing rental agreement;
(5) proposed maintenance of pets;
(6) proposed commercial activity; or
(7) written information signed by a previous landlord, which shall accompany the rejection, setting out abuses of other premises occupied by the prospective occupant.
(e) In the event the written rejection fails to contain one or more grounds permitted by (d) of this section for rejecting the prospective occupant, the tenant may consider the landlord's consent given, or at the tenant's option may terminate the rental agreement by a written notice given without unnecessary delay to the landlord at least 30 days before the termination date specified in the notice.
(f) If the landlord does not deliver a written rejection signed by the landlord to the tenant within 14 days after a written offer has been delivered to the landlord by the tenant, the landlord's consent to the sublease or assignment shall be conclusively presumed.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 3. Landlord Obligations. › Sec. 34.03.080. Disclosure.

(a) The landlord or a person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on behalf of the landlord shall disclose to the tenant in writing at or before the commencement of the tenancy the name and address of
(1) the person authorized to manage the premises; and
(2) an owner of the premises or a person authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the purpose of service of process and for the purpose of receiving and receipting for notices and demands.
(b) The information required to be furnished by this section shall be kept current and this section extends to and is enforceable against any successor landlord, owner, or manager.
(c) A person who fails to comply with (a) of this section becomes an agent of each person who is a landlord for the purpose of
(1) service of process and receiving and receipting for notices and demands; and
(2) performing the obligations of the landlord under this chapter and under the rental agreement and expending or making available for the purpose all rent collected from the premises.
(d) A mobile home park operator shall disclose fully in writing all capital improvements that will be required to be made by the tenant including but not limited to skirting or utility hook-ups, before entering into a rental agreement.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 3. Landlord Obligations. › Sec. 34.03.090. Landlord to supply possession of the dwelling unit.

(a) At the commencement of the term the landlord shall deliver possession of the premises to the tenant in compliance with the rental agreement and AS 34.03.100. The landlord may, after serving a notice to quit under AS 09.45.100 - 09.45.105 to a person who is wrongfully in possession,
(1) bring an action for possession against any person wrongfully in possession; and
(2) recover the damages provided in AS 34.03.290.
(b) The tenant shall acknowledge or verify by the tenant's signature the accuracy of the premises condition statement and contents inventory prepared under AS 34.03.020(e). The premises condition statement and contents inventory
(1) may be used by the landlord or tenant as the basis
(A) to determine whether prepaid rent or a security deposit shall be applied to the payment of damages to the premises when authorized by AS 34.03.070(b); and
(B) to compute the recovery of other damages to which the parties may be entitled under this chapter; and
(2) is, 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, presumptive evidence of the condition of the premises and its contents at the commencement of the term of the period of occupancy covered by the rental agreement.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 3. Landlord Obligations. › Sec. 34.03.110. Limitation of liability.

(a) Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys premises that include a dwelling unit subject to a rental agreement in a good faith sale to a bona fide purchaser is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter as to events occurring subsequent to written notice to the tenant of the conveyance. However,
(1) the landlord remains liable to the tenant for the property and money to which the tenant is entitled under AS 34.03.070, unless the property and money are specifically assigned to and accepted by the purchaser; and
(2) the provisions of
(A) a premises condition statement prepared under AS 34.03.020(e) between the landlord and the tenant remains valid as between the purchaser and the tenant until a new premises condition statement is entered into between the purchaser and the tenant; and
(B) a contents inventory prepared under AS 34.03.020(e) between the landlord and the tenant remains valid as between the purchaser and the tenant for the contents remaining on the premises after the conveyance of the premises until a new contents inventory is entered into between the purchaser and the tenant.
(b) Unless otherwise agreed, a manager of premises that include a dwelling unit is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter as to events occurring after written notice to the tenant of the termination of the person's management.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 4. Tenant Obligations. › Sec. 34.03.120. Tenant obligations.

(a) The tenant
(1) shall keep that part of the premises occupied and used by the tenant as clean and safe as the condition of the premises permit;
(2) shall dispose all ashes, rubbish, garbage, and other waste from the dwelling unit in a clean and safe manner;
(3) shall keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or used by the tenant as clean as their condition permits;
(4) shall use in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, kitchen, and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, in the premises;
(5) may not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair, or remove a part of the premises or knowingly permit any person to do so;
(6) may not unreasonably disturb, or permit others on the premises with the tenant's consent to unreasonably disturb, a neighbor's peaceful enjoyment of the premises;
(7) shall maintain smoke detection devices and carbon monoxide detection devices as required under AS 18.70.095;
(8) may not, except in an emergency when the landlord cannot be contacted after reasonable effort to do so, change the locks on doors of the premises without first securing the written agreement of the landlord and, immediately after changing the locks, providing the landlord a set of keys to all doors for which locks have been changed; in an emergency, the tenant may change the locks and shall, within five days, provide the landlord a set of keys to all doors for which locks have been changed and written notice of the change;
(9) may not unreasonably engage in conduct, or permit others on the premises to engage in conduct, that results in the imposition of a fee under a municipal ordinance adopted under AS 29.35.125; and
(10) may not allow the number of individuals occupying the premises to exceed the number allowed by applicable law, by a covenant limiting the landlord's use of the premises, or the rental agreement.
(b) The tenant may not knowingly engage at the premises in prostitution, an illegal activity involving a place of prostitution, an illegal activity involving alcoholic beverages, an illegal activity involving gambling or promoting gambling, an illegal activity involving a controlled substance, or an illegal activity involving an imitation controlled substance, or knowingly permit others in the premises to engage in one or more of those activities at the rental premises.
(c) When terminating the tenancy, the tenant shall leave the premises in substantially the same condition, except for normal wear and tear, as the condition of the premises at the beginning of the tenancy, including, in the landlord's discretion, professionally cleaning the carpets if the carpets were professionally cleaned immediately before the tenancy began. In this subsection, “normal wear and tear” has the meaning given in AS 34.03.070.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 4. Tenant Obligations. › Sec. 34.03.130. Rules and regulations.

(a) A landlord may adopt rules and regulations, which shall be posted prominently on the premises, concerning the tenant's use and occupancy of the premises. A rule or regulation is enforceable against the tenant only if
(1) its purpose is to promote the convenience, safety, health, or welfare of the tenants in the premises, preserve the landlord's property from abusive use, or make a fair distribution of services and facilities held out for the tenants generally;
(2) it is reasonably related to the purpose for which it is adopted;
(3) it applies to all tenants in the premises in a fair manner;
(4) it is sufficiently explicit in its prohibition, direction, or limitation of the tenant's conduct to fairly inform the tenant of what the tenant must or must not do to comply;
(5) it is not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord; and
(6) the tenant has notice of it at the time the tenant enters into the rental agreement.
(b) A rule or regulation adopted after the tenant enters into the rental agreement is enforceable against the tenant if reasonable notice of its adoption is given to the tenant and it does not work a substantial modification of the rental agreement.
(c) A mobile home park operator may determine by rule or regulation the style or quality of the equipment, including but not limited to underskirting and tie-downs, to be purchased by the tenant from the vendor of the tenant's choice; however, the operator may not require that the equipment be purchased from the operator.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 4. Tenant Obligations. › Sec. 34.03.140. Access.

(a) The tenant may not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises, make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services, remove personal property belonging to the landlord that is not covered by a written rental agreement, or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workers, or contractors.
(b) The landlord may enter the dwelling unit without the consent of the tenant in the case of emergency.
(c) A landlord may not abuse the right of access or use it to harass the tenant. Except in case of emergency or if it is impracticable to do so, the landlord shall give the tenant at least 24 hours notice of intention to enter and may enter only at reasonable times and with the tenant's consent.
(d) The landlord does not have a right of access to the dwelling unit
(1) except
(A) as permitted by this section;
(B) by court order; or
(C) as permitted by AS 34.03.230(b); or
(2) unless the tenant has abandoned or surrendered the premises.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 4. Tenant Obligations. › Sec. 34.03.150. Tenant to use and occupy.

Unless otherwise agreed, the tenant shall occupy the dwelling unit only as a dwelling unit. The rental agreement shall require that the tenant notify the landlord of an anticipated extended absence from the premises in excess of seven days; however, the notice shall be given as soon as reasonably possible after the tenant knows the absence will exceed seven days.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 5. Tenant Remedies. › Sec. 34.03.160. Noncompliance by the landlord: General.

(a) Except as provided in this chapter, if there is a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with AS 34.03.100 materially affecting health and safety, the tenant may deliver a written notice to the landlord specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and specifying that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than 20 days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied in 10 days, and the rental agreement shall terminate as provided in the notice subject to the provisions of this section. If the breach is remediable by repairs or the payment of damages or otherwise, and the landlord remedies the breach before the date specified in the notice, the rental agreement will not terminate. In the absence of due care by the landlord, if substantially the same act or omission that constituted a prior noncompliance of which notice was given recurs within six months, the tenant may terminate the rental agreement upon at least 10 days written notice specifying the breach and the date of termination of the rental agreement. The tenant may not terminate for a condition caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, or other person on the premises with the tenant's consent.
(b) Except as provided in this chapter, the tenant may recover damages and obtain injunctive relief for any noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or AS 34.03.100, 34.03.210, or 34.03.280.
(c) The remedy provided in (b) of this section is in addition to a right of the tenant under (a) of this section.
(d) If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return all prepaid rent or security deposits recoverable by the tenant under AS 34.03.070.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 5. Tenant Remedies. › Sec. 34.03.170. Failure to deliver possession.

(a) If the landlord fails to deliver possession of the dwelling unit to the tenant as provided in AS 34.03.090, rent abates until possession is delivered and the tenant may
(1) upon at least 10 days written notice to the landlord terminate the rental agreement and upon termination the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security deposits; or
(2) demand performance of the rental agreement by the landlord and if the tenant elects, maintain an action for possession of the dwelling unit against the landlord and any person wrongfully in possession and recover the damages sustained.
(b) If a person's failure to deliver possession is wilful and not in good faith, an aggrieved tenant may recover from that person an amount not to exceed one and one-half times the actual damages.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 5. Tenant Remedies. › Sec. 34.03.180. Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water or essential services.

(a) If, contrary to the rental agreement or AS 34.03.100, the landlord deliberately or negligently fails to supply running water, hot water, heat, sanitary facilities, or other essential services, the tenant may give written notice to the landlord specifying the breach and may immediately
(1) procure reasonable amounts of hot water, running water, heat, sanitary facilities, and essential services during the period of the landlord's noncompliance and deduct their actual and reasonable cost from the rent;
(2) recover damages based on the diminution in the fair rental value of the dwelling unit; or
(3) procure reasonable substitute housing during the period of the landlord's noncompliance, in which case the tenant is excused from paying rent for the period of the landlord's noncompliance and, in addition, may recover the amount by which the actual and reasonable cost exceeds rent.
(b) A tenant who proceeds under this section may not proceed under AS 34.03.160 as to that breach.
(c) Rights do not arise under this section until the tenant has given written notice to the landlord. Rights do not arise under this section if the condition was caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, or other person on the premises with the tenant's consent.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 34. Property › Chapter 03. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act › Article 5. Tenant Remedies. › Sec. 34.03.190. Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent.

(a) In an action for possession based upon nonpayment of the rent or in an action for rent when the tenant is in possession, the tenant may counterclaim for any amount recoverable under the rental agreement or this chapter. If a counterclaim is made, the court shall determine whether the defense is supported by the evidence and, if so, may order that
(1) the periodic rent is to be reduced to reflect the diminution in value of the dwelling unit during the period of noncompliance;
(2) the action be continued for a reasonable time to enable the landlord to cure the violation;
(3) the tenant pay into court all or part of the rent accrued and thereafter accruing; if the violations have not been cured within six months, the court shall enter judgment for the defendant and either refund to the defendant all money deposited or use the money for the purpose of making the dwelling fit for human habitation; if the violations have been cured, the court shall determine the amount due to each party; the party to whom a net amount is owed shall be paid first from the money paid into the court, and the balance by the other party; if no rent remains due after application of this section, judgment shall be entered for the tenant in the action for possession;
(4) the tenant vacate the dwelling during the making of necessary repairs, when the repairs cannot be made without vacation of the premises, the tenant to be reinstated upon completion of the repairs.
(b) In an action for rent where the tenant is not in possession, the tenant may counterclaim as provided in (a) of this section but the tenant is not required to pay rent into court.