Alaska Retaliation Law: What Counts & the Presumption Window (2026)

What counts as retaliation, and the window where the law presumes it

At a glance

• Protection window: No statutory presumption window
• Governing authority: AS § 34.03.310(a)

Who this covers — and who it does not

This page covers landlord retaliation in Alaska — what a landlord may not do after you exercise a protected right.

It does not cover commercial leases, or conduct outside the protected window described below.

What the law prohibits

AS § 34.03.310 — 禁止房东在租客投诉适居性违规、行使 URLTA 权利、组织租客工会、向政府投诉后，报复性涨租/减服务/驱逐。

受保护行为 4 类（310(a)(1)-(4)）：①投诉 34.03.100 违规；②行使本章权利救济；③组织/加入租客工会；④向政府投诉住房/工资/价格/租金管制。

AS § 34.03.310(a) ↗

The protection window

Alaska does not set a statutory presumption window. Whether an action counts as retaliation depends on the facts rather than a fixed clock.

无推定窗口。34.03.310 官方原文无任何「6 months」推定语言；官方判例文件确认「AK 版 URLTA omits all reference to a rebuttable presumption」。租客须证明报复动机。

AS § 34.03.310 (no presumption window) ↗

Protected activities

What a landlord may not do

Burden of proof

无推定；租客须证明报复动机（判例 McCall v. Fickes 确认报复是「defense」非推定）。

AS § 34.03.310(b) ↗

Remedies

Exemptions and limits

7 个驱逐例外（欠租/改造拆除/waste-nuisance/自住/改造/停租≥6月/售房）+ 涨租例外（税费成本/资本改善/同类租金）（310(c)(d)）。

AS § 34.03.310(c)-(d) ↗

Sources and how to verify them

Every figure on this page comes from the official text or a state court opinion, not from a summary. The table below lists each provision used and the date it was last checked.

Statute	Last verified	Source
AS § 34.03.310(a)	2026-10-16	official text ↗
AS § 34.03.310 (no presumption window)	2026-10-16	official text ↗
AS § 34.03.310(a)(1)-(2)	2026-10-16	official text ↗
AS § 34.03.310(a)(3)-(4)	2026-10-16	official text ↗
AS § 34.03.310(b)	2026-10-16	official text ↗
AS § 34.03.310(b), 34.03.210	2026-10-16	official text ↗
AS § 34.03.310(c)-(d)	2026-10-16	official text ↗

Where the official text and a secondary summary disagree, this page follows the official text and says so. Where a provision admits of more than one reading, that is flagged rather than smoothed over.

When you need a lawyer instead of a tool

A self-help guide is the right starting point for understanding your position. Get legal help if:

• You have received an eviction notice — the timeline is now court-driven
• The dispute involves discrimination, unsafe conditions or retaliation
• Your landlord has filed anything in court already
• You are unsure whether a local ordinance changes the state rule

Local legal aid organisations and tenant unions offer free help for qualifying cases. They are independent of this site — we list them because they are the right place to go, not because they link here.

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