Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 34.03.330 (2026)
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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 or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious, or similar services;
(2) occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to the interest of a purchaser;
(3) occupancy by a member of a fraternal or social organization in the portion of a structure operated for the benefit of the organization;
(4) transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, lodgings, or other transient facility;
(5) occupancy by an employee of a landlord whose right to occupancy is conditioned upon employment substantially for services, maintenance, or repair to the premises;
(6) occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit or a holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative;
(7) occupancy under a rental agreement covering premises used by the occupant primarily for agricultural purposes;
(8) occupancy under a rental agreement covering premises used as part of a transitional or supportive housing program that is sponsored or operated by a public corporation or by a nonprofit corporation and that provides shelter and related support services intended to improve the occupant's opportunity to obtain permanent housing.
(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 or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious, or similar services;
(2) occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to the interest of a purchaser;
(3) occupancy by a member of a fraternal or social organization in the portion of a structure operated for the benefit of the organization;
(4) transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, lodgings, or other transient facility;
(5) occupancy by an employee of a landlord whose right to occupancy is conditioned upon employment substantially for services, maintenance, or repair to the premises;
(6) occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit or a holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative;
(7) occupancy under a rental agreement covering premises used by the occupant primarily for agricultural purposes;
(8) occupancy under a rental agreement covering premises used as part of a transitional or supportive housing program that is sponsored or operated by a public corporation or by a nonprofit corporation and that provides shelter and related support services intended to improve the occupant's opportunity to obtain permanent housing.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2021 · leading case: Helfrich v. Valdez Motel Corp., 207 P.3d 552 (Alaska 2009).
Helfrich v. Valdez Motel Corp., 207 P.3d 552 (Alaska 2009). “330(b) exempts from URLTA's requirements "(4) transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, lodgings, or other transient facility" and "(5) occupancy by an employee of a landlord whose right to occupancy is conditioned upon employment substantially for services, maintenance, or repair…”
Romero v. Cox, 166 P.3d 4 (Alaska 2007). “AS 34.03.330(b)(2). 15 . AS 09.45.090(b) states in part: (b) For property to which the provisions of AS 34.”
Brigdon v. Lamb, 929 P.2d 1274 (Alaska 1997). “The contingency of the approval of the loan assumption did not prevent the "Receipt and Agreement to Purchase" from qualifying as a "contract of sale" within the meaning of AS 34.03.330(b)(2). See John E. Murray, Jr.”
McManus v. The Aleutian Region Sch. Dist. (D. Alaska 2021). “BURGESS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 132 See Alaska Stat. Ann. § 34.03.330 . (“[T]he following arrangements are not governed by this chapter: (1) residence at an institution, public or private, if incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational,…”
— Alaska Stat. § 34.03.330(b) — 1 case
Helfrich v. Valdez Motel Corp., 207 P.3d 552 (Alaska 2009). “330(b) exempts from URLTA's requirements "(4) transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, lodgings, or other transient facility" and "(5) occupancy by an employee of a landlord whose right to occupancy is conditioned upon employment substantially for services, maintenance, or repair…”
— Alaska Stat. § 34.03.330(b)(2) — 2 cases
Romero v. Cox, 166 P.3d 4 (Alaska 2007). “AS 34.03.330(b)(2). 15 . AS 09.45.090(b) states in part: (b) For property to which the provisions of AS 34.”
Brigdon v. Lamb, 929 P.2d 1274 (Alaska 1997). “The contingency of the approval of the loan assumption did not prevent the "Receipt and Agreement to Purchase" from qualifying as a "contract of sale" within the meaning of AS 34.03.330(b)(2). See John E. Murray, Jr.”
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