An Alaska Tenant Notice to Vacate is the written 30 days notice a tenant gives a landlord to end a periodic tenancy under Alaska Statutes § 34.03.290. It identifies the rental unit, sets the last day of tenancy, provides a forwarding address for the security deposit, and creates the documentary record that protects you if the move-out is later disputed. The form on this page handles the statutory content automatically — you fill in the blanks, the PDF generates a clean, signature-ready notice, and you deliver it to your landlord.

In Alaska, a tenant ends a month-to-month tenancy with written notice given at least 30 days before the rental due date named in the notice, so the last day of tenancy falls on a rent-due date (AS § 34.03.290(b)). While rent is current, a week-to-week tenancy ends with written notice at least 14 days before the termination date (AS § 34.03.290(a)). After proper notice, the landlord must mail your deposit refund within 14 days after you deliver possession, or within 30 days if damages are deducted (AS § 34.03.070(g)).

What this form does and when to use it

The Alaska Tenant Notice to Vacate is a written notice from the tenant to the landlord ending a periodic (typically month-to-month) tenancy under Alaska Statutes § 34.03.290. It serves three purposes at once: it gives the landlord the statutorily required 30 days’ notice that the tenancy will end, it specifies the last day of tenancy so rent obligations stop on a defined date, and it provides the forwarding address where the landlord should mail the deposit refund, due within 14 days after termination and delivery of possession under AS § 34.03.070(g). Without a properly written and delivered notice, a tenant who simply moves out remains exposed to claims for additional rent and may have a harder time recovering the security deposit.

Use this notice when you have a periodic tenancy — month-to-month is the most common form, but the same rule applies to week-to-week or other periodic arrangements (with a corresponding shorter notice period for terms shorter than a month). The 30 days notice applies regardless of how long you have lived in the unit. Many states impose longer notice obligations on landlords than on tenants — those longer landlord rules do not flow back to tenants. As a tenant on a periodic tenancy in Alaska, you give the 30 days period stated in AS § 34.03.290(b) on a month-to-month tenancy (14 days on a week-to-week tenancy under AS § 34.03.290(a)).

This is not the right form for a fixed-term lease. If you have a lease with a defined end date and you intend to leave at the natural end of the term, the lease itself sets the end date — although it is good practice to send a written notice anyway to confirm your intent and trigger the security deposit clock. If you want to leave a fixed-term lease early, the 30 days notice does not apply: you need either a lease provision authorizing early termination, the landlord’s written agreement to release you, or a statutory ground (uninhabitable conditions or military deployment under federal SCRA at 50 U.S.C. § 3955). Sending a § 34.03.290 notice on a fixed-term lease without one of those grounds typically does not end your rent liability under Alaska law.

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