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Alaska Mobile Home Park Laws

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Alaska has no separate manufactured-housing act: park lot tenancies are governed by the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, AS 34.03.010-34.03.380, which lets a park operator end a lot tenancy only for four listed reasons, requires at least 270 days' notice before a change in the use of the park land, and protects the resident's right to sell the home where it stands.

Cited to AS 34.03.225 and 6 more sources · Verified August 19, 2026

The chapter's definition of a dwelling unit expressly covers the lot or space a mobile home sits on, so the general rules on security deposits, entry, retaliation and eviction notices apply to lot tenancies as well as to rented houses and apartments. A handful of provisions speak to parks directly: no entrance, vendor or transfer fees, written disclosure of any capital improvements the resident must make, no eviction because of the age of the home, and equipment standards the operator may set but may not sell. Alaska caps nothing about lot rent and sets no notice period for an increase, gives residents no right to buy the park and no relocation payment when one closes, though a municipality may require longer closure notice and set up a relocation fund.

Governing actLimitations on mobile home park operator's right to terminate — AS 34.03.225
General law that also appliesUniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, AS 34.03.010-34.03.380
Federal lender protections already required by state law2 of 8 (see the table)

Each row below is a state rule (with its citation) or an honest "no state rule" with what governs instead — lease terms and the general landlord-tenant law still apply where the park act is silent. This page covers a resident who owns the home and rents the lot; a home rented from the park is an ordinary Alaska tenancy.

On this page: Scope · Lot rent, fees and utilities · Lease, rules and disclosure · Termination and eviction · Closure and change of use · Sale of the park · The resident's home · Federal lender protections · Common questions · Citations

A. Scope — who and what the act covers

Rule Alaska law Source
State agency with a role in park tenancies No state rule No state agency enforces Alaska's park tenancy rules; disputes are decided by the courts. The act gives rights directly to the parties: a resident may recover damages and obtain injunctive relief under AS 34.03.160(b), and attorney fees go to the prevailing party under AS 34.03.350. The chapter's only agency role is procedural, since a landlord who is not an Alaska resident may designate an agent for service of process and, if none is designated, the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may be served. AS 34.03.350; AS 34.03.340
Resident may sue under the act Yes A resident may sue the park operator directly under the act. AS 34.03.160(b) lets a tenant recover damages and obtain injunctive relief for the landlord's noncompliance, AS 34.03.040(b) allows actual damages where an operator willfully uses a rental agreement containing a term the act prohibits, and AS 34.03.350 awards attorney fees to the prevailing party in any proceeding arising out of the chapter or a rental agreement. AS 34.03.160 (b); AS 34.03.040 (b); AS 34.03.350
Minimum park size for the act to apply (lots) No state rule Alaska sets no minimum park size, so the mobile home park rules apply however many lots a park has. The chapter's definition of a dwelling unit reaches mobile homes and, in a mobile home park, "the lot or space upon which a mobile home is placed," with no size threshold anywhere in the act. The chapter does not define "mobile home park" at all. AS 34.03.360 (3); AS 34.03.225 (a)
Other size thresholds that switch rules on No state rule No size threshold switches any rule on or off in Alaska. Every provision that mentions a mobile home park applies to all parks regardless of the number of lots. AS 34.03.225; AS 34.03.360 (3)
Park-owned rental homes Covered by this act A home rented from the park is covered by the same chapter as a rented lot. Alaska has no separate manufactured-housing act: the landlord-tenant chapter defines a dwelling unit to include mobile homes and, in a park, the lot or space beneath one, and AS 34.03.225 limits eviction of "a mobile home park dweller or tenant" without distinguishing who owns the home. AS 34.03.360 (3); AS 34.03.225 (a)
RVs and park-model homes Excluded Recreational vehicles fall outside the park provisions, which reach only a structure that meets the manufactured-home definition. The landlord-tenant chapter gives "mobile home" the meaning of "manufactured home" in AS 45.29.102: a structure transportable in one or more sections that is at least eight body feet wide or 40 body feet long in the traveling mode, or at least 320 square feet when erected on site, built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling when connected to the required utilities; a smaller structure counts only if its manufacturer voluntarily files the federal HUD certification. A vehicle designed for recreational or travel use does not meet that definition, and the chapter never mentions recreational vehicles; a park-model unit is covered only where it meets the size and chassis test or carries the HUD certification. The chapter separately excludes transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, lodgings or other transient facility. AS 34.03.360 (12); AS 45.29.102 (a)(66); AS 34.03.330 (b)(4)
Local rent regulation of park lots No statute addresses local regulation of lot rents No Alaska statute addresses local regulation of park lot rents. The landlord-tenant chapter has no preemption section and says nothing about municipal rent regulation. It does recognize municipal authority in one place: a municipality may require a longer notice period before a change in the use of park land and may establish a mobile home relocation fund. AS 34.03.225 (a)(4); AS 34.03.020 (a)

B. Lot rent, fees and utilities

Rule Alaska law Source
Notice before a lot-rent increase No state rule Alaska sets no notice period before a lot-rent increase. The chapter has no rent-increase provision: rent is the amount the rental agreement fixes and is payable at the time and place the parties agreed. The 30-day notice in AS 34.03.290(b) ends a month-to-month tenancy rather than changing its rent, and for a park lot even that route is limited, because a park operator may evict only on the four grounds in AS 34.03.225(a). AS 34.03.020 (a), (c); AS 34.03.290 (b); AS 34.03.225 (a)
How often rent may be raised No state rule Nothing limits how often lot rent may be raised in Alaska. The only timing rule anywhere near the subject sits in the retaliation section, where a landlord defending a rent increase on the ground of higher taxes or operating costs must show the cost increase arose not less than four months before the demand for more rent. AS 34.03.310 (d)(1)
Statewide limit on lot-rent increases No state rule Alaska sets no ceiling on lot rent or on the size of an increase. Rent is what the rental agreement provides, and in the absence of agreement the tenant pays the fair rental value for the use and occupancy of the unit. No statute limits increases statewide or by park size. AS 34.03.020 (a), (b)
How a resident can challenge an increase No state rule Alaska gives residents no process for challenging a lot-rent increase: no mediation, no petition and no review of whether the increase is reasonable. The single statutory limit is the retaliation bar, which stops a landlord raising rent because the tenant complained about conditions, enforced rights under the act, organized or joined a tenants' union, or complained to a housing agency; a resident raises that in court, and AS 34.03.310(d) lists the cost, capital-improvement and comparable-rent grounds on which an increase is still allowed. Mediation and arbitration are available only if both sides agree. AS 34.03.310 (a), (d); AS 34.03.345
Entrance fee prohibited Yes A park may not charge a fee simply to enter the community. A rental agreement may not "require the prospective tenant to pay a fee to enter the mobile home park," and a provision that does is unenforceable. The operator may still charge a reasonable fee for services actually performed if the resident was told the amount in writing before agreeing to move into the park. AS 34.03.040 (c)(4); AS 34.03.040 (b)
Exit or removal fee prohibited Yes A park may not charge a fee for moving the home out of the community. A rental agreement may not require "a tenant to pay a fee to transfer the tenant's mobile home to another location outside the park," and it may not require a vendor or transfer fee from a resident selling the home or from the buyer. The one carve-out is a reasonable fee for services actually performed, disclosed in writing before the resident agreed to move in. AS 34.03.040 (c)(4); AS 34.03.040 (c)(3)
Undisclosed fees uncollectible Yes A park fee that was not disclosed in writing before the resident agreed to move in cannot be charged. The act allows an entrance, vendor or transfer fee only "for services actually performed" and only "if the tenant is notified in writing of the amount of those charges before agreeing to move into the park," and a rental agreement provision that breaks those limits is unenforceable. Separately, a park operator must "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." The act sets no general rule about every other undisclosed charge. AS 34.03.040 (c)(3), (c)(4); AS 34.03.040 (b); AS 34.03.080 (d)
Utility billing rules No state rule Alaska does not regulate how a park bills residents for utilities. The chapter requires the landlord to supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water and heat unless one of the exceptions applies, bars deliberately interrupting electric, gas, water, sanitary or other essential service, and lets the landlord end the tenancy on five days' notice if a utility is shut off because the resident did not pay for it, with a three-day cure. Nothing addresses charges, markups, allocation or billing statements. AS 34.03.100 (a)(5); AS 34.03.210; AS 34.03.220 (e)
Submetering required or regulated No state rule No Alaska statute addresses submetered or individually metered utility service in a park. The chapter deals with utilities only as services the landlord must supply and may not cut off, and it says nothing about meters or how a resident's usage is measured. AS 34.03.100 (a)(5); AS 34.03.280
Lot security deposit rules A lot deposit and prepaid rent together may not exceed two months' rent, with up to one month's rent more for a pet that is not a service animal. The park must hold the money in a trust account and return it with an itemized written notice within 14 days of the end of the tenancy, or within 30 days where damages are deducted or the resident gave no termination notice. The deposit rules apply to a park lot because the lot is a dwelling unit under the act. Deposits may be applied to accrued rent and to damage beyond normal wear and tear, and the landlord must account separately for each resident's money and may not use one resident's deposit for another's rent or damage. A landlord who willfully fails to give the itemized notice and refund may owe up to twice the amount withheld. The section does not apply where the rent is more than $2,000 a month. AS 34.03.070 (a)-(d), (g), (h); AS 34.03.360 (3)

C. Lease, rules and disclosure

Rule Alaska law Source
Written lease Not required No written lease is required for a lot tenancy in Alaska. A rental agreement covers agreements "written or oral," and where no definite term is fixed the tenancy runs month to month, or week to week where rent is paid weekly. Two things must be in writing even so: the names and addresses of the manager and the owner, and the capital improvements the park will require the resident to make. AS 34.03.360 (19); AS 34.03.020 (d); AS 34.03.080 (a), (d)
Minimum lease term that must be offered No state rule A park does not have to offer a lease of any minimum length. Where the rental agreement fixes no definite term the tenancy is month to month, and an agreement that takes effect only because the landlord accepted rent is effective for at most one year. AS 34.03.020 (d); AS 34.03.030 (c)
Notice to end a tenancy without cause No state rule A park operator cannot end a lot tenancy without cause, so there is no no-cause notice period. Termination is allowed only for the four statutory grounds, which displaces the 30 days' notice an ordinary landlord may use to end a month-to-month tenancy. AS 34.03.225 (a); AS 34.03.290 (b)
Notice before park rules change No state rule Alaska sets no fixed notice period before park rules change. A rule adopted after the resident signs binds the resident only if "reasonable notice of its adoption is given to the tenant and it does not work a substantial modification of the rental agreement." Every rule must also meet the six conditions in AS 34.03.130(a), among them that it is posted prominently, promotes the convenience, safety, health or welfare of residents, and applies to all residents fairly. AS 34.03.130 (b); AS 34.03.130 (a)
Disclosure document Written rules and terms must be given A park must put certain terms in writing before the tenancy begins, but there is no state-prescribed form. The operator must "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," and must give the names and addresses of the manager and the owner at or before the start of the tenancy. Park rules bind the resident only if they are posted prominently and the resident had notice of them when the agreement was made. AS 34.03.080 (d); AS 34.03.080 (a); AS 34.03.130 (a)
Residents' right to meet and organize Yes Residents may organize without putting their tenancy at risk. A landlord may not raise rent, cut services or bring or threaten an action for possession because a tenant "organized or become a member of a tenant's union or similar organization." The act does not otherwise address meetings in the park, use of common facilities for meetings, or access for outside organizers. AS 34.03.310 (a)(3)
Owner entry onto the lot or into the home The park must give at least 24 hours' notice before entering the home, may enter only at reasonable times and with the resident's consent, and may enter without consent only in an emergency. The general entry rule reaches park tenancies because the lot is a dwelling unit under the act. A resident may not unreasonably refuse entry for inspection, necessary or agreed repairs and services, or showing the unit to prospective buyers, tenants or contractors, and the notice requirement bends only in an emergency or where notice is impracticable. The landlord "may not abuse the right of access or use it to harass the tenant"; for an unlawful, unreasonable or repeatedly harassing entry the resident may obtain an injunction or end the agreement and recover the greater of actual damages or one month's rent, with costs and attorney fees. AS 34.03.140 (a)-(d); AS 34.03.300 (b)
Retaliation prohibited Yes A park may not retaliate against a resident who complains or organizes. The act bars a landlord from increasing rent, decreasing services, or bringing or threatening an action for possession after the tenant has complained about a habitability violation, sought to enforce rights under the chapter, organized or joined a tenants' union, or complained to a government agency responsible for housing, wage, price or rent controls. A resident may recover up to one and one-half times actual damages and has a defense to an eviction; the section lists the good-faith grounds on which an eviction or an increase is still allowed. AS 34.03.310 (a), (b); AS 34.03.210

D. Termination and eviction

Rule Alaska law Source
Just cause required to end a tenancy Yes A park operator may evict a resident only for one of four reasons set out in the statute. The section is titled "Limitations on mobile home park operator's right to terminate" and states that an operator "may evict a mobile home or a mobile home park dweller or tenant only for one of the following reasons." Notice to quit under AS 09.45.100-09.45.105 satisfies the notice requirement where the section calls for notice. AS 34.03.225 (a); AS 34.03.225 (c)
Grounds for termination
  • Default in the payment of rent owed.
  • Conviction of a violation of federal or state law or a local ordinance where the violation is continuing and is detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of other residents of the park.
  • Violation of a provision of the signed rental agreement or lease that is enforceable under AS 34.03.130 and not prohibited by law, including rent and the terms of agreement.
  • A change in the use of the land comprising the park, or the portion of it where the home sits, on at least 270 days' notice and with a quit date no earlier than May 1 and no later than October 15.
These four grounds are the only reasons a park may end a lot tenancy. The change-of-use ground carries its own long notice period and a seasonal quit-date window, and a longer notice period applies where a valid lease or a municipality provides one. A separate rule bars eviction because of the age of the home, subject to one narrow exception. 		AS 34.03.225 (a)(1)-(4); AS 34.03.225 (b)
Notice for nonpayment of lot rent 7 days A resident has seven days to pay after written notice of nonpayment. The notice must state the nonpayment and the intention to end the agreement if the rent is not paid in that time, and the tenancy ends if the rent is not paid in full unless the landlord agrees the resident may stay. Only one written notice of default need be given for any one default, and a landlord who accepts part of the rent may extend the eviction date accordingly. AS 34.03.220 (b)
Notice for a rule or lease violation 10 days A park must give at least 10 days' written notice to quit for a material lease or rule violation. The tenancy does not end if the resident adequately fixes the problem before the date in the notice, and the rule reaches both a breach of the rental agreement and a breach of the resident's obligations under the act. Two situations carry shorter notice: deliberate infliction of substantial damage to the premises, meaning loss or defacement of more than $400, or prostitution or other listed illegal activity at the premises, ends the agreement on not less than 24 hours' and not more than five days' notice; a utility shut off for the resident's nonpayment carries five days' notice with a three-day cure. AS 34.03.220 (a)(2); AS 34.03.220 (a)(1), (e)
Repeat-violation rule If substantially the same violation recurs within six months of a notice, the park may end the tenancy on at least five days' written notice with no chance to cure. The rule covers a repeat of a violation the park already gave notice about. It applies where the resident failed to use due care and substantially the same act or omission happens again within six months. A repeated utility shut-off for nonpayment carries three days' notice instead. Accepting rent with knowledge of a default, or accepting performance that varies from the agreement or the rules, waives the right to terminate for that breach unless the parties agree otherwise after the breach. AS 34.03.220 (a)(2); AS 34.03.220 (e); AS 34.03.240
Time to sell or remove the home after termination No state rule Alaska sets no period after a termination in which the resident may sell the home in place or move it out. The one long window in the act is tied to closure rather than to the end of a tenancy: a change-of-use eviction requires at least 270 days' notice and a quit date between May 1 and October 15. Property left behind is handled under the abandoned-property section, which requires at least 15 days' written notice before a public sale or disposal. AS 34.03.225 (a)(4); AS 34.03.260 (a)
Abandoned-home procedure Yes The act's abandoned-property procedure applies to a park lot; there is no separate process for an abandoned home. Abandonment means the resident has left the unit and belongings in it, has been absent for seven continuous days or longer without the notice the act requires, and has defaulted in rent. Where there is evidence of abandonment the landlord may end the agreement, and property left on the premises may be sold at public sale, or destroyed if it is valueless, after written notice giving the resident at least 15 days to remove it. The landlord must store the property with reasonable care in the meantime and may charge storage costs. AS 34.03.360 (1); AS 34.03.230 (b), (c); AS 34.03.260 (a), (b)
Mediation or dispute-resolution requirement No state rule Alaska requires no mediation before a park eviction or over a rent dispute. Mediation and binding arbitration are available only where the landlord and the resident agree, and the agreement must be written into the rental agreement, incorporated by reference or attached to it. AS 34.03.345 (a), (b)

E. Closure and change of use

Rule Alaska law Source
Notice before closure or change of use 9 months A park must give at least 270 days' notice, shown here as nine months, before evicting residents because the use of the land is changing. The statute states the period in days and applies it to "all dwellers or tenants so affected by a change in land use," whether the change affects the whole park or only the portion where a home sits. A longer period applies where a valid lease or a municipality requires one, and the quit date must fall no earlier than May 1 and no later than October 15. AS 34.03.225 (a)(4)
Variants (by trigger or park size)
  • Change in the use of the land comprising the park, or the portion of it where the home sits: At least 270 days (the quit date must be no earlier than May 1 and no later than October 15).
  • A longer period required by a valid lease or by a municipality: As the lease or the municipality requires (the statute preserves any longer notice period provided in a valid lease or required by a municipality, and lets a municipality require compensation from a mobile home relocation fund).
Alaska has one closure trigger with one seasonal window. The change-of-use ground is the only route to a no-fault eviction, and its notice period may be lengthened by a lease or by a municipality but never shortened. 		AS 34.03.225 (a)(4)
Relocation payment required No state rule State law does not require anyone to pay a resident's moving costs when a park closes or changes use. The statute instead leaves the question to local government: a municipality "may establish a mobile home relocation fund and require that a dweller or tenant so affected by a change in land use be given a longer notice period or compensated from the fund for the cost of disconnecting, relocating, and reestablishing" the home. Applies only in part of the state: Only where a municipality has established a mobile home relocation fund under AS 34.03.225(a)(4). AS 34.03.225 (a)(4)
Relocation amounts No state rule Alaska sets no relocation amounts. The statute names the costs a municipal fund may cover, namely disconnecting, relocating and reestablishing the home, but fixes no figure and no formula, leaving any amount to the municipality that creates the fund. Applies only in part of the state: Only where a municipality has established a mobile home relocation fund under AS 34.03.225(a)(4). AS 34.03.225 (a)(4)
Who pays relocation None required No state law makes anyone responsible for relocation costs when a park closes. A municipality may create a mobile home relocation fund and require that affected residents be compensated from it; where no municipality has done so, the cost of moving the home falls on the resident. Applies only in part of the state: A municipality may establish a mobile home relocation fund under AS 34.03.225(a)(4). AS 34.03.225 (a)(4)
Notice to a government body on closure No state rule A park does not have to notify any state or local body before closing. The change-of-use section requires notice only to the affected residents, though it recognizes that a municipality may require a longer notice period. AS 34.03.225 (a)(4)

F. Sale of the park

Rule Alaska law Source
Residents must be told the park is for sale No state rule Residents do not have to be told that the park is for sale. The act's only provision about a sale of the property relieves a landlord who conveys in good faith to a bona fide purchaser of liability for events occurring after written notice to the tenant of the conveyance, which is notice of a sale already made rather than of one planned, and it is a condition of the seller's release rather than a duty owed to residents. AS 34.03.110 (a); AS 34.03.225
What triggers the notice No state rule No event triggers a notice to residents about a sale of the park. Neither listing the park, accepting an offer nor closing a sale sets off any notice duty under the act. AS 34.03.110 (a)
Residents' purchase right None required Residents have no statutory right to buy the park. Alaska's landlord-tenant chapter gives no right of first refusal, no window to negotiate a purchase and no purchase right triggered by a closure or a change in the use of the land. AS 34.03.225; AS 34.03.110 (a)
Time for residents to respond No state rule No response period exists because residents have no statutory right to buy the park. The act sets no window for residents to make or match an offer. AS 34.03.225
Resident-association threshold No state rule No association threshold exists because residents have no statutory purchase right. The act does not recognize a resident association at all, though it does bar retaliation against a resident who organizes or joins a tenants' union. AS 34.03.310 (a)(3)
Transfers exempt from the sale rules No state rule No transfers are exempt because Alaska sets no park-sale rules to be exempt from. The act attaches no conditions to a sale of the park, so transfers between family members, foreclosures and transfers to a partner or trust are treated no differently from any other conveyance. AS 34.03.110 (a)
Residents may assign the right to a nonprofit or municipality No state rule There is no purchase right for residents to assign to a nonprofit or a municipality. Alaska gives residents no right to buy the park, so nothing exists to pass on. AS 34.03.225
Penalty for violating the sale rules No state rule No penalty applies because the act sets no park-sale rules. The chapter's general remedies would cover any other breach: a resident may recover damages and obtain injunctive relief for the landlord's noncompliance, and attorney fees go to the prevailing party. AS 34.03.160 (b); AS 34.03.350

G. The resident's home

Rule Alaska law Source
Right to sell the home in place Yes A resident may sell the home where it stands and cannot be made to move it out because of the sale. A rental agreement may not "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," and the operator may not adopt a rule to the same effect. Within 30 days of the resident's written notice of intent to sell to a named buyer, the operator may refuse the sale only on three listed grounds. AS 34.03.040 (c)(1)
Park may not take a commission on the sale Yes A park may not take a commission or transfer fee on the sale of a resident's home. A rental agreement may not "require payment of any type of vendor or transfer fee" from a resident selling the home or from a buyer as a condition of tenancy. The operator may still apply normal park standards to a prospective tenant, and may charge a reasonable vendor or transfer fee for services actually performed where the resident was told the amount in writing before agreeing to move into the park. AS 34.03.040 (c)(3)
Park may screen the buyer Yes A park may screen the buyer, but only against a closed list of reasons. Within 30 days of written notice of intent to sell to a specified buyer, the operator may refuse the sale where the home violates laws or ordinances on health, safety or welfare, the buyer refuses to assume the same terms as the existing rental agreement, or the buyer does not have sufficient financial responsibility. The operator may also apply normal park standards to prospective tenants before granting or denying tenancy. AS 34.03.040 (c)(1)(A)-(C); AS 34.03.040 (c)(3)
Buyer-approval standard and deadline Within 30 days of the resident's written notice of intent to sell to a named buyer, the park may refuse the sale only because the home violates health, safety or welfare laws, because the buyer refuses to assume the terms of the existing rental agreement, or because the buyer lacks sufficient financial responsibility. The three grounds are the whole list, and a rental agreement or park rule that adds to them is unenforceable. Where the resident instead assigns the rental agreement to the buyer, a second route applies: consent may be withheld only on the seven grounds the act lists, such as insufficient credit standing, household size, proposed pets or proposed commercial activity, and the landlord must deliver a written rejection stating a ground within 14 days of the written offer. If no written rejection arrives in that time, consent is conclusively presumed. AS 34.03.040 (c)(1)(A)-(C); AS 34.03.060 (b), (d), (f)
Home may not be rejected for age, size or style alone Yes A park may not evict a resident because the home is old, and may not require the home to be removed just because it was sold. One narrow exception allows an age-based eviction where a park rule limiting the age of homes was already in effect when the home was admitted, the home is sold after the age limit has been exceeded, and the owner fails to bring the unit into compliance with the life safety requirements of 24 C.F.R. Part 3280; a rule requiring a home to be in fit and habitable condition may still be enforced. On equipment, the operator may set the style or quality of items such as underskirting and tie-downs but may not require that they be bought from the operator. AS 34.03.225 (b); AS 34.03.040 (c)(1); AS 34.03.130 (c)
Park may require repairs before sale Yes A park may insist that a home meet health and safety requirements before a sale goes through. The operator may refuse a sale where "the mobile home is in violation of laws or ordinances relating to health, safety or welfare," and the age-based eviction exception turns on whether the owner brings an older home into compliance with the life safety requirements of 24 C.F.R. Part 3280. The operator may not require the resident to provide permanent improvements that become part of the park's real property as a condition of tenancy, though the agreement may require the resident to maintain existing conditions. AS 34.03.040 (c)(1)(A); AS 34.03.225 (b); AS 34.03.040 (c)(2)
Right to post a For Sale sign No state rule Alaska does not protect a For Sale sign on a home in a park. Signs are left to park rules, which bind a resident only if they meet the conditions the act sets for every rule, among them that the rule promotes the convenience, safety, health or welfare of residents, is reasonably related to that purpose, applies to all residents fairly and is not a way of evading the landlord's own obligations. AS 34.03.130 (a); AS 34.03.040 (c)(1)

H. The eight federal lender protections — which ones Alaska law already requires

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac require eight tenant site lease protections in every manufactured housing community loan they buy. Where state law already requires a protection of every park, a resident has it whether or not the park has agency financing. Alaska law requires 2 of 8. All 50 states are compared in our research study, including the 2018 federal survey baseline.

ProtectionAlaska lawBasis
One-year renewable lease term unless there is good cause for non-renewal Partly Only the cause limb is met: AS 34.03.225(a) allows a park operator to evict a resident only on four listed grounds, but no statute requires a one-year term to be offered or makes one the default, and absent an agreed term the lot tenancy runs month to month under AS 34.03.020(d). (AS 34.03.225; AS 34.03.020)
30-day written notice of rent increases Not required Alaska sets no notice period for a lot-rent increase. The chapter contains no rent-increase provision, and the 30 days' notice in AS 34.03.290(b) ends a month-to-month tenancy rather than changing its rent. (AS 34.03.290; AS 34.03.020)
5-day grace period for rent payments and the right to cure defaults on rent payments Partly The cure limb is met and the grace limb is missing: AS 34.03.220(b) lets a resident keep the tenancy by paying the rent in full within seven days of written notice, but no statute bars a late fee or an eviction during any period after the due date. (AS 34.03.220)
Right to sell the manufactured home without having to first relocate it out of the community Required AS 34.03.040(c)(1) bars a rental agreement or park rule from denying the right to sell the home within the park or requiring its removal solely because of the sale. (AS 34.03.040)
Right to sell the manufactured home in place within 30 days after eviction by the community owner Not required No statute gives a resident a period after an eviction to sell the home in place. AS 34.03.225 sets no post-eviction window, and the sale protection in AS 34.03.040(c)(1) operates during the tenancy. (AS 34.03.225; AS 34.03.040)
Right to sublease or assign the pad site lease for the unexpired term to the new buyer of the home without unreasonable restraint Required AS 34.03.040(c)(1) lets the operator refuse a sale to a named buyer only on three listed grounds within 30 days, and AS 34.03.060(b) allows consent to an assignment to be withheld only on the grounds the statute lists, with no further restriction enforceable and consent conclusively presumed if no written rejection is delivered within 14 days. (AS 34.03.040; AS 34.03.060)
Right to post "For Sale" signs that comply with the community's rules Not required Nothing in the chapter protects a For Sale sign; signs are left to park rules adopted under AS 34.03.130(a). (AS 34.03.130)
Right to receive at least 60 days' notice of a planned sale or closure of the community Partly The closure limb is met and the sale limb is missing: AS 34.03.225(a)(4) requires at least 270 days' notice before a change in the use of the park land, but no statute requires residents to be told the park is being sold. (AS 34.03.225; AS 34.03.110)

Notes and caveats

Common questions: Alaska mobile home park law

Each answer is the verified value from the tables above, restated as a direct answer. Free to quote with a link to this page.

How much notice must an Alaska park give before raising lot rent?
Alaska sets no state rule on this. Alaska sets no notice period before a lot-rent increase.
Is there a limit on how much lot rent can go up in Alaska?
Alaska sets no state rule on this. Alaska sets no ceiling on lot rent or on the size of an increase.
Can an Alaska park owner end a lot tenancy without cause?
No — an Alaska park may end a lot tenancy only for a listed cause. A park operator may evict a resident only for one of four reasons set out in the statute.
How much notice must an Alaska park give before closing or changing use?
9 months. A park must give at least 270 days' notice, shown here as nine months, before evicting residents because the use of the land is changing.
Does an Alaska park have to pay residents' relocation costs when it closes?
Alaska sets no state rule on this. State law does not require anyone to pay a resident's moving costs when a park closes or changes use.
Do Alaska residents get a chance to buy the park when it is sold?
No — Alaska law gives residents no right to buy the park. Residents have no statutory right to buy the park.
Can an Alaska resident sell the home in place without moving it out of the park?
Yes — an Alaska resident may sell the home in place. A resident may sell the home where it stands and cannot be made to move it out because of the sale.

Cite this page: "Landlord Atlas, Alaska Mobile Home Park Laws (verified August 19, 2026), landlordatlas.com/laws/mobile-home-parks/alaska/" — free to cite and quote with a link (how these records are verified).

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