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Alaska HOA Rules for Board Members (2026)

Serving on a Alaska HOA board means making calls that affect your neighbors, usually with no training. This page sums up what Alaska law says about the parts boards ask about most, in plain English, with the statute section and an official link beside every rule.

Alaska condominiums, homeowners associations (planned communities) and cooperatives. AS 34.08 covers communities created after January 1, 1986; older communities get listed sections, and some small or low-assessment communities are largely outside it unless they opt in. Where your community is outside the Act, follow your documents. Where a step comes from your documents, Kindly Board says so.

The short version: Alaska law sets no periods for these steps, so Kindly Board uses the dates from your notice (your documents set them). If a deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, ask an Alaska attorney.

Updated October 2026. Not legal advice.

Which Alaska law applies

  • The Alaska Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (AS 34.08) covers condominiums, planned communities (HOAs) and cooperatives created in Alaska after January 1, 1986. Newer planned communities with no development rights whose declaration caps the average annual assessment at $100 (as adjusted), and all-nonresidential communities, get only AS 34.08.720 to .740 unless the declaration opts in.

    AS 34.08.010; 34.08.030; 34.08.070(a)

  • Communities created before January 1, 1986 get only the listed sections (including fines after notice and an opportunity to be heard, the lien, records and resale certificates), for events after that date, and existing declaration and bylaw provisions stay valid. Owner meetings, the budget rule, the exterior-change rule and the 18% interest cap are not on that list. Small pre-1986 cooperatives and planned communities (12 or fewer units, no development rights) get only AS 34.08.720 to .740 unless they opt in. Older condominiums may be under the Horizontal Property Regimes Act (AS 34.07) if their owners recorded a declaration under it. Unclear: for a pre-1986 community whose documents set a different fine or collection process, which controls is not settled; ask an Alaska attorney.

    AS 34.08.040(a); 34.08.050; 34.07.010(a)

  • Subject to the declaration, the association may charge a reasonable late charge on assessments and, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, levy a reasonable fine for a violation of the declaration, bylaws, rules and regulations. Alaska law sets no cure period, hearing-notice period, hearing format, decision deadline, delivery method for violation notices, or fine cap; your documents control those.

    AS 34.08.320(a)(11)

How Alaska counts days

  • Alaska's general rule for an act the law requires: don't count the first day; count the last day, unless it is a holiday, in which case it is also excluded. Legal holidays include every Sunday, Seward's Day (last Monday of March), Juneteenth, Alaska Day (October 18) and the other listed days; Saturday is not listed. Whether this rule reaches a period set by your own documents is a question for an Alaska attorney; Alaska law sets no periods for a violation.

    AS 01.10.080; 44.12.010

Violation notices and the chance to fix in Alaska

Hearings in Alaska

  • Alaska law doesn't sort violations into types. Your documents decide whether an ongoing violation gets a period to fix it, and how long; a fine still needs notice and an opportunity to be heard first.

    AS 34.08.320(a)(11)

  • Alaska law sets no separate path for a one-time violation: a fine still needs notice and an opportunity to be heard first.

    AS 34.08.320(a)(11)

Assessments, late fees and liens in Alaska

  • The association has a lien on a unit for assessments and fines from the time they become due; unless the declaration provides otherwise, fees, charges, late charges, fines and interest are enforceable as assessments (a fine exists only after notice and an opportunity to be heard). Recording the declaration perfects the lien; no separate claim of lien must be recorded. The lien is extinguished unless enforcement proceedings start within 3 years after the full amount becomes due. Its priority over an earlier first mortgage is limited to six months of budget-based assessments. Talk to an Alaska attorney before any lien enforcement.

    AS 34.08.470(a), (b), (d), (e)

  • Past-due assessments bear interest at the rate the association sets, not more than 18 percent a year.

    AS 34.08.460(b)

  • On written request, the association furnishes a statement of unpaid assessments within 10 business days after receiving the request; it binds the association, the board and every owner.

    AS 34.08.470(h)

Meetings and votes in Alaska

  • Alaska law sets no delivery method or content rule for a violation notice (the hand-delivery or mail rule in AS 34.08.390 is for association meetings); follow your documents. Keep proof of the date and how it was sent.

    AS 34.08.320(a)(11); 34.08.390

  • The board acts for the association except as limited, and its officers and members must exercise the care required of fiduciaries. A board quorum is present throughout a meeting if 50 percent of the board votes are present at the beginning, unless the bylaws require more. The Act has no rule requiring open board meetings, board-meeting notice to owners, or executive sessions; your bylaws control.

    AS 34.08.330(a); 34.08.400(b)

  • The association meets at least once a year; special meetings may be called by the president, a board majority, or owners with 20 percent of the votes (or less if the bylaws say). Notice goes 10 to 60 days before, hand-delivered or sent by prepaid U.S. mail to the unit's mailing address or an address the owner designated in writing, stating the time, place and agenda, including proposed amendments, budget changes and removal proposals. Owner quorum is 20 percent unless the bylaws provide otherwise.

    AS 34.08.390; 34.08.400(a)

  • Within 30 days after adopting a proposed budget, the board gives each owner a summary and sets an owners' meeting 14 to 30 days after mailing; the budget is ratified, quorum or not, unless a majority of all owners (or a larger vote in the declaration) reject it.

    AS 34.08.330(c)

Records in Alaska

  • Financial and other records must be made reasonably available for examination by an owner and the owner's authorized agent; the Act sets no deadline. For an association incorporated as a nonprofit corporation, a member (or the member's agent or attorney) may inspect all books and records for any proper purpose at any reasonable time.

    AS 34.08.490(a); 10.20.131(b)

Other rules boards should know

  • Subject to the declaration, the association may adopt and amend rules and regulations, and may sue or seek injunctive relief for violations of its declaration, bylaws or rules. Every contract or duty under the Act carries an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement.

    AS 34.08.320(a)(1), (4); 34.08.800

  • Subject to the declaration, an owner may not change the appearance of the common elements or the exterior appearance of a unit or any part of the community without the association's permission; inside the unit, an owner may make changes that don't impair structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen support. Alaska sets no deadline in days for architectural decisions and no deemed approval.

    AS 34.08.190(1), (2)

  • Within 10 days after an owner's written request and payment of a reasonable fee, the association furnishes the resale certificate.

    AS 34.08.590(b)

Step by step: a Alaska violation case

The order Kindly Board walks a Alaska board through, from the first look to the last letter.

  1. Check before you start Every case
    Find the rule, and the steps your own documents require.
  2. Courtesy reminder Optional
    A friendly first note before any formal notice.
  3. Formal notice of violation Before any fine (per your documents)
    The rule, the facts, the fix-by date and how to be heard, in the form your documents require.
  4. Hearing (if the owner asks, or your documents require one) Per your documents
    A fair chance to be heard before the Board decides.
  5. Board vote on the fine Before a fine
    Only if your documents allow fines, at a proper board meeting.
  6. Notice of fine After the vote
    Amount, due date, how to pay, and the rule behind it.
  7. Close the case Every case
    Record how it ended and keep the file.

Alaska HOA rules: FAQ

What HOA law applies in Alaska?

Alaska condominiums, homeowners associations (planned communities) and cooperatives. AS 34.08 covers communities created after January 1, 1986; older communities get listed sections, and some small or low-assessment communities are largely outside it unless they opt in. Where your community is outside the Act, follow your documents. Where a step comes from your documents, Kindly Board says so. The main sources: AS 34.08 (Alaska Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act), AS 10.20.131, and your documents.

How are days counted for Alaska HOA deadlines?

Alaska law sets no periods for these steps, so Kindly Board uses the dates from your notice (your documents set them). If a deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, ask an Alaska attorney.

What does Alaska law say about violation hearings?

Alaska law doesn't sort violations into types. Your documents decide whether an ongoing violation gets a period to fix it, and how long; a fine still needs notice and an opportunity to be heard first. (AS 34.08.320(a)(11))

Can Alaska owners see the association's records?

Financial and other records must be made reasonably available for examination by an owner and the owner's authorized agent; the Act sets no deadline. For an association incorporated as a nonprofit corporation, a member (or the member's agent or attorney) may inspect all books and records for any proper purpose at any reasonable time. (AS 34.08.490(a); 10.20.131(b))

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