Anchorage, AK Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Citation
- AMC 8.30.200
- Penalty
- Class B misdemeanor
- Orders covered
- Repair, vacate, or demolish
- Tenant duty
- Relocation assistance per section 15.05.060
- Adopted
- AO No. 2025-93(S), 10-21-2025
Summary
An Anchorage rental owner who defies an order to repair, vacate, or demolish a dangerous rental dwelling, or who withholds required tenant relocation assistance, commits a class B misdemeanor under AMC 8.30.200.
No owner of any rental dwelling shall: Fail to comply with any notice or order to repair, vacate or demolish said rental dwelling, duly issued by an authorized law enforcement officer or by personnel charged with the responsibility of enforcing titles 14, 15, or 23 of this Code; or Fail to provide their tenants relocation assistance as required by section 15.05.060... Violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 5010260; v11 updated 2026-09-01).
Full Breakdown
200 attaches criminal consequences to the enforcement orders other parts of the Anchorage code generate. It reaches any notice or order to repair, vacate, or demolish a rental dwelling that was duly issued by an authorized law enforcement officer or by personnel charged with enforcing Titles 14, 15, or 23 of the code, which cover fire, housing, and building standards. 060; skipping either duty is a violation. The section does not stop at owners. An occupant who fails to comply with a lawful vacate notice issued under Titles 15 and 23 is separately liable, and so is anyone who tears down a posted violation notice, since the posted notice is part of the enforcement record.
Every one of these paths ends at the same place: violation of the section is a class B misdemeanor, which makes this criminal enforcement rather than a civil fine. The section is also new law for Anchorage, adopted through AO No. 2025-93(S) on 10-21-2025.
Violations & Fines
Class B misdemeanor for the owner who ignores a repair, vacate, or demolish order or withholds relocation assistance under section 15.05.060, for the occupant who ignores a lawful vacate notice, and for anyone who removes a posted violation notice.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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