Alaska — No Statewide Short-Term Rental Preemption (AK)

Tracked preemption from the Alaska overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
2026-05-20
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:AK

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

always true

Preempted fields

1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
str_regulationoverridelocal_onlySTR regulation is entirely a local matter; populate STR fields in the city record from municipal code. Anchorage AMC 21.05.060, CBJ 49.25, and Kenai Peninsula Borough registration regimes are local-only.

Citation

Authority source
Negative finding — confirmed via 31st–34th Alaska Legislature bill review (2019–2026); no enacted statewide STR statute
§ n/a (no statute exists)
https://law.justia.com/codes/alaska/

Research notes

Recorded as a negative overlay so the absence of state STR preemption is explicit and auditable. The state collects a vehicle rental tax; bed tax is levied locally. No 34th Legislature bill changes this posture.