Updated August 7, 2026. Quick answer: every figure Clear Money Guide holds about Alaska, on one page, each one copied from a dataset that cites its own statute or agency. Built for reporters on deadline — take any line, follow the link for the source.
What stands out about Alaska
These are the figures where Alaska differs most from the rest of the country — selected by counting how many jurisdictions share each value, not by editorial preference.
- Return deadline: 14 days if no deductions; 30 days if deductions are taken — the only jurisdiction of the 51 we have data for
- Trigger: the due date of each premium after the first premium — the only jurisdiction of the 47 we have data for
- Has law: No — one of only 8 of 51
- Salary history ban: no — one of only 9 of 49
What dying costs here
- Small estate limit: 100000
- Small estate scope: personal_only
Source and full detail: the cost-of-dying index. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Estate and property law status
- Authorized: yes
- Statute or act: AS 44.50.075, enacted HB 124 (2020); rules at 6 AAC 88
- Effective date: 2021-01-01
- Conditions: Permanent, not lapsed COVID authority. A commissioned notary must submit a written request to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor BEFORE any remote act, giving name/commission number, technology vendor, and a copy of the electronic signature/stamp. Vendor must meet 6 AAC 88 standards.
- Association name: Alaska Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
- Death benefit limit: $300,000
- Cash surrender limit: $100,000
- Annuity limit: $250,000
- Statute citation: Alaska Stat. ch. 21.79 (Alaska Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act); coverage limits at AS 21.79.020 not independently read
- Free look days: 10 days
- Trigger: delivery of the policy or contract to the policy or contract holder
- Refund basis: Refund of all money paid; for variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts, the refund is the difference between premiums paid (including any policy or contract fees or other charges) and the amounts allocated to any separate accounts, plus the value of the amounts allocated to…
- Grace period days: 30 days, or at the insurer’s option one month of not less than 30 days; 4 weeks for industrial life insurance policies whose premiums are payable more frequently than monthly
- Coverage during grace: The policy continues in full force; if a claim arises during the grace period, the amount of the premium due or overdue may be deducted from the policy proceeds
- Variations: 4 weeks for industrial life insurance policies whose premiums are payable more frequently than monthly
Source and full detail: notary rules by state · guaranty association limits · life insurance free-look periods · life insurance grace periods. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Working and earning here
- Quit deadline: Next regular payday that is at least 3 days after the employer received notice of the quit
- Fired deadline: Within 3 working days after termination
- Statute citation: AS 23.05.140
- Has law: No
- Disclosure trigger: none
- Salary history ban: no
- Local ordinances: none identified
- Authority: statute
- Reciprocity: n/a
- Contested: no
Source and full detail: final paycheck laws by state · pay transparency laws by state · paid family leave by state · the convenience-of-the-employer rule. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Renting here
- Deposit cap: 2 months’ rent (NO CAP if monthly rent exceeds $2,000)
- Return deadline: 14 days if no deductions; 30 days if deductions are taken
- Interest required: no
- Statute citation: AS 34.03.070
Source and full detail: security deposit law by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Starting a business here
- Statute citation: AS 10.50 (Alaska Revised Limited Liability Company Act); fees believed to be set by regulation at 3 AAC 16 — neither text was readable
Source and full detail: LLC cost by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Tax treatment here
- Has law: No
- Treatment: none
- Rate: n/a – no individual income tax
- Preferential mechanism: none
- Tax year: 2026
- Statute citation: AS 43.20 (individual income tax provisions repealed 1980, ch. 1 SSSLA 1980)
Source and full detail: capital gains tax by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
For journalists: how to cite this
Clear Money Guide, Alaska Money Statistics 2026. https://clearmoneyguide.com/state-money-statistics/alaska/. Every figure on this page is copied from a Clear Money Guide dataset that states its own primary source and the date it was read — follow the section links for the statute or agency behind any number. Free to reuse with attribution under CC BY 4.0.
What this sheet does and does not contain
This sheet aggregates; it does not research. Every figure is copied from the owning page linked in each section, and a figure we do not own is simply absent — not estimated, not inferred from a neighbouring state. That is why sheets differ in length: this one states 38 figures, and a state where we hold less will show fewer. A short sheet means we have less, not that the state has less.
Statutory law changes. Each linked owner page carries the date its figures were read; check there before relying on anything here. See also Alaska financial adviser statistics and all 51 state money sheets.
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